Description

Course Summary

Everything you need to know about the basics of Food Safety: Introduction, Food poisoning and its control, Personal hygiene, Food pests and pest control, Cleaning and disinfection. On the completion of this course, you will receive a personalised Highfield-commended certificate.

Course Description

Public confidence in terms of food safety is a major concern for any business in the food sector. With the increasing public, media and legislative scrutiny, food businesses need to get it right the first time, every time. Ensure your staff understand their role in maintaining food safety.

The course
The Highfield e-learning Food Safety Level 2 course is ideal for anyone who works where food is cooked, prepared or handled. Although it does not provide a qualification itself, it does meet all legal requirements and offers full compliance for high-risk food handlers. And along with its supporting PDF handbook, the e-learning provides all the knowledge and understanding required in order for a learner to go on to achieve any level 2 food safety (RQF) qualification, whether in catering, manufacturing or retail, with an approved training provider.

Areas covered

• Introduction to food safety
• Microbiological hazards
• Food poisoning and its control
• Contamination hazards and controls
• HACCP from delivery to service
• Personal hygiene
• Food premises and equipment
• Food pests and pest control
• Cleaning and disinfection
• Food safety enforcement

Who is it aimed at?
Regulations require that anyone involved in food handling must be appropriately trained in food safety. The course is aimed at anyone who works where food is cooked, prepared or handled. The course can also be used as part of the on-programme element of the new apprenticeship standards and can support the knowledge, skills and behaviours apprentices need to effectively integrate into the workplace.

What is a Highfield e-learning course?
Highfield e-learning’s courses are designed to give employees the knowledge and understanding of key areas of compliance in a range of areas such as food safety, allergens, health and safety, food safety and licensing. Each e-learning course can be completed within a specified time period but at a pace that suits learners, and has been developed with information from leading subject matter experts in the sector. This e-learning course comes complete with a downloadable PDF handbook full of useful information and guidance to help support the achievement of the learning outcomes.

How do they work?
Learners simply log on to the Highfield Learning Management System (LMS) and work their way through the course, along with scenarios relevant to their area of learning. Assessment is carried out on the completion of each module via a series of multiple-choice questions.

What makes Highfield e-learning different?
We make the most complex of subjects easier to digest through media and content-rich exercises that motivate and engage learners. All of our e-learning uses interactive exercises and gaming combined with media-rich content, interactive scenarios, and relevant photography and illustrations. Content is provided by industry-leading experts. What that means for your learners is stimulating and engaging content they’ll respond to and, most importantly, remember.