HLTFSE005 - Apply and monitor food safety requirements

The course applies to individuals who work are required to monitor and control food safety hazards and respond to non-conformance, particularly for the health and community sectors. This course is particularly designed for workers that prepare, provide and serve food to vulnerable people such as the elderly, children and babies, pregnant women, people with medication conditions, immune deficiencies and/or allergies primarily.

These staff often work in Early Childhood, Aged Care, Disability Support, Respite Care, Community and Home Care, Meals on Wheels, Maternity hospitals, Psychiatric hospitals, Same day establishments for chemotherapy and rental dialysis services and Hospital Catering. The legislation states:

“Food businesses that process or serve potentially hazardous food for hospital patients, aged care recipients, children in child care centres and vulnerable people receiving other services will generally fall within the requirements of this Standard, provided the food is intended for six or more vulnerable persons. This Standard also applies to delivered meals organisations that process potentially hazardous meals intended for six or more vulnerable persons.”

This course covers the hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), monitoring and control of food safety hazards, identifying and reporting situations which may result in a breach of food safety procedures and taking corrective action where necessary to resolve food safety incidents as required by the food safety program. Students will develop a solid understanding of the key types of food safety hazards (biological, physical and chemical) and the critical limits within which they operate.

This unit of competency stands alone and incorporates the content of the following unit:

• HLTFSE005 Apply and monitor food safety requirements

Please note: This course has been designed for people who have already completed HLTFSE001 Follow basic food safety practices (Level 1 Food Handlers course). Whilst HLTFSE001 Follow basic food safety practices is not a pre-requisite, it is strongly recommended that you complete that course prior to commencing this unit.  Some basic food handling and hygiene rules and procedures discussed in the HLTFSE001 Follow basic food safety practices will not be covered in detail in this unit. If you have not completed HLTFSE001 Follow basic food safety practices and need to complete HLTFSE005 Apply and monitor food safety requirements, you may like to consider completing HLTSS00061 Food safety supervision skill set – for community and health industries which includes the following units, HLTFSE001, HLTFSE005 and HLTFSE007.

Please note: If your role does not involve working with vulnerable people but you are required to complete a Food Handler or Food Safety Supervisor course, the following units may be more applicable to your needs:

• SITXFSA005 Use hygienic practices for food safety (Level 1 Food Safety Course)
• SITXFSA006 Practice in safe food handling practices