Further Information

Awarding Body:               

Highfield Qualification

Course Duration:          

25 hours guided learning (3 days)

Assessment:      

This qualification is assessed by an end-of-course 90 minute 45 question multiple choice exam paper achieving 27/45 60% pass mark (36/45 Distinction)

Prerequisite:            

None.

Progression:

Highfield Level 4 Award in Food Safety in Catering (RQF)

Refreshment of this course is recommended every 3 years

Overview and Benefits

This course will give Chefs and Managers the tools to be able to manage their catering establishment ensuring compliance with food safety legislation, the application and monitoring of good hygiene practice, how to implement food safety management procedures and the application of monitoring of good practice regarding contamination, microbiology and temperature control.

Course Content

The course topics will include:

  • How to comply with food safety legislation including the importance of implementing food safety management procedures;
  • How to monitor good personal hygiene practices of their employees and the training and competency requirements to maintain high standards within their catering operation;
  • Good practice for keeping work areas clean, hygienic and free from pests, contamination, microbiology and temperature control;
  • Implementing food safety management procedures on a daily basis.
Course Objectives

This qualification will enable successful candidates to:

  • Understand the requirements for ensuring compliance with food safety legislation;
  • Explain the requirements for induction and ongoing training of employees to ensure competency in personal hygiene;
  • Outline actions required for pest control; cleaning; disinfection and waste disposal;
  • Monitor good practice regarding contamination; microbiology and temperature control;
  • Apply a food safety management system into a food business and communicate methods and procedures for verifying food safety controls within their own catering environment from purchase to service.

At Sylvia A Consultancy we regularly deliver our award winning level 2 food safety training courses at our training centre in Central Wimbledon, SW19, London and deliver in-house bespoke accredited Highfield training courses level 2 food safety by Food Hygiene Expert, Sylvia Anderson in Food Hygiene, HACCP, Food Safety, Food Hygiene Ratings, Allergens Awareness and Allergen Management.

We also support our local clients in Mayfair, Kings Road, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, Chelsea, Soho, Marylebone, Westminster, Hyde Park, Camden, Southwark, Wimbledon Village, Putney, Wandsworth, Southfields, Raynes Park, Morden, Sutton, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames, Cobham, Hampton, Surbiton, Woking, Weybridge, Teddington, Twickenham, Epsom, Esher, Leatherhead, Guildford, Camberley, Farnham and Purley.

We also cover Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, West Sussex, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire.