Food Safety training
Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering
Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Manufacturing
Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Retail
Note: This qualification has replaced the Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene.
This level 2 course is a recognised qualification in the catering industry, to help food handlers to work with food safely in their daily tasks.
All food handlers including chefs, kitchen porters, dinner ladies, nursing home staff etc.
The qualification covers the following topics:
- Legislation
- Food safety hazards
- Temperature control
- Refrigeration, chilling and cold holding
- Cooking, hot handling and reheating of foods
- Food handling
- Principles of safe food storage
- Cleaning
- Food premises and equipment
There are six hours of teaching, then a multiple-choice test. Courses are usually conducted over one day, but can be split over two mornings/afternoons if required.
Short objective test
Pass mark - 20 correct answers out of 30 questions.
None - Appropriate for all employees
Our courses are conducted in English, but a range of foreign language papers is available for candidates who would find it easier.
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Royal Society for Public Health or H.A.B.C.
Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering
or Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Manufacturing
or Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Retail
Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering
This course is usually run in-house. Contact us for further details
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