Hygiene Training (2cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to improve the working life capabilities of the students and to help them to get a practical training position by offering training in food hygiene. Students who have passed the course may be awarded a certificate in hygiene proficiency.

Content (course unit)

Hygiene training promotes food safety by giving the students the basic knowledge of foodstuff microbiology and hygiene decrees. After having completed the course, the students can operate in eating, food distribution, food preservation, serving and selling in a hygiene manner. In order to receive the certificate in hygiene proficiency, the students must pass the national Evira exam.

Location and time

Lesson 13.12 at 13- 16

Exam schedules

Passport test 20.12 at 14.00

Assessment methods and criteria

All the individual assignments passed and
The Food Hygiene Proficiency Certificate, i.e. Hygiene Passport test passed
(at least manage the rating 34/40).

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

1 lesson to start, individual assignments, e-learning

Learning materials

Laukkanen, Marja 2012. Basic facts of food hygiene
Tabula materials

Student workload

Time use:
Lesson 3 hours
Materials and assignments 1 ects
Preparing for the test and the test 1 ects

Content scheduling

One Lesson
Otherwise e-learning

Further information

The material of the course will be distributed either beforehand or on the contact teaching date. The material costs and the registering costs of the authorities are collected from the students. The amount is about 6 euros.