Description: Sanitation practices and sanitary design of facilities and equipment.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss sanitation practices and sanitary design of facilities and equipment.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss sanitary design of facilities and equipment.

2. Discuss the importance of GMPs, GRPs, and GAPs.

3. Describe principles of sanitation.

4. Describe the purpose of SSOPs.

5. Describe the importance of employee sanitation training.

6. Give examples of monitoring records.

7. Discuss water chemistry.

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Description: The process of removing visible material such as soil, dirt, and organic matter from facilities and equipment.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the process of removing visible material such as soil, dirt, and organic matter from facilities and equipment.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Describe the factors that affect the efficacy of cleaning agents.

2. Explain how water chemistry can affect cleaning agents.

3. Discuss types of cleaning agents and their function on soil.

4. Describe cleaning methods.

5. Describe the importance of employee sanitation training.

6. Explain the importance of following the manufacturer’s directions for use.

7. Explain the importance of breaking down equipment for cleaning.

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Description: Reducing the presence of microorganisms.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the process of reducing the presence of microorganisms.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Explain the importance of using approved food-grade sanitizers.

2. Describe the factors that affect the efficacy of sanitizers.

3. Describe the types of sanitizing agents.

4. Discuss the purpose of sanitizers.

5. Discuss sanitizers’ requirements for use.

6. Describe sanitizing strategies.

7. Identify sanitizer test methods.

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Description: The use of specialized techniques to destroy or irreversibly inactivate pathogenic microorganisms but not necessarily their spores.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the use of specialized techniques to destroy or irreversibly inactivate pathogenic microorganisms but not necessarily their spores.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Explain the importance of using approved food-grade disinfectants.

2. Describe the factors that affect the efficacy of disinfectants.

3. Discuss the purpose of disinfectants.

4. Discuss disinfectants’ requirements for use.

5. Describe disinfecting strategies.

6. Identify disinfectant test methods.

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Description: The design and construction of facilities and equipment to reduce or prevent contamination and facilitate cleaning and sanitizing.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss how facility and equipment design impacts sanitation.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss the concept of building envelope.

2. Discuss the importance of proper equipment layout.

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Description: Hazards, practices, and facility/equipment design that may lead to contamination.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss hazards, practices, and facility/equipment design that may lead to contamination.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss potential hazards.

2. Explain routes of contamination.

3. Describe how people can be a source of contamination.

4. Describe how cleaning practices can contribute to contamination.

5. Explain the importance of vector control.

6. Discuss the water source.

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