Course details

All food handlers need to understand the serious problems that can arise in the preparation, handling, cooking, storage and service of food and the steps that must be taken to prevent food contamination. With this course, developed by the Environmental Health Officers’ Association (EHOA), food handling staff will gain an in-depth, practical understanding of the vital importance of food safety and hygiene.

The objective of this programme is to give food handling staff the knowledge both to anticipate potential problems and to follow correct procedures with regard to food hygiene.

Programme Content

  • The importance of food hygiene
  • Food contamination and food poisoning
  • Food delivery and storage
  • Food preparation, cooking and service
  • Personal hygiene
  • Design, layout of food premises and pest control
  • Cleaning
  • An introduction to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Letterkenny Institute of Technology

LYIT is a lively and inspirational place that attracts a creative mix of 3,000 students both from the local area and from 31 different countries.  This gives us a vibrant array of cultures and activities on campus and a friendly, supportive and relaxed atmosphere where students and staff work closely together.

their modern integrated campuses in Letterkenny and Killybegs enctheirage strong academic learning and career-focused practical experience.  they have excellent facilities in all departments, such as a suite of graphic design studios, state-of-the-art nursing restheirces, special purpose laboratories, training kitchens and restaurant, and an on-campus business development centre, CoLab, to support spin-off enterprises.  their multi-purpose centre, An Dánlann, houses their excellent sport and recreational facilities in addition to their medical centre, counselling service, careers office and chaplaincies.

they are deeply committed to the people in their region.  Part of their mission is to help raise the economic prospects of the young people who study with us and by doing so, the prosperity of the wider communities into which they will graduate.  That’s why every ctheirse they offer teaches the latest knowledge and skills that employers demand.  As part of this, they are involved in many cross-border programmes and are currently fostering a strategic alliance with the University of Ulster.

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