We offer Food Handler training on Thursdays at KCHD's downtown Charleston location on Lee Street. Call 304-348-8050 tor reserve your spot.
We have partnered with StateFoodSafety.com to provide Food Handler and Food Manager Training.
If you handle, prepare, serve, sell, or give away food for human consumption, even if you bus tables or wash dishes, you are a food worker and need this training within 30 days of starting work. Click on the custom portal below to select either a one-year ($20) or a 2-year statewide card ($30). This training is interactive, engaging, and fun, and it is available in English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Chinese, Serbo-Croatian, and ASL. The training will take you about 75-minutes to complete with a 30-question assessment at the end. You have two test attempts to achieve a 70% or above. Once you successfully complete your training, print your card.
There must be one Certified Food Protection Manager per shift at each establishment. Click on the custom portal below to purchase your Food Manager Training as well as a nationally accredited CFPM Exam. The training is about 7-8 hours and includes avatars, high-quality illustrations and audio, and interactivities to help you stay engaged and learn correct food safety principles at a managerial level. There are three selections for the proctored exam from which you can chose. You can choose to take the proctored exam at home, at an outlying site, or at the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. You will pay a proctor fee of $46 to take at home and $50 to take at an outlying facility; however, if you chose to take the exam at our health department, the fee is waived. Depending on what selection you chose from depends on the bundle fee for the course and exam. It can range from $130 to $180.
It is available in English or Spanish. The training also provides a 90-question practice assessment to help you prepare for your CFPM Exam. You should have received an email from Prometric to schedule your CFPM exam. Once you feel prepared and have scheduled your exam, go and take your exam. Good luck!
StateFoodSafety.com offers high-quality online food safety training services for industry accounts–which includes discounts, LMS training integration, custom portal with company branding options, and more. If you are interested in partnering with StateFoodSafety.com, please email
accounts@statefoodsafety.com or call 801-494-1416.
If you would like to purchase more than one training, select the training you want to purchase and go to the “Checkout” page. Change the quantity and check out. You will receive a list of voucher numbers in your email, which you can distribute to your employees.