Food Safety in Catering Level II

This course is for those who want to work where food is prepared, cooked or handled for the consumption of the public and want to work within the food service industry.  By completing Food Safety in Catering Level II, you can satisfy your legal requirement and it will provide you and your employer with proof that you have undertaken the relevant training for your job role.

Here are some examples of people who should take the Level 2 Food Hygiene & Safety Training Course for Catering:-

  • Cooks and chefs
  • Those who serve or handle food for vulnerable people (for example, babies, children, older people and those who are sick) such care and nursery workers
  • Mobile caterers
  • Mobile food vans (burger vans etc.)

Course Duration

  • This course will take 3 hours per day for five days, Monday – Friday or
  • You can complete in one full day.

Topics Covered

This Level 2 Food Hygiene for Catering follows the same syllabus as the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, CIEH.

Food Hygiene Regulations require operatives to train food handlers on Food Hygiene & Safety Principles. Therefore, this course’s content covers all of the core elements of Food Hygiene & Safety. The course covers the following areas:-

  • Food Safety Management Procedures
  • Types of food-borne illnesses
  • Safe food practices
  • The penalties for poor Food Hygiene
  • The importance of personal hygiene
  • Temperature control
  • The Basic Food Hygiene rules
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Potential Food Safety hazards
  • Disinfectants, Sanitisers and Sterilisation
  • Cleaning procedures
  • Contamination – vehicles and routes
  • Cleaning frequency and schedules
  • Contamination and cross-contamination
  • Waste disposal and pest control
  • Safe food storage
  • Temperature control and equipment
  • Physical and chemical contamination

*FREE for those who have completed basic employability or basic IT & Job search course.
Or
*Those who are eligible for our Community Life Change Project