This training presents the learner with proper techniques for the safe preparation, cooking, and storage of food items in kitchen and galley locations. The goal is to educate food service personnel on safe food handling procedures in order to prevent foodborne illness; as well as to ensure a safe work environment for anyone working in the food service environment.

Any food service personnel working in a kitchen or galley environment.

• Proper Behavior
  • Personal Protective Equipment
• Professional Behavior
  • Practical jokes and pranks
• Back Safety
  • Proper way to lift an object
• Good Housekeeping
  • MSDS
• Cuts
  • Proper behavior when working with knives
  • First aid for cuts or scratches
• Burns Hazards and Prevention
  • Methods to prevent burns
  • Clothing to prevent burns
  • Treatment for a burn
• Fire Hazards and Prevention
  • Smelling gas
  • Fire in kitchen or galley
  • Procedures for using fire extinguisher
• Electrocution Hazards and Prevention
  • Contact with electricity
  • Precautions

• Wear the proper Personal Protective Equipment in the food service environment.
  • List the primary injuries that high traction soled shoes can prevent.
  • Identify the primary reasons loose clothing must be fastened and tucked in.
• Use professional behavior in the work environment.
  • Explain the hazards of practical jokes and pranks in the kitchen.
• Use proper work procedures to prevent back injuries.
  • Identify proper lifting techniques.
  • Recall the best place to store heavy items.
  • Choose proper lifting procedures.
• Follow good housekeeping procedures.
  • Explain the safety benefits of using rubber floor mats.
  • Identify the reaction of mixing a chlorine-based product with an ammonia-based product.
  • Name the resource that provides chemicals hazard information.
  • Recall steps to take if chemicals get in your eyes.
• Avoid cutting hazards.
  • Select the proper way to dispose of can lids.
  • Explain why metal mesh or kevlar gloves are used when cutting.
  • List proper practices to follow when working with knives.
  • Identify proper steps to take in the event of a cut or scratch.
• Prevent burns in the kitchen.
  • List emergency phone numbers to keep next to the kitchen phone.
  • Select methods used to help prevent burns.
  • Choose proper clothing that can help prevent burns.
  • Select the proper first aid treatment to provide to a burn.
• Avoid fires in the kitchen.
  • Recall the outcome of grease build-up in exhaust vents.
  • Identify proper procedure to follow if gas is smelled in the kitchen or galley.
  • List steps to take in the event of a fire.
  • Identify proper procedure when using a dry chemical fire extinguisher.
• Prevent electrocution in the kitchen.
  • Agree to never clean or repair an appliance with it is still plugged in.
  • List steps to take if someone comes into contact with electricity.
  • Choose precautions to reduce the risk of electrocution.