ServSafe Food Handler Certification (Albany)
Free certification training for food service professionals
Monday, October 12
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Earn your ServSafe Food Handler certification at no cost in this free course covering topics such as food safety and contamination prevention. Your path to food service employment starts here!
About this course
The ServSafe Food Handler certification is one of the most widely recognized credentials in the food service industry. This free 4-session course prepares Hartford residents for the national ServSafe exam, covering everything you need to work safely and confidently in a professional kitchen or food service setting.
What you will learn
- Food safety principles and best practices
- How to prevent contamination and foodborne illness
- Safe food handling, storage, and temperature control
- Personal hygiene standards for food service workers
- Financial literacy basics for food service workers
- Digital tools and skills for the modern food service workplace
What you will earn
Participants who complete all sessions are prepared to sit for the ServSafe Food Handler exam. Earning this credential opens doors to employment across Connecticut's food service industry.
Session format
This course meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, for a total of four course sessions, at Hartford Public Library's Albany Library (1250 Albany Street).
This program is free and open to:
- Hartford residents
- Those working in Hartford
- Anyone opening a Hartford food service-related business
- Participants must be authorized to work in the United States
Pre-registration is required.
To get started, please complete the online interest form:
https://tap.hplct.org/servesafeinterest/
For additional information contact:
Wanda Dunaway, Career Navigator
(860) 748-4205 | wdunaway@hplct.org
Touria Ghaffari, ServSafe Instructor
(860) 490-7188 | tghaffari@hplct.org
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Job Training | Career |
TAGS: | #workforce development | #The American Place | #TAP | #ServSafe | #kitchen | #job training | #Hartford | #free training | #food service | #food safety | #food handler | #employment | #certification | #career | #adult education |
Albany Library
| Mon, Sep 07 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
| Tue, Sep 08 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
| Wed, Sep 09 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
| Thu, Sep 10 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Sep 11 | 9:30AM to 5:00PM |
| Sat, Sep 12 | 9:00AM to 5:00AM |
| Sun, Sep 13 | Closed |
The Albany Branch Library endeavors daily to maintain its role as one of Albany Avenue’s most vital resources. Library service in Hartford’s North End began in 1909, when a branch library was first established inside the Northwest School. It then moved to rented quarters at 1239 Albany Avenue. The branch’s present location at 1250 Albany Avenue opened in February 1950 in a building designed by H. Sage Goodwin. In 2011 a new 8,000 square foot facility on the corner of Albany and Blue Hills Avenues replaced the sixty-one-year-old structure.
