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A team of specialists are giving people working in hospitality on the Island some online lessons in food hygiene.
Law At Work has created a new online learning tool to help local businesses that sell food keep or improve their star rating.
The Eat Safe Jersey scheme was launched by the Environmental Health department last Autumn when inspectors named and shamed the Island’s worst restaurants for hygiene.
Every eatery from beach café to Michelin-starred restaurant is now given a star rating from a ‘very poor’ no stars to an ‘excellent’ five stars.
Law At Work has online courses in English, Portuguese and Polish so that there’s no language barrier and the e-training is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health so businesses can earn points towards the star rating.
The team can also come out and do spot-checks on business premises before Health inspectors arrive and give them some tips on how they can do better.
Law At Work Managing Director Kelly Flaguel said: “Getting everyone together at the same time for food safety training can be a real headache – and so can losing staff while they go on a course. Getting a trainer in or organising a course can be expensive and what about language problems? Perhaps not everyone’s English is good enough to understand all the terminology.
“We at Law At Work are more than happy to provide face-to-face training – and many businesses we work with prefer that – but we are also launching online training in multiple languages so staff can train wherever and whenever you wish.
Law at Work is running a free one hour online clinic on Monday 29 July from 10.30 am to 11.30 am. Anyone who wants to ask a question about the new Eat Safe scheme can ask their team of experts, either on Facebook (www.facebook.com/lawatworkci) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/lawatworkci) or Linkedin (search Law At Work Channel Islands). Please use the hashtag #asklaw
Kelly Flaguel said: “This is an innovative way for us to interact with people who may be unsure about what the star system means or how they can improve their rating. We hope as many Islanders as possible will get online and let us help bring some clarity.”
“Our e-learning is fully accredited and tailored to Jersey laws and standards. It will take staff through exactly the same course as they would get in a classroom and there are online tests to check understanding.”
You can see how your favourite eatery has performed on the Eat Safe Jersey page which you can access here.
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