Level 2 Award in Food Safety - Catering, Retail and Manufacturing

This qualification is designed principally for all those who are, or intend to be, food handlers within the catering, retail, manufacturing and hospitality industries. A food handler is any person who handles food, whether open or packaged.

Holders of this qualification will have a knowledge and understanding of the importance of food hygiene; associated food hazards, good hygiene practice and controls based upon an awareness of food safety management systems.

These topics are regarded by the Food Standards Agency as being important to understanding and maintaining good practice in the handling, processing and preparation of safe food. This qualification is also appropriate for a person whose work requires them to enter food premises e.g. maintenance engineers.

The Level 2 Award in Food Safety ensures that food handlers who complete the course are trained and:

• Understand how good food hygiene contributes to food safety.
• Know how micro-organisms cause illness through contamination.
• Understand the importance of personal hygiene and good hygiene practices.
• State current legal obligations and the consequence of non-compliance.
• Understand what hazards are, and how they are controlled and monitored.

Course Covers:

• Food handling practices and procedures
• The importance of personal hygiene and personal hygiene practices
• Reporting of illnesses
• Contamination and cross contamination
• Temperature control
• The safe preparation, cooking, chilling and reheating of foods
• Storage and stock control
• Importance of keeping to work are and equipment clean and tidy
• Waste disposal
• Pest controls
• Premises design and equipment
• Statutory requirements of food businesses and food handlers
• Hazard analysis