Course description
Food Safety Training Certification is recommended for all persons working in institutional, retail, restaurant, and wholesale food services. This two-day online course provides students with the information, training and the exam required to become a certified Food Handler. Students must attend both days to be eligible to write the exam. Those who achieve a minimum of 70% will receive a Food Handlers' wallet card through either the Region of Waterloo Public Health or Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. The card is valid for 5 years. Students must have a laptop or desktop computer with webcam capabilities as mobile devices, Chromebooks and tablets are not compatible. To write the exam, students must have valid government-issued photo identification, including but not limited to, passport, driver's license, Ontario ID card, Ontario photo health card.Students who have successfully completed FOOD1190 are not required to complete this course as part of the Essential Hospitality Training micro-credential.
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Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Fall 2022 registration opens July 25, 2022. Winter 2023 registration opens November 28, 2022.Delivery options
In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration
Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery with no assigned day or time requirements, independent course completion
Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery with scheduled day and time course requirements
Hybrid: any combination of: in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery