Food Service Training

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Introduction In this paper the author will cover various topics related to the food service industry. The author will cover points with regards to training provided in the food service environment. Various methods of conducting training will be discussed concerning the food service. Finally the author will briefly cover circumstances when you might use more than one training method, or just use one method over another. Food Service Training Training in the food service is important to all parties involved. By providing training an owner/operator of a food service related business is giving you tools to keep yourself, the work place, and what you create for the customers safe. Safety in all these aspects is what keeps customers coming back for more. This has been proven by the success of many restaurants and food establishments. (Food safety handbook, 2000) First tackling the concept of personal safety is probably the easiest to start. Growing up we are all taught about knives, scissors, and sharp objects. We are warned they can be dangerous, but used properly they can be fun. It is the same with training. Personal safety in food service training means you know how to avoid potential hazards in the work place. Hazards in food service are normally considered in three categories, physical, chemical, and biological. (Food safety handbook, 2000) Starting with physical, most injures which occur in the work place are the common ones, cuts, lacerations, and punctures. (Rector, 2012) Working in this industry you expect to get cuts, scrapes, and jabs from broken glasses, dishes, and silverware. It happens regardless of how careful you are. All it takes is doing a process you have done numerous times too fast and you get hurt. The other major forms of physical injuries are burns, sprains, and worst case breaks. Burns everyone have experienced at home. Grabbing a hot
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