With this initiative, the departments of Health and the Information Society Lorca intended to facilitate obtaining the required certificate to work in catering services tailored to the needs of citizens and hours without moving it to its completion.
24.1.2014Los Aldermen of Health and the Information Society of the City of Lorca, Francisco García and Antonia López, presented this morning the new initiative will allow Lorca perform during food handling in the form of prepared meals and catering collective through the Internet, at any time of day, along 365 days a year, anywhere.
Lopez explained that "the cooperation of both municipal areas allow any citizen of our town can make online course food handler from the website of the Department of Health, no need to stick to a schedule or move as if it required classroom courses being made. "
Garcia said "as we are already doing with 18 other free training courses on new technologies in the www.formacion.lorca.es website, we take a step in the utilization of technological tools to facilitate Lorca that for example, they are working or living in the districts, the training gives them the health examination for work in the catering sector. "
The mayor stated that "we thus easier compliance with regulations that ensure food safety for consumers, and we believe that this year will overcome the 466 students enrolled in the different types of food handling courses offered by the Department of Health. "
The course consists of three parts: reading the agenda, the consultation document library course and a questionnaire 30 questions with three possible answers to choose one, which will be sent by tutors once read the other two parts.
Students who pass the course will receive a diploma certifying the completion of this 6-hour course by the Department of Health, which is authorized as a partner of the Ministry of Health of the Autonomous Community to teach these courses.
The matters disclosed to students are: law, nutrition, food contamination, preservation methods thereof foodborne illness as poisoning and bacterial infections, viral foodborne diseases caused by fungi or other parasites and preventive measures to be taken along with sanitary hygienic practices.
The course tutors, who are the municipal veterinarians, attend to any questions from students via email or phone.
Enrollment in this course will take place in the same way that had been done with classroom courses, ie, paying the € 17.1 rate in the register of the City or Municipal Service Offices of districts and then formalizing enrollment a photocopy of the DNI or NIE and the request pursuant to the Department of Health.
5 face courses already scheduled for the first half
However, the councilman of Health has reported that since the municipal area will continue providing classroom courses to obtain the official certificate.
In fact five courses for the next six months, but can be expanded programming, already covered, the most immediate contract catering, which will be held from 27 to 29 January, followed by another on 17 and 18 February for bakery, confectionery, pastries and cakes, butchers and other meat products 19 and 20 May and other retail and horticultural products 16 and 17 June.
All classroom courses are held from 9:30 to 11:30 in the Local Development Centre located in the Alameda de Cervantes.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca