Food Safety

This course covers an introduction to Food safety, with practical and knowledge skills, integrating practises for safe food delivery, preparation, cooking, and serving.

The content covers workplace personal presentation and hygiene standards, as well as identifying hazards and how to implement strategies to control them.

You will also get hands on experience on how to prepare high risk food to prevent contamination. Within the session you will learn how to measure, record and act on temperatures for high risk foods.

The dress standards for the practical work in this course requires you to wear what you would in your workplace and/ or a commercial kitchen. This includes comfortable soled closed in shoes.

Ara Institute of Canterbury is recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading tertiary institutes. Specialising in applied, vocational and professional training, it offers more than 150 courses from foundation to postgraduate level. 

Ara caters to a diverse range of learners; from school leavers and career changers to professionals wanting to upskill and individuals seeking to re-enter the workforce.

All Ara students benefit from the Ara Advantage: relevant courses, taught by inspirational mentors in real-life learning environments. Almost every Ara programme includes work-integrated learning. Work placements, apprenticeships, industry-based projects and internships ensure students are work-ready when they graduate.

Across its six campuses, Ara’s dedicated tutors and non-academic staff support students throughout their study journey. A comprehensive range of student services - such as financial assistance, learning support, health and wellbeing services, accommodation, childcare and student events – contributes to the success of every student.

It also has six additional small community hubs which deliver free digital upskilling and personal development courses.