SITXFSA007

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to transport food from a food preparation area to another location. It also deals with holding or storing food on arrival.

The unit applies to food service operations where food is transported from the preparation area to another location and stored on arrival. This includes restaurants and cafes, educational institutions, aged care facilities, hospitals, defence forces, cafeterias and kiosks, residential catering, in-flight and other transport catering, events catering and private catering. It applies to food handlers who directly handle food when transporting and storing food. People at many levels use this skill in the workplace including cooks, chefs, caterers and catering assistants.

The person transporting the food may or may not be driving the vehicle.

Food handlers involved in transporting and storing food must comply with the requirements contained within the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

Businesses may be required to implement a food safety program and food handlers would need to comply with the transportation provisions.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in an operational hospitality environment. This can be:

• an industry workplace; or
• an industry-realistic simulated environment.

Assessment must ensure access to:

• vehicles suitable for the transportation of food
• food ingredients and ready to eat food items to be transported
• industry-current equipment for the transportation and storage of food
• organisational specifications:

• current plain English regulatory documents distributed by the national, state, territory or local government food safety authority
• Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
• current commercial food safety programs, policies and procedures used for managing food safety.

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors.