Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance
Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering
(Basic Food Hygiene)

Cost per delegate £55

This qualification will benefit anyone working where food is prepared, cooked or served. It is relevant to all catering operations and especially now with the requirement for all food operations to have a documented HACCP system in place.

Objectives

• Understand the basic requirements of the Food Safety Act 1990 and the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006.
• Understand characteristics of food safety hazards and their potential to cause harm.
• Understand methods of preventing food poisoning including maintaining temperature control, cooking, hot holding and reheating, safe food handling and storage.
• Understand the need for high standards of personal hygiene.
• Recognise the need for high standards of hygiene and cleanliness in food premises.

Programme

9.15      Arrival – study course learning materials
9.30      Welcome and introductions
9.40      Food safety and HACCP
10.00    Legislation
10.15    Bacteriology and temperature control
11.00    Break
11.15    Video – Bacteria Bites Business
11.30    Food allergies
11.45    Safe food handling, refrigeration and food storage
12.35    Food preservation
12.45    Break
13.30    Personal hygiene & due diligence
14.00    Cleaning and disinfection
14.30    Self assessment quiz
15.00    Break
15.15    Premises and kitchen layout – hazard spotting
15.35    Pests – video ‘Uninvited Guests’
16.00    Examination (candidates may take up to 60 minutes)
16.30    Evaluation and close

Award
Candidates who achieve twenty or more correct answers in the thirty question multiple-choice examination will be awarded the HABC Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering certificate. The examination papers are marked by the awarding body and it normally takes around five weeks for the certificates to be returned.

Pre-course reading & information

Candidates will be supplied with a text book/ handouts and no pre-course reading is necessary although it helps to read your organisation food safety rules before the course.

 It is a requirement that candidates present photo ID such as a passport or driving licence to the trainer at the start of the course

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Discounts and terms and conditions

If 3 places are booked on the same course we will give you a 5% discount. If 6 places are booked on the same course we will give you a 10% discount. To make a discounted booking please e-mail rlbransby@btconnect.com with your request and we can confirm if the places you need are available and give you details to make a direct payment into our bank. For more than 10 delegates it is often cheaper to have your own course, so contact rlbransby@btconnect.com to obtain an exact quotation

Terms and conditions key points
You may cancel a booking up to 21 days before the first course date for a full refund less £5 administration fee per person
You may substitute another person to take your place up to the first day of the course
We may cancel any course without notice and we will let you know as soon as we can and will return your fees. For full details of terms click here