Food Safety (Level 1 Award)

The Level 1 Award in Food Safety is for employees with no prior food safety knowledge, or those handling low-risk or wrapped food. Also suitable for waiting or check out staff, warehouse staff and kitchen porters.

This 3 hour course in Food Safety is designed to provide an introduction to Food Safety and raise awareness of Food Safety issues within the Catering, Manufacturing and Retail sectors. This is the entry level for Food Safety Qualification but does not qualify people to actually handle food, a level 2 qualification is required for this.

Benefits:

The course syllabus has the flexibility to enable training to be tailored to meet specific needs. Generally, it enables employees to:

• Take personal responsibility for following food safety procedures
• Keep themselves clean and hygienic
• Keep the work area clean and hygienic

    
Course Content:

• Consequences of poor hygiene
• Food safety hazards
• Personal hygiene
• The use of protective clothing
• The use of cleaning agents
• Correct disposal of waste
• Pest infestations
• Cleaning
• Physical, biological and chemical contamination