Food Hygiene Education

We encourage all people working with food for sale in Marlborough to further their food safety education. There are two NZQA Unit Standards available in Marlborough.

Unit 167

This unit standard is for all people working, or preparing to work, in a food business, and includes a basic understanding of practices that result in safe food.

People credited with this unit standard are able to: maintain effective personal hygiene when working with food as per establishment requirements; prevent cross contamination in a food business; and measure, record, and act on temperature of high-risk food.

Unit 168

This is a theory-based unit standard designed for all people working, or preparing to work, in a food business.

People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of hazards that cause food-borne illness and food spoilage, and of methods used to control hazards that cause food-borne illness and food spoilage in a food business.

Education Providers

Innovative Educators

Provide a self-paced course, where the assessor visits your workplace, discusses the course requirements, leaves the material for you to complete and then performs a closed book assessment when you are ready.

Contact:
Hamish Beard of Innovative Trainers
021 108 4619
hbeard@xtra.co.nz

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

Provides a three-day course to cover both unit standards at their campus in Blenheim. Assessment includes observation of performance and knowledge testing.