FOOD SAFETY (REFRESHER), LEVEL 2

Description

QA Level 2 Award In Food Safety (Refresher) (RQF)

• Face to Face: Half day course
• Virtual Classroom: Spread over 2 sessions of  2½ hr duration
• Suitable for those who have previously done an Ofqual regulated course in Food Safety in Catering, for Retail and for Manufacturing
• Reminds learners about the importance of Food Safety and how to ensure food is safe for consumption

• Responsibilities of food handlers
• Types of contamination
• Causes of cross contamination
• Types of Contamination and the Associated Risks
• Keeping the work area and equipment clean and tidy
• Pest control
• Sources of food poisoning
• People at higher risk of food poisoning
• High risk foods
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
• Personal hygiene in food safety
• Safe temperatures for food processing
• Food spoilage
• Storage and deliveries

Benefits of this course:

• Businesses have a duty to their customers to produce food that is safe for consumption.
• There are one million cases of food poisoning in the UK each year.
• How much can you remember from when you did your original course? 
• From our experience, people remember very little one year later - let alone longer than that
• The Food Standards Agency says that 'Food business operators are required by law, to ensure that food handlers receive appropriate supervision and instruction/training in food hygiene in line with their work activity and should enable them to handle food safely’.
• Our QA Level 2 Award in Food Safety (Refresher) (RQF) is a nationally accredited qualification especially suitable for people working in, or planning to work in, the food retail industry, and complies with the training regulations.
• Doing this Ofqual regulated, nationally accredited course ensures that nothing of importance is left out of your memory, and that you are able to produce or sell food that is fit for human consumption

Accredited, Ofqual regulated qualification:

Our Food Safety in Catering training course is a nationally recognised, Ofqual regulated qualification accredited by Qualsafe Awards.

This means that you can be rest assured that your Food safety in Catering certificate fulfils the legal requirements and is a very good way to make sure your employees are trained in Food Safety.

The Ofqual Register number for this course is 603/4311/4