Food Safety Manager Certification at Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) will teach participants how to properly handle, prepare and store foods thus preventing foodborne illnesses. The role of a food safety manager is critical to a food service establishment and its patrons. Food safety managers are responsible for ensuring adherence to food safety policies and procedures, providing training to employees on topics affecting food safety and supervising those employees.

The two-day course will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 1-2, at the Professional Development Institute, 7124 I-35 Service Road, and taught by Beatriz Meyer. Cost for the course is $155 and includes course instruction, books and exam fee.

To sign-up online, go to /pdi. The deadline to enroll in this program is March 13.

Topics covered in the course include: developing a better understanding of food safety; recognizing and maintaining personal hygiene in the workplace; identifying hazards and sources of contamination; and discussing the cleaning and sanitizing of food equipment.

For more information, call (405) 682-7562 or email pdi@occc.edu.