Interested in learning more about food safety? We have partnered with our member First for Training to make online food safety basic training courses affordable and available as well as meeting our long term aim of getting course material into schools. If you have a question or training need please contact First for Training

Food safety essentials course (for businesses and individuals)

Food business owners by law, are responsible for making sure that people who handle food or food contact surfaces in their business, and the people who supervise this work, have the skills and knowledge they need to handle food safely. It is recognised that knowledge comes from training and skills from practice, instruction and supervision. This essential food safety course has been designed and reviewed by world food safety and teaching experts.

Who should complete this course?
Everyone in a food business, students, or anyone cooking food at home or for other people. This ‘essentials’ course provides enough knowledge to help prevent the most common errors and is a start on your food safety training journey.

It should be used as part of an induction program for those undertaking work-experience in a food business, and for anyone with a keen interest in learning more about the basic principles of food safety and hygiene.

This online course is suitable for everyone working in a catering environment. Further top-up to Level 1 training is available for those who are directly involved in the preparation or handling of high-risk foods, please complete the food safety essential course  then the top-up to be equivalent to level 1 certification.

Want to buy a course for someone else?

Easy – just register and pay under your name and send the user name and password details to the person you are giving it to. The course makes a great present.

First for Training Food Safety courses have been written by one of the world’s leading food safety experts, Richard Sprenger, and edited for Australia by Dr Andrew Mathieson. These food safety courses are endorsed by Environmental Health Australia, the premier professional body for Environmental Health Officers or Environmental Health Practitioners in Australia. Find out more

Senior schools materials

Food safety is everyone’s responsibility. First for Training have designed a series of free posters for schools to download as well as low cost training courses (essential, top-up and level 1), which allow you to effortlessly include food safety into your lesson plans. Everyone involved in food safety in schools can access the free materials and reduced cost training (volunteers, parents, school staff and pupils).

First for Training makes a teacher’s life easy. As a school or educational institution you will have access to downloadable courses, free materials, downloadable handbooks/manuals, cards and more.

These allow you to create an in-class lesson to prepare students for the online exam. Once they have completed the online exam they will be provided with a downloadable certificate. To allow students to take the online exam, you will receive a code which allows students to get up to 30% off the cost of the essential, top up or level 1 course. Find out more

Essential food safety handbook

The ‘essential’ handbook is a 20 page full colour, A5 booklet.  Originally designed and written by world renowned food safety expert Richard Sprenger and edited for Australia by Dr Andrew Mathieson.  The handbook is endorsed by Environmental Health Australia, the premier professional body for Environmental Health Officers or Environmental Health Practitioners in Australia. The handbook is available to purchase (discounts apply for bulk purchases). Find out more

Food Safety Top Up to Level 1

Want to learn more? Try the Food Safety Top Up to Level 1 course, please complete the food safety essential course  then the top-up to be equivalent to level 1 certification more info here

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If you are thinking about setting up a food business contact the environmental health officer at your local council or state or territory food or health department through this contact list