Overview - Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene for Retail (including City and Guilds Accredited Certificate)
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Try online - Buy online - Learn online - Test online and Certificate posted same day if completed before 12 noon Monday to Friday, or next working day £20 + VAT EU Regulation 852/2004 Hygiene for Foodstuffs requires Food Businesses to make sure that any staff who handles food are supervised, instructed and trained in Food Hygiene in a way that is appropriate to the work they do.
This module is a self-study course (formerly known as Foundation or Basic Food Hygiene) and maps to Industry Standards in Food Safety and Hygiene as published by Skillsmart Retail Ltd, the Sector Skills Council for the Retail. This course will benefit anyone working in retail, for example, supermarkets, small and large grocery stores, butchery, bakery, fish and farm shops, market stalls and delicatessens.
The aim of this module is to provide a basic understanding of food safety and hygiene as it relates to the Retail sector, covering issues such as displays for sale and hot display units, along with storage and preparing food for retail.
This course is accredited by City & Guilds
- Virtual College are a City and Guilds Accredited centre.
- City and Guilds have accredited our L2 Food Safety and Hygiene certificates
- Our price includes a City and Guilds Accredited Certificate.
- City and Guilds approved quality assurance of our online delivery processes and learner support systems.
- Quality City & Guilds Accredited Certificate carrying authorisation seal.
Upon completion of this online training material learners will sit an online test and on successful completion, will receive a City & Guilds Accredited Level 2 Certificate in Food Safety and Hygiene meeting the legal training required, which must then be applied to work situations.
The training and test usually take between 2 to 3 hours to complete (depending on learning speed), which is equivalent to 6 hours face-to-face group training. Learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark , and, if necessary, may re-sit the test at no extra cost, having revisited the training material. Certificates will be posted on same day as a successful test pass if completed before 12 noon Monday to Friday, or next working day.
Produced by Virtual College in association with Food Safety experts "Food Dialog" a registered Training Centre with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) we have made every effort to make the training friendly, understandable and as down to earth as possible.
On completion of this course learners should understand:
- Why food hygiene and safety is important
- Their personal and legalresponsibilities
- The impact of food borne illness
- How food becomes contaminated
- How to prevent contamination through good
Lesson Plan
Upon completion of this module learners will have an understanding of a wide range
of key food safety issues, including the three main types of food safety hazard,
their sources and methods of control. Learners will know the correct temperatures
needed for storage, display and sale, understand the correct handling of food and
be aware of common food pests and how to control them, along with the principles
of cleaning and disinfection and how these apply to the workplace.
The sections covered include:
- Learning Objectives and an introduction to Food Safety and Hygiene – Food
Safety and Hygiene are terms commonly used, here we will look at how they relate
to food that has been prepared and served.
- Impact of Food-Borne Illness – looking at what food-bourne illnesses are
and how they affect us.
- Understanding Food Law – food often has a long journey from growing, harvesting,
delivery, preparation through to being eaten. As a result there are many opportunities
for it to become contaminated. In this section we look at legislation in place that
relates to food hygiene and safety.
- Food Safety Hazards and Contamination – exploring food safety hazards and
how they arise and consider how they can be prevented and controlled.
- Food Preservation, Storage and Temperature Control - how to preserve food,
including appropriate storage and temperature controls.
- Personal Hygiene – this section looks at why personal hygiene is so important
when working with food – from hand washing to legal requirements.
- Hygienic Premises and Equipment – this section looks at good housekeeping
and the part premises and equipment design play in maintaining clean, pest-free
conditions.
- Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) - it is a requirement
of food hygiene regulations that all businesses who sell food must have a documented
food safety management system based on HACCP in place. This section looks at what
this involves.
Accreditation
The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines
This course is Accredited by City & Guilds.
Certification
When you have successfully completed your course and attained the 75% required test pass, you will receive a City & Guilds Accredited Certificate. Our Certificates are of extremely high quality and carry an authorisation seal. The certificate should be displayed to show appropriate training has taken place.
Duration
Approximately 2-3 hours to complete (depending on learning speed). As an e-learning module you can complete this training in convenient stages and revisit whenever you wish. The system will record your progress throughout.
Target Audience
This Food Safety and Hygiene for Retail module is aimed at anyone working in a retail environment which can include supermarkets, small and large food shops, wholesalers and markets.
Entry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
Testimonials
"I thoroughly enjoyed going through the module, it was very informative in a new way. I haven't done anything like this before. Thank you very much it was a very enjoyable experience." DJ, Food Catering 26/10/10
"I think that the way you have portrayed this module is brilliant very informative and thoroughly enjoyed, thanks." ML, Food Catering, 26/10/10
"I liked that I could go at my own pace and complete the modules at a time convenient to me" DR, Northumberland County Council, 15/10/10
"I think the course was excellent easy to follow even for a novice I was very impressed" JH, Food Catering, 06/10/10
"As a teacher myself it was refreshing to see that all learning styles had been catered for visual, auditory and kinaesthetic. As a visual learner I found it a great way to study and complete the task in hand." KJ Food Catering, 26/10/10
"It was recommended by Environmental Health and I could fit it around my business and home life" ACJ, North Shropshire, 26/07/2009
How it Works
This is a general guide to how the system works; if you want a more detailed guide to how our purchasing and learning works please visit the Four Easy Steps page which should tell you all you need to know.
Alternatively, if you have a specific question or concern why not contact us directly ?
What
This is an online course, all the training will be taken through your browser window. There will be no face-to-face sessions with instructors nor will you receive any training material through the post. If you wish you may print out any page of the training material and may also print the notes you took during the training.
You can also revisit the training material at any time, even after you have completed the course.
How
The material for this course has been broken down into several smaller lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject.
The lesson consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk you through the lesson material at a pace that suits you. Pages may also include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help you keep in touch and interested in the material.
Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be PAUSED and RESUMED at any stage. When all lessons in the course have been completed our system will realise and automatically record that you have successfully completed the course
When
The course is self-paced so you decide how fast or slow the training goes. You can complete the course in stages revisiting the training at any time.