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Food Handler Essentials Course

What will I learn?

Get to grips with important food safety in our Food Handler Essentials Course, that is designed for people in Lesotho who work with food and want to improve their skills. Find out how to keep food from going bad, check deliveries when they arrive, and keep storage areas at the right temperature. Become an expert in cooking food safely, keeping equipment in good working order, and checking temperatures. Understand the food safety rules, how to keep yourself clean, and how to stop germs from spreading from one thing to another. Improve how you help to keep customers healthy and make sure you are following the rules that businesses need to follow. Sign up now for a useful, high-quality learning experience.

Apoia's Unique Features

Accessible online course with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support available at all times
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Customize your course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Learn at your own pace, no internet required

Develop skills

Enhance your practical skills as listed below

Learn how to store food properly: Keep food from going bad by controlling the temperature.

Make sure food is safe: Check deliveries and keep everything clean.

Look after leftovers properly: Cool and store leftovers in the right way.

Stop germs from spreading: Use different equipment for different foods and clean surfaces properly.

Follow the rules: Understand the food safety laws and rules from government departments.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can adjust the chapters and workload.

  • Choose your starting chapter
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Alter the total course workload

Examples of chapters you can include

You'll be able to generate additional chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your career.