In-House Highfield Level 3 Award in Food Safety

This Level 3 Food Safety course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of food safety. It will also help you examine everyone’s different roles in establishing and maintaining high workplace standards.

The course is designed to provide you with a detailed knowledge of food safety principles and practice by identifying potential hazards. In gaining this knowledge, you will develop and implement food safety systems appropriate to your workplace.

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Course Content

• Food safety law and regulations.
• The role and powers of enforcement officers in respect to food safety.
• The different responsibilities of employers and employees.
• The concept of due diligence and how to prove it.
• Preventing food poisoning and understanding food-borne disease.
• The consequences of non-compliance with food safety legislation.
• The economical impact of both good and bad food safety practices.
• Relationship between food hygiene and food poisoning.
• Physical contamination of food and its prevention.
• The role of the supervisor in ensuring good personal hygiene practices
• The importance of good food storage and stock control.
• Correct temperature controls including checking, verifying and recording.
• The principles of food preservation and different methods.
• Design and construction of food premises and equipment
• The different methods of cleaning and disinfection.
• Cleaning records and managing cleaning schedules
• Controlling internal and external waste effectively.
• Identifying pests and the methods that can be used to control them.
• Regulations regarding training and the need for good communication.
• The seven principles of the HACCP system
• Implementing and managing a food safety management system.
• Introduction to the Safer Food Better Business system and how to manage it.
• The role of the supervisor in the investigation of an outbreak of food-borne illness.

Examination

Candidates will be assessed by a multiple-choice examination, where the candidate must answer at least 30 out of 45 questions correctly; 36 or more correct answers will achieve a distinction pass.

The examination will take 90 minutes to complete, and successful completion will result in a Highfield Level 3 Award in Food Safety in Catering certificate.

This in-depth course is intended principally for those employees who are responsible for managing people and is ideal for anyone who has a responsibility for your HACCP system.

This qualification is also recommended for any food business that is striving to achieve a 5-star food hygiene rating.

For those who own or manage a small catering business, this course will help them to understand the Safer Food Better Business pack provided by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

In addition, if you require supervisors or managers to teach basic food safety skills to other members of your team, providing they have the suitable experience and teaching qualification such as the Level 3 Award in Education and Training, this course enables them to deliver in-house training.

It is recommended that candidates have a basic understanding of food safety prior to attending this course, ideally the Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering qualification.

It is also recommended that candidates have a minimum of Level 2 in English and Maths or equivalent to undertake this qualification. Candidates should be aged 14 or above.

Essential course if you are looking to progress to a supervisory position within a catering establishment.

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