Apply and monitor food safety requirements

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Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to control and monitor food safety and respond to non-conformance as required by the food safety program.

This unit applies to food services workers who implement the requirements of the food safety plan. Work is performed under supervision and within defined guidelines. 

Associated Documents
  • Your organisation’s Food Safety Program

Geographic relevance

This certificate is particlur to Australia, however your area probably has somethng similar. 

ORC Matrix Classification

Obligation Hierarchy
Hierarchy Comments
Governmental
Yes
Possibly be a governmental requirement under the Food Safety Act and your Food Safety program.
Critical
No
Essential
No
Ethical
No
Discretionary
No
Legacy
No
Risk Topic

This compliance document can be part of multiple risk topics, e.g. 

  • Reputational risk
  • Food safety
  • Workplace Health and Safety
  • etc

Each organisation must create its own lexicon of risk topics and assign each compliance document to one or more risk topics. 

Compliance Class
Class Comments
Staff
Yes
Your food safety program should define who need to complete this course.
Property
No
Asset
No
Product
No
Contract
No
Company
No

How used

Internal Assurance

Our Members generally require this for all full-time and part-time kitchen staff. You may decide to send staff off for refresher training if their qualification has been superseded.

External Assurance

If you have an external organisation running your kitchen or food areas, you may consider requesting this certificate from all relevant contractors.

Details

Also known as

We haven’t heard of them being referred to as anything else yet.

Variants
Code Currency Date Comments
HLTFS10A
Superseded
24 Mar 2011
Is superseded by and equivalent to HLTFS310C - Apply and monitor food safety requirements
HLTFS310C
Superseded
7 Dec 2015
Is superseded by HLTFSE005 - Apply and monitor food safety requirements
Current
Renewal Frequency

Never needs to be renewed although some Members ask their staff to upgrade their qualifications if their course has been significantly superceeded.  

2nd level attributes

None that we are aware of yet.

Relevant Acts, Regulations and Standards

The relevant Food Safety Act in your geographic area.

Useful Links

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Nigel Dalton-Brown GAICD, AMIIA, MBA

Managing Director

Nigel is the Founder of Strytex and has been presenting and writing on Goverence, Obligational Awarenss, Risk Management and Compliance administration (GORC) since 2010.

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