Level 1, 2 and 3 Food Hygiene Training Package

This complete food safety training package ensures you comply with UK/EU food hygiene training requirements and includes two RoSPA Assured food hygiene certificates on completion. It is recommended each food premises has a minimum of one person trained to Level 3 standard. Ensure your food safety and hygiene knowledge is fully up to date with our food hygiene training course package.

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Level 1 Food Hygiene and Safety
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Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene for Supervisors
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Package Overview

Format

  • Level 1, 2 & 3
  • 11-14 Study Hours
  • Online Study
  • Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

  • 11-14 CPD Hours
  • Meets UK / EU Food Handlers Training Requirements
  • RoSPA Assured

Package description

This training pack is suitable for anyone who handles or prepares food or is involved in the management of such people in a catering environment. This includes hotels, restaurants, takeaways, cafes, bars, fast food outlets

This training pack is suitable for anyone who handles or prepares food or is involved in the management of such people in a catering environment. This includes hotels, restaurants, takeaways, cafes, bars, fast food outlets.

It is recommended that all food premises should have at least one person trained to Level 3 in food hygiene and safety - particularly if they are in charge of other staff and are responsible for the training of those staff.

Training outcomes

Food Safety and Hygiene Level 1

  • Understand the importance of keeping yourself clean and hygienic
  • Understand the importance of keeping the work areas clean and hygienic
  • Understand how individuals can take personal responsibility for food safety
  • Understand the importance of keeping food safe

Food Safety and Hygiene Level 2

  • Understand common food hygiene terminology
  • Understand the impact of foodborne illness
  • Know about food law and legislation
  • Know how contamination can be prevented and controlled
  • Understand food storage and preservation
  • Know the importance of personal hygiene
  • Understand how to keep premises and equipment clean
  • Understand HACCP principles

Food Safety and Hygiene Level 3

  • Understand their role in the supervision of food handlers when it comes to food safety and hygiene
  • Be able to define food safety hazards, hygiene risks and understand how they may be prevented and controlled
  • Recognise the importance of thorough preparation and cooking of food to eliminate dangerous viruses and bacteria
  • Understand how to prevent foodborne illness, and the impact of this from a personal and a legal responsibility
  • Know how to develop and maintain an effective HACCP system

Accreditation

All of the courses are accredited by CPD. The certificates, awarded upon successful completion, can be used to log your hours against.

The Level 2 and Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene courses are also RoSPA Assured and each certificate will have their logo on it.

Duration

The Level 1 Food Safety and Hygiene course takes around 1-2 hours to complete, the Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene course takes 2-3 hours and the Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene course takes 8-9 hours on average.

The package should take around 11-14 hours to complete, depending on the speed of learning.

Learners do not have to complete all the training in one session as progress is recorded throughout and the training can be paused and resumed in our learning management system at any time.

Target audience

This training pack is aimed at anyone working in a role in a food environment such as a restaurant, café, guest house or school. It is ideal if you have to train people at different levels, for example, a chef and a supervisor.

Please Note: Level 1 is an introductory course which is not suitable for food handlers. In order to meet legal requirements it is necessary for food handlers to complete the Level 2 (previously known as Basic) Food Safety and Hygiene Course.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this course.

Test and certificate

Each end of course test consists of 15 multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark, and, if necessary, may attempt the test six times at no extra cost.

If learners do not achieve the 75% pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.

Learners will be able to download a digital food hygiene certificate on completion of each course. This can be printed, and we suggest you keep it for your records.

This course is not a formal RQF food safety & hygiene qualification, the levels only indicate the type of course so that businesses can choose whom it is suitable for.

You will learn

  • Understand the importance of keeping yourself clean and hygienic
  • Understand the importance of keeping the work areas clean and hygienic
  • Understand common food hygiene terminology
  • Understand the impact of foodborne illness
  • Understand their role in the supervision of food handlers when it comes to food safety and hygiene
  • Be able to define food safety hazards, hygiene risks and understand how they may be prevented and controlled

Who is it for?

Roles including:

  • Anyone working in a role in a food environment such as a restaurant, café, guest house or school
  • Anyone managing or supervising others working with or handling food
  • Anyone looking for a career in a role which involves food
  • Anyone looking to boost their food hygiene skills and knowledge
  • Perfect for staff induction training

How the online courses work

  • Find a course

    To begin searching for your online training you can click on the course category section on our website and browse through all of our training categories.

    Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.

  • Buy the course

    When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.

    Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.

    If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.

  • Take the course

    This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.

    The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.

  • Your Certificate

    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.