NAQ Nutrition (the Queensland division of Nutrition Australia) is a not for profit community based organisation, providing education and support for nutrition professionals and the community.
NAQ Nutrition offers an expert team of Accredited Practising Dietitians, Nutritionists and Health Promotion Professionals to ensure the very best in nutrition education and health promotion.
Food Foundations is a program of NAQ Nutrition, for early childhood settings.
We offer a range of support services to early childhood settings covering nutrition and food safety, these include
For more information on the Food Foundations service, visit our website
NAQ Nutrition also has approved food safety auditors. If you’re a licensed food business in Queensland, NAQ Nutrition’s experienced food safety auditors can assist with
Please contact the food safety team via email foodsafety@naqld.org or call 07 3257 4393 for more information.
Courses for individuals cost $45 (including GST). If you are part of a Service / Centre please contact us for multiple course discount.
We have developed and partnered with other trusted organisations to provide an array of training designed to meet the demands of safety and wellbeing for any workplace or organisation.
After working in the Early Childhood Industry for over 20 years and participating in Child Protection courses most years, I have to say that this was the first that I actually enjoyed! I especially loved the emphasis on validating children's feelings everyday in every situation. Thank you for keeping real-life stories to a minimum and only sharing those that were necessary to make a point. I've...
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Wynnum Family Day Care has had an association with Michael Pecic for several years, through conference presentations, information sessions for parents and educators and face to face training and mentoring with the coordination unit. Michael has supported our need for up-to-date information on the management of child protection within the early childhood education and care sector in a most...
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The Health and Community Services Workforce Council (Workforce Council) is responsible for the delivery of the Professional Support Coordinator (PSC) program in Queensland. This program is funded by the Australian Government to deliver professional development and support to child care services across Queensland. As part of this program the Workforce Council manages a Panel of Providers for...
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Absolutely BRILLIANT Feedback from last night!!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! to all you guys at In Safe Hands - these girls here have really high standards and this morning everyone was raving about it and telling me how much they got out of it. Thank you so much and can you please pass my thanks on to Mick as well. The staff were all telling me it really opened up their eyes and they...
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In Safe Hands office is closed today due to a public holiday in Qld. We will reopen at 9am 08/10/2019. Read More >>
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NEW ONLINE COURSE FROM BULLYOLOGY Workplace Bullying Awareness - $45.00 Per course Bullying Awareness is a practical course designed to give employees and management a more complete understanding of workplace bullying: how to prevent it and how best to deal with it when it occurs. It also o... Read More >>
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Thursday 29 August 2019 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm AEST $27.50 per person... Read More >>
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