Understanding HACCP Digital Course
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This RoSPA Assured online course covers the latest HACCP legislation and guidance and is suitable for anyone working with or handling food. The course explains a HACCP plan, hazard analysis and critical control points and ensures confidence in using the seven HACCP principles. The HACCP training should take around 2-3 hours to complete and includes an instant digital certificate.
Course Level: Intermediate
Accreditation: RoSPA Assured, CPD Certified
Certificate: Self printed
Description
This Understanding HACCP Course includes a RoSPA Assured instant digital certificate. It has been created for food handlers to ensure they understand what a critical control point is and are confident using the HACCP seven principles system to identify and respond to hazards.
Anyone who works in catering or hospitality needs to be aware of the latest food hygiene standards and HACCP regulations. Knowing how to clean and disinfect equipment, safely store and prepare food, and control common pests will allow you to handle food safely and ensure that you’re complying with all of the relevant health and safety standards.
What is HACCP?
HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points and is all about ensuring that food safety workers can prevent and control food-borne illnesses, and stop consumers from being exposed to hazardous contamination from their premises.
Why take this HACCP course?
Using the HACCP system became a legal requirement in food safety management from January 1st 2006. It helps food businesses to safeguard their customers from illness or injury due to the consumption of unsafe food.
This course has been created for food handlers to ensure they understand what a critical control point is and are confident using the HACCP seven principles system to identify and respond to hazards. After completing this HACCP training course, learners will understand:
- Why HACCP was developed
- The key stages of the process
- How to prevent food contamination
The material is provided in an interactive format that is designed to be engaging and accessible. A basic knowledge of food hygiene will mean learners progress quickly, but the course is designed for anyone working in the service or hospitality sectors and should be suitable for any staff member to give them the knowledge needed to work effectively and safely.
Who should take this HACCP training course and why?
This HACCP awareness training course is especially relevant to food handlers, as well as the owners and managers of food businesses. However, it is suitable for anybody involved in working in a food environment, across the retail, catering, packaging, manufacturing and distribution sectors.
After undertaking this online course, learners will be able to analyse hazards effectively and determine control points in line with established HACCP principles.
What does this course cover?
To help develop an in-depth knowledge of HACCP, this course provides interactive content which is split into the following chapters:
- Introduction to HACCP
- What is HACCP?
- Why do we need HACCP?
- When and why was HACCP developed?
- What are the legal requirements for HACCP?
- Hazards and control measures
- What is a hazard?
- What is the source of the hazard?
- What controls should we have?
- Prerequisite programmes
- What else do you need to make HACCP work?
- How to implement HACCP
- How do you develop and apply HACCP-based systems?
- What are Critical Control Points (CCPs)?
- How do you apply HACCP in your sector: retail, manufacturing or catering?
Accreditation
This course is RoSPA Assured.
Certification
As well as your Virtual College certificate, you will receive a RoSPA Assured certificate upon completing this course.
Course duration
The course should take two to three hours to complete, but this depends entirely on how quickly you study. It doesn't matter how slow or fast you take things - your progress will still be recorded throughout.
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
What you'll learn
- What is HACCP
- Why do we need HACCP
- When and why was HACCP developed
Suitable for
- Anyone working in a food environment across the retail, catering, packaging, manufacturing and distribution sectors
Certification
Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner's name, the title of the course and the date of completion.
If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
Recommended renewal: 3 years
Whilst none of our certificates have an expiry date it is strongly recommended that the training is completed every three years. This is based on industry best practice to ensure awareness and knowledge of the latest guidance and legislation.
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