PIC Training is a four-hour workshop which is organized to help shift leaders, supervisors, managers as well as owners address the vital food safety practices and requirements of a person in charge. The training includes almost all the topics that are necessary such as employee health, consumption of raw food, the reason for temperature control, equipment and food safety, cross-contamination/bare hand contact/ hand washing, cleaning and sanitizing, as well as PHF time and temperature. Therefore, the participants of this training will receive a certificate that qualifies the participants for a five-year food handler’s card upon renewal and PIC hand-outs.
In any food organization by Dubai Municipality Food Control Department, the requirement of Person in charge training is very necessary. The PIC is not only responsible for an employer but also for Dubai Municipality in order to ensure that the employees are sticking to the established food safety practices to offer safe food. Therefore, the PIC must know that will need to exclude the ill food workers as well as assure that all the food workers are following the food safety regulations.
In a food establishment, the person in charge is a person who has the entire responsibility of smoothly running that location during the overall time of operation. Suppose if there are multiple shifts, then PIC has to ensure the proper functioning of the establishment’s operation during the work shift. The PIC may be the owner of a business or a designated person who has complete authority, supervision as well as control over the employees that are involved in the storage, preparation, display as well as service of the food.
The PIC is answerable to their employer as well as the government for making sure that the employees who are working are strictly following the established policies and procedures for food safety. Therefore a PIC needs to be present at all hours of operation. In the Person in charge training, a PIC is given the entire knowledge which will help him to ensure proper day-to-day operations, find out potential problems and also make the right decision during their shift.
To become a PIC certified in food safety, one needs to successfully complete a Food Control Department accepted Food Safety Certification Course which is appropriate to the business activity. Then complete the Food Safety Certification Examination successfully under secure conditions.
A PIC is the most important person who needs to be present during all operating hours with power and control in order to ensure food safety. He needs to properly evolve and execute policies as well as procedures that are necessary for preventing foodborne illness. The PIC should ensure before the start of work all the employees should be fully trained. He needs to track employee activities in order to ensure conformity with food safety regulations; mainly during the preparation, storage, and display of high-risk foods.
Therefore, Ensure is involved in providing proper PIC Training under the guidance of highly skilled professionals.