Transcript Food Service Employee Certification

Food Service
Worker Certification
Why is the City of Carrollton
requiring this certification?
• Food safety ultimately rests on the
food service employees – from cooks,
wait persons to cleaning crew.
• Food service employees are the ones
in direct contact with the food, control
cooking, storage times and
temperatures, ensure cleaning and
sanitization of food-contact surfaces
and so on.
Why is the City of Carrollton
requiring this certification?
• Currently only one Registered Food Service
Manager is required to be on site during all
hours of operation and are mainly involved in
overseeing the operations of the business.
• We hope this will help to bridge the knowledge
gap between the employee and the food
manager.
• A survey of sixteen other surrounding cities and
counties show that 75% of these surveyed
organizations have a food handlers’ course.
Who will the City of Carrollton
require to be certified?
• All employees including the wait staff, busboys,
hostesses, etc., who work in a light food prep or
heavy food prep establishment.
• Daycare establishments: All teachers that serve
lunch/snacks in the classroom will be required to
obtain a certification.
• Grocery store employees that work in the meat,
seafood, deli, and bakery departments will be
required to take the class. Those who are strictly
cashiers, work in the pharmacy or in the dry
goods area will not be required to be certified.
Who will the City of Carrollton
require to be certified?
• Employees of a nonfood prep establishment
will not be required to take the class.
• Any employee who is a Registered Food
Service Manager is also exempt.
• This will not take the place of a Registered
Food Service Manager certification. At least
one Registered Food Service Manger will
still be required to be on site during all
hours of operation.
How does someone obtain a food
service employee certification?
• The City of Carrollton will conduct scheduled
hour long classes.
• The class will consist of viewing a 30 minute
DVD followed by a 20 question quiz.
• The employee must score at least 70% to obtain
a certificate.
• An online informational packet will also be
available to download. This may be used as a
study reference.
• The certificates will be mailed to establishments.
Will the class be offered on site
for large groups of employees?
• The city will, upon request, conduct a
training class on site if there are 20 or
more employees that need to be certified.
• The establishment will need to provide a
meeting room and area to project the DVD
on to, such as a pull down screen or blank
wall.
What is the timeline
for certification?
• Classes will be offered beginning in
November.
• Food establishments will have until
February 1, 2009 to get all employees
certified.
• Once the grace period has ended all newly
hired employees will be allowed 15 days
from hire date to obtain a certification.
• The certification will be good for 2 years.
When will the
classes be offered?
Class Schedule
• The class schedule will be posted online at
www.cityofcarrollton.com. Please check the
website for updates.
• To register for the course, managers will need to
call 972-466-5727 to reserve a spot for their
employees.
• The individuals taking the class will not be
required to show photo identification, but they
must have been pre-registered by the food
establishment manager. Photos will be taken for
attachment to the food service worker certificate.
How much is it going to
cost to get certified?
• Fees will be included in the food
establishment’s annual permit fee and will
be rated according to the number of its
food service employees.
• Fee charges will start with the 2009 annual
fees.
Breakdown of Fees
Restaurants with 0 to 5
employees
$50 per year
Restaurants with 6 to 10
employees
$100 per year
Restaurants with 11 to 35
employees
$250 per year
Restaurants with 36 to 75
employees
$450 per year
Restaurants with 76 or
more employees
$625 per year
Advantages
of the Fee Structure
There is no limit to the number of food
service employees an employer can send
in for certification. Therefore, turn-over of
employees should not be an additional
burden to the business.
Certified food service employees who are in
need of re-training can be sent back
without an additional cost to the business.
Advantages
of the Fee Structure
The annual fee includes reprinting certificates for
an employee or establishment.
Food service workers who do not pass the quiz the
first time can take the course however many
times they wish without additional cost or…
The employee can make an appointment with one
of the health inspectors to review the class
material. The employee will then receive their
certification.
Number of Total Employees
• Please pick up a form regarding your total
number of employees before leaving.
• Once the form has been filled out please
email, fax, or mail it back to city hall no
later than November 10, 2008.