Food Manager Training

What training is required of managers in food service
establishments?

• Must have achieved successful completion of an approved manager-training program
  (see links below)
• A person meeting that qualification must be in the facility at all times
• A person with a valid manager training certificate will not need the basic food handler card
• An exception from the manager training requirement will be given for certain facilities with minimal food preparation that have been rated as low risk establishments
• If you have any questions, please call the Environmental Health Division.

What does the manager training include?

• Minimum of six hours of training and successful completion of an approved examination
• Only after completing and passing the examination will persons be eligible to meet the food manager-training requirement
• Food manager training will be good for five years from the date the certificate of training is issued

Who offers the training?

The Career Center

• Training Information 2013

Safe Food Handlers Corporation

• Training Information

Lifelong Learning Consultants

• Training Information

360Training.com, Inc.

• Training Information

Do I have to take the National or Local exam?

• The Columbia Health Department will honor both, but only the national exam will be honored in other jurisdictions

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