This course encourages personal commitment to food safety principles and will prepare you to become a safe food handler. The Food Handler Course does not meet the requirement of having a certified food protection manager, but it does give food handling staff more knowledge on basic food safety principles.

This food handler course provides instruction on the following:

• Food hazards: biological, physical, and chemical
• Personal hygiene practices
• Cleaning and sanitizing processes
• Time and temperature controls

The Managers’ Certification and Food Handlers’ ServSafe Trainings are provided in northeast Colorado by CSU Cooperative Extension and NCHD.
For more information or to register contact Joy Akey, (970) 332-4151.

Includes National Restaurant Association Certification Test

• Thursday, April 24 – Burlington
  8 am – 5:30 pm Burlington Community Center
• Wednesday, June 11 – Brush **Bilingual Class in English & Spanish**
  8 am – 5:30 pm Morgan County Event Center
  
• Tuesday, October 14 – Sterling
  8 am – 5:30 pm Logan County Extension Office
  

Cost

• $100 if postmarked 30 days prior to training
• $125 if postmarked less than 30 days prior to training

Topics

• Causes and costs of foodborne illness
• Proper employee hygiene
• Causes and prevention of food contamination
• Temperatures for cooking & serving
• Storage of food and non-food products
• Cleaning and sanitizing requirements/procedures

Registration Includes

• Lunch and refreshment breaks
• 7 hours of food safety training
• Food Safety resource manual
• Temperature recording charts
• National Restaurant Association Certification Test
• Food Safety resources to train employees

• Wednesday, March 5 – Brush
  9 am – 3 pm Morgan County Fairgrounds
• Monday, April 14 – Brush  **Taught in Spanish ONLY **
  9 am – 3 pm Morgan County Fairgrounds
  
• Wednesday, September 10 – Sterling
  9 am – 3 pm Logan County Extension Office
• Thursday, November 6 – Akron
  9 am – 3pm Washington County Event Center

Cost

• $40 if postmarked 2 weeks prior to training
• $55 if postmarked less than 2 weeks prior to training

Topics

• Personal hygiene
• Cross-contamination prevention
• Cooking & serving temperatures
• Cooling procedures & storage temperatures
• Cleaning & sanitizing procedures

Registration Includes

• Training manual
• Lunch and refreshment breaks
• Food Handlers’ certificate and registration number
• Food thermometer