Food Safety Methods, Hazards & Control

As this STAR experience contains unit standards, students MUST attend all given dates to complete the assessment requirements.

Entry level	Year 11 and above
Duration	1 day per week, 3 week duration
Time	8.45am–3pm
Location	Rotokauri Campus, Windows Training Restaurant, L Block
Total cost	$180 (GST inc.) per student
Dates	Please email if you would like to set up a date.

Unit	Title	Level	Credit
167	Practise food safety methods in a food business	2	4
20666	Demonstrate knowledge of basic food contamination hazards and prevention of cross contamination of food in a food business.	2	2

What's it all about?

This course introduces young people to tertiary study in the food and beverage preparation and service field. It provides students with the necessary skills and knowledge to prepare and serve food safely and identify food contamination hazards and methods of control. They will also get to experience student life at the Centre for Hospitality on the Wintec Rotokauri campus. These two unit standards are the food safety qualifications recognised by councils, and the food and beverage preparation and service industries.

Upon successful completion students can cross-credit:

6 credits towards the Certificate in Catering (Level 3) or;
6 credits towards the National Certificate in Hospitality (Food and Beverage Service) (Level 3).

What to bring/wear?

Students will be working in our trainee commercial kitchens, they must wear long pants, have leather-topped shoes, hair to be tied back, no facial jewellery or other jewellery to be worn.

Ready to book

Students - please talk to your careers advisor as you need to book through your school.

Please Note: If your students wish to be booked into a STAR that is offering Unit Standards, a copy of the KAMAR print out for ID and proof of NSN number MUST be scanned through to star@wintec.ac.nz before the student can attend.

Careers advisors please go to the Booking Form to book.