Food Safety Supervisor
SITSS00069
Units of Competency
SITXFSA005 – Use hygienic practices for food safety
SITXFSA006 – Participate in safe food handling practices
What is a Food Safety Supervisor?
Blended Delivery
Online and F2F
Under the new national standards, every business that handles potentially hazardous items (requiring refrigerated storage) to produce/sell ready-to-eat food must appoint at least one Food Safety Supervisor.
Food Safety Supervisors are responsible for the following:
- Identifying, preventing and fixing food safety problems
- Sharing their skills and knowledge with food handlers and promoting positive food safety practices in the food business
- Supervising food handlers engaging in handling unpackaged PHF and ensuring that the correct safe food handling practices are used
- Making sure steps are taken to manage food safety risks
- Must complete a Food Safety Course with a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and hold the “SITSS00069 – Food Safety Supervision Skill Set”
- Must complete both “SITXFSA005 – Use hygienic practices for food safety” AND “SITXFSA006 – Participate in safe food handling practices”
