Food Handler Certificate Training

About this course

Practical food safety foundations for people preparing, storing and serving food in New Zealand. Learn through 6 interactive lessons with presentation slides, clickable topics, workplace activities and knowledge checks. Completed lesson progress is saved; the final exam becomes available after the lesson checks.

Who this course is for

• Food handlers and kitchen staff
• Hospitality, retail and food service teams
• New employees who need food safety foundations

Learning outcomes

• Recognise common food contamination risks
• Understand personal hygiene and safe food handling
• Identify why temperature control and cleaning matter
• Understand the importance of workplace food safety records

Course outline

1. Your role in keeping food safe
2. Personal hygiene and reporting illness
3. Separation and allergen communication
4. Time, temperature and safe cooling
5. Cleaning, sanitising and safe storage
6. Records, corrective action and your final practice

How you will learn

Move through presentation-style slides at your own pace. Select topics to reveal more detail, work through practical scenarios and complete the knowledge checks along the way. The final exam presents one question at a time with an answer-review screen before submission. Your student account saves completed lessons and assessment results.

Assessment and completion

Complete all 6 lesson knowledge checks, then pass the 18-question online assessment with at least 80%. Up to three attempts are available per 24 hours, with at least 10 minutes of revision between unsuccessful attempts.

A downloadable Access Food certificate of completion is created after passing and emailed to the student. This is not an NZQA qualification, organisational certification, auditor qualification or workplace practical competence assessment.