Training Facilitators' Guide
Training Facilitators' Guide
Facilitator Guide
Primary Agriculture
Appl y B a s i c
Fo o d S a f e ty
P ra c ti c e s
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The availability of this product is due to the financial support of the National
Department of Agriculture and the AgriSETA.
Apply basic food safety practices
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Primary Agriculture NQF Level 1 Unit Standard No: 116166
This Facilitator Guide (together with the relevant Learner Guide) is aimed at
facilitators who will be assisting learners wishing to complete the following unit
standard:
This guide contains all necessary facilitation instructions to ensure that learners will
attain the expected competencies required by the above-mentioned unit standard.
This guide is designed to be used during the presentation of a learning session
based on this unit standard. The full unit standard is attached at the end of this
guide as well as at the end of the relevant Learner Guide. Learners are advised to
read the unit standard at their time. Please discuss the unit standard with the
learners to ensure that they understand what is expected from them to achieve the
outcomes of the unit standard.
This unit standard is one of the building blocks in the qualifications listed below.
Please mark the qualification you are currently facilitating, because that will be
determined by the context of application:
Please mark the learning program the learners are enrolled in:
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Context of Application …
Primary Agriculture is a diverse sector and a wide range of commodities is being
produced for both national and international market. Each commodity has its own
production requirements and practices. You will be facilitating the learning process
within a specific context where a specific agricultural commodity is being produced.
The learning material has been written in a generic manner, as it is aimed to be
available on national level and should be suitable to be applied within a variety of
commodities. It is therefore inclusive of all agricultural commodities and crop in this
field. Therefore, the examples that are being used in the materials may not always
be applicable to your specific community, commodity, environment or region.
This presents you, the facilitator, with the challenge to contextualise the learning
material. It is imperative that you, the Facilitator and Assessor interpret and present
activities, case studies and projects related to the material in such a way that
learners can easily identify and apply their knowledge within their own context. This
will require from you to add examples of crop, which are applicable to the
community or farm. Learners must be guided with examples from their own
communities, commodities, environment or regions. This should be done
supplementary to the learning material:
• Agricultural markets,
• Etc.
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Please note that the purpose of this information is merely to guide you, the
facilitator, and is provided as a suggestion of possibilities. It remains the
responsibility of every facilitator to re-assess the learner/s in each learning situation
throughout the learning process in order to stay in touch with their specific learning
needs. This should be the determining factor in the choice of the learning approach
to follow.
My Notes …
You can use this box for your own notes/comments.
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Hygiene principles.
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Complete Program
(including summative 10 4 hours 4 hours 7
assessment)
Purpose, Introduction
0.50 0.25 0.25
and Learner N/A
Directions
(30 minutes) (15 minutes) (30 minutes)
5: 45 minutes
4 hours
Session 3 120 minutes 6: 30 minutes 5–7
(240 minutes)
7: 45 minutes
Preparation for
Assessment & 0.33
revision
T ip s f o r lev el o f lear n in g
Remember the following before you get started:
This unit standard is aimed at level 1 learners.
A typical level 1 learner might be exposed to the world of work through this learning
program for the first time.
Explain concepts and define words in a simple, clear and concise method throughout
the learning program.
Take special care to facilitate for ALL learners. Allow them opportunities to share
experiences, prior knowledge, translate into their mother tongue for each other and
enjoy the learning process.
The examples given in this resource guide might be for a different geographical area
or commodity to what the learner is exposed to – please adapt your examples
accordingly.
There should always be good communication between facilitators and mentors to
ensure effective learning experience.
During practical activities facilitators should be present at all times. Should that not be
possible, the mentor should be available for attendance.
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Learners are supplied with all resources and aids as required by the programme –
including:
• Objects & devices such as equipment, protective clothing, safety gear, etc.
• Learner Guides and Learner Workbook
• Visual aids, etc.
Use this checklist below during your preparation to ensure that you have all the
equipment, documents and training aids for a successful session.
Preparation Yes No
Unit Standard Knowledge – I have familiarised myself with the content of all
aspects of the applicable unit standard
Enterprise knowledge – I know & understand the values, ethics, vision &
mission of the selected training provided consulting & have prepared my
programme delivery, reporting & administrative tasks accordingly.
Equipment check:
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Documentation checklist:
Attendance Register
Course Evaluation
Portfolios of evidence
Contextualisation of Content!
Go through this module and indicate what specific information / activities /
examples should be included in this module.
Contextualisation
• Commodity specific?
• Agricultural practices?
• Agricultural markets?
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Session 1 G ood P e r s on a l H y gi e n e
Pr a c t i c e s
Learner After completing this session, the learner should be able to:
Guide: SO 1: Apply good personal hygiene practices.
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Facilitators’ Tip …
Encourage learners to interpret and answer in “their own words”.
Ensure that learners understand the concepts of personal health & hygiene,
how it links to food safety and how each person can contribute to health,
safety and hygiene in their workplace.
Encourage learners to also consider how to ensure the health and safety of
others in the workplace.
Be certain to emphasise that each workplace will have unique approaches.
Allow time for groups to have discussions and report back on their findings.
Encourage learners to centre the entire activity around communicable diseases
and the role they play in food safety.
My Notes …
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Session 2 R i s k f a c t or s i n f ood
c on t a m i n a t i on
Learner After completing this session, the learner should be able to:
Guide: SO 2: Demonstrate an understanding of risk factors in food
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Facilitators’ Tip …
My Notes …
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Session 3 Pr e v e n t a t i v e me a s u r e s
a ga i n s t f ood c on t a m i n a t i on
Learner After completing this session, the learner should be able to:
Guide: SO 3: Apply preventative measures against food contamination.
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Facilitators’ Tip …
Encourage learners to seek out examples from their specific work environment
to answer the questions and to answer questions in as much detail as
possible.
Revise the consequences of food safety being compromised and encourage
learners to think from each role-player’s perspective when answering the
questions.
Lead a class discussion around signs found in the workplace, how they
contribute to food safety and what they would look like. Then allow time for
learners to answer the questions according to their understanding and to
interpret signs from their workplace.
My Notes …
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Wh at will I d o d if f er en t ly n ex t t ime?
Take some time to reflect on your own activities as facilitator of this Unit Standard.
Then write down five of the most important lessons you have learnt and include a
motivation:
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As facilitator, you have hands on experience in the application of the unit standard.
And you might experience difficulties with the unit standard that the developers did
not anticipate. Also, the unit standard will be revised at the end of the registration
period. Your comments below can be an important contribution in the revision
process and should be brought to the attention of either the AgriSETA ETQA
manager or the SGB chairperson.
Please take some time to reflect on your experience and list a few of the difficulties
you had to address.
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