Overview
This course examines sanitation management, regulatory compliance, and risk-based control systems in lean, high-volume operations, including food service, hospitality, retail, healthcare support, and facility-based businesses. Students analyze hazard identification, contamination pathways, personal hygiene, cleaning and sanitizing procedures, temperature and time control, allergen management, pest prevention, waste handling, water safety, equipment maintenance, and incident response.
The course distinguishes legal minimums from robust safety systems and applies lean management principles without weakening essential public health or worker protection measures. Students develop sanitation standard operating procedures, conduct hazard analyses, identify critical control points or equivalent safeguards, interpret inspection and audit findings, design monitoring documentation, and formulate corrective and preventive actions.
Applied work includes auditing a simulated facility and preparing a cost-aware remediation plan with measurable verification steps. Emphasis is placed on inspection readiness, truthful reporting, training systems, accountability, vendor controls, accessibility, worker dignity, and communication during outbreaks or contamination events.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyze sanitation hazards, contamination pathways, and regulatory obligations across high-volume operational environments.
- Evaluate preventive controls, critical control points, and equivalent safeguards against legal, public health, and organizational standards.
- Develop sanitation standard operating procedures that integrate hygiene, cleaning, sanitizing, temperature control, allergen management, pest prevention, and waste handling.
- Construct monitoring logs and verification systems for sanitation, water safety, equipment maintenance, and corrective action.
- Interpret inspection, audit, and incident findings to diagnose nonconformities and prioritize risk-based remediation.
- Design a cost-aware facility improvement plan that removes operational waste without weakening safety barriers or worker protections.
- Assess training, accountability, vendor-control, accessibility, and communication systems supporting sustained regulatory compliance.
- Formulate escalation and incident-response procedures that support timely action, outbreak control, and truthful reporting.
Timetable
| Type | Length | Frequency | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Tutorial | 1 hour | Weekly | All semester |
| Workshop | 2 hours | Fortnightly | All semester |
| Practicum | 2 hours | Fortnightly | Second term |
Assessment Schedule
| Type | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Hazard analysis and preventive-control report | 20.00% |
| Deliverable | Sanitation standard operating procedure and monitoring logs | 20.00% |
| Test | Regulatory compliance and sanitation test | 15.00% |
| Assignment | Inspection and audit findings analysis | 15.00% |
| Capstone | Simulated facility audit and remediation plan | 30.00% |
Prerequisites
- Requirement Advanced standing in Business and Economics or approval from the Department of Business & Economics.
Teaching Staff & Programs
This course is delivered jointly by faculty from the participating programs listed below. In line with the Douchewater Way, the University of Sexology tailors core instruction directly to each cohort's specific discipline — adapting curriculum to program needs rather than forcing students into a one-size-fits-all model. Learn more about our approach at The Douchewater Way.