Basic Food Hygiene

Basic Food Hygiene is all about keeping food safe to eat and preventing foodborne illnesses. Whether you’re at home, working in a kitchen, or preparing food for others, these principles are essential.

Wisdom Training Centre Provides Qualification for anyone working as a supervisor, team leader or line manager in the catering and hospitality industry. Subjects covered include microbiology, hazards and controls, food poisoning, personal hygiene, premises and equipment, cleaning and disinfection, pest management, food safety management, supervisory management, legislation and enforcement. 

Course Outcome:

• Understand the requirements for ensuring compliance with food safety legislation.
• Understand the application and monitoring of food personal hygiene practice, training and competency.
• Understand the application and monitoring of good practice to keep work areas clean, hygienic and free from pests.
• Understand the application and monitoring of good practice regarding contamination, microbiology and temperature control.
• Understand how to implement procedures

Course Outline

• Understand the importance of personal hygiene and keeping work areas clean and hygienic in a catering environment

  • State the importance of personal hygiene when in contact with food
  • Explain risks from poor personal hygiene and poor habits
  • Identify good personal hygiene practices
  • State the importance of keeping work areas clean and pest-free in a catering environment
  • State how to keep the work area and equipment clean in a catering environment
  • State the importance of safe waste disposal

• Understand personal responsibilities for food safety and how to keep food safe in a catering environment

  • State the importance of food safety in a catering environment and the benefits of good food safety

Target Audience

The Level 1 Award in Food Safety in Catering is a qualification aimed at supervisors, team leaders and line managers working in the catering industry. This includes those working in Care. The qualification is also suitable for those owning/managing a smaller catering business.

Assessment

This qualification is assessed through a multiple-choice written examination.

Duration

1 Day

Validity of Certificate

1 Year