Training Your Contractors: Good Practices
Training Your Contractors: Good Practices
Training Your Contractors: Good Practices
BY KERRY BEACH
TRAINING YOUR
CONTRACTORS
The Contractors Role
Every day, people arrive at food facilities where they have
been contracted to perform various tasks. In some cases, these
contractors may have been trained by their companies regarding proper food plant etiquette, but the chances are unlikely.
Regardless, it is the food facilitys responsibility to make sure
all contractors receive training or guidelines and agree to follow them before they enter the production area.
Make sure your contractors understand and agree to these
basic requirements. It is a good idea to have them sign a form
saying that they agree to follow these and any additional
company-specic guidelines before any work begins.
No food or drink in the plant. Food is only allowed in break
rooms or outside. Use trash receptacles for waste generated
at lunch and break time.
If you have an illness or open lesion (including boils, sores
or wounds) that could possibly contaminate the product,
food-contact surfaces or food packaging materials, you are
not permitted to work at the facility until healed.
A hair and/or beard net must be worn in all areas. Also, remove all jewelry before entering the plant. You are responsible
for providing your own hardhat, safety glasses, safety shoes,
hearing protection and other necessary safety equipment.
If wearing a shirt with a pocket above the waist, no items may
be carried in that pocket.
It is your responsibility to provide appropriate protection for
the surrounding production area from dust, debris, fumes or
any foreign material.
Control loose or stray metal and glass objects so that the
production system does not become contaminated with these
dangerous materials.
Smoking is only allowed in designated smoking areas. Cigarette butts must be discarded in designated containers.
All chemicals brought onto company property must be
reported to the designated facility contact and appropriate
documentation, such as labels or Material Safety Data Sheets,
must be provided.
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