Our Food Hygiene Training course is designed to equip care staff with the essential knowledge and skills needed to ensure food safety in care environments. This face-to-face training provides a foundational understanding of safe food storage, preparation, and handling to meet legal requirements and minimise the risk of contamination or hazards.
This course is ideal for care workers involved in any aspect of food handling, preparation, or provision who need to comply with UK food safety regulations.
Course Description
Our Food Hygiene Training course focuses on building confidence in maintaining food safety standards while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. By completing this course, your staff will gain the skills to:
- Understand the Importance of Food Safety
Learn the principles of food hygiene and safety, understanding why following proper procedures is critical for preventing contamination and ensuring the health of individuals. - Identify Health and Safety Signs and Symbols
Gain awareness of common health and safety signs and symbols, ensuring staff can recognise hazards and respond appropriately to maintain safety. - Maintain Hygiene When Handling Food and Drink
Develop effective hygiene practices to safely handle food and drink, reducing risks of cross-contamination and upholding high care standards. - Prevent Cross-Contamination
Identify risks of cross-contamination and implement preventative measures, such as cleaning practices and separation of food types, to maintain a safe food-handling environment. - Meet Safety Requirements When Preparing and Serving Food
Gain practical strategies to ensure safety throughout food preparation and service, including adhering to proper temperatures, cleanliness, and portion control. - Store Food and Drink Safely
Learn the best practices for safe food and drink storage, including temperature control, correct labelling, and the prevention of foodborne hazards. - Clear Away Food and Drink Safely
Understand how to follow safe and hygienic procedures when clearing and disposing of food to minimise risks and maintain cleanliness. - Access Additional Advice and Support
Know how to seek further advice or resources about food safety concerns, ensuring your organisation remains compliant and effective.
Compliance and Quality Assurance
Our Food Hygiene Training course is developed in line with recognised frameworks to ensure the highest standards of safety, compliance and care. For this course, we align with the following frameworks:
- Care Quality Commission (CQC) Single Assessment Framework
This framework ensures that our training supports safe, effective, and person-centred care while promoting best practices and regulatory compliance. It reflects our commitment to helping your organisation meet CQC standards and maintain credibility in care delivery. Learn more (opens in a new tab). - Food Standards Agency (FSA) Guidelines
We follow the core principles set out by the Food Standards Agency to ensure food safety compliance, including preventing foodborne illnesses and reducing contamination risks. Learn more (opens in a new tab). - Skills for Care Statutory and Mandatory Training Guidelines
Our training integrates the key learning outcomes outlined in Skills for Care’s statutory and mandatory training guidelines. This ensures your staff are equipped with the essential knowledge and competencies required to deliver safe, effective, and compliant care. Learn more (opens in a new tab).
Why Compliance and Quality matter:
- Compliance with Regulatory Standards: Training content is developed in line with CQC and other relevant frameworks, helping your organisation maintain compliance and demonstrate excellence.
- Promoting Best Practices: Framework-aligned training ensures your team applies evidence-based methods, fostering a culture of professionalism and respect.
- Continuous Improvement: We embrace the principles of continuous improvement encouraged by these frameworks, incorporating them into our training to promote reflective practice and ongoing development.
Delivery of the Training
This course will be delivered by an expert trainer in this field at a date and time of your choosing. Training can be hosted at our own premises, which can comfortably accommodate up to 12 individuals, or at your own premises if feasible and required. We are flexible on start times to help accommodate all shift patterns, including evenings and weekends.
Customisation and Relevance: We can adapt the content of this training to include your organisation’s core values, mission, policies, and procedures. By incorporating examples of documents used within your organisation, we ensure that the training is relevant and clear to your staff.
Expertise and Support: Delivered by expert trainers with extensive experience in the field, our courses provide comprehensive knowledge and skills to your team. To help your team stay updated and compliant, we can provide additional refresher courses designed to ensure that staff remain proficient in best practices. These refresher courses can be scheduled as needed to maintain high standards of care.
Please use our enquiry form or contact us by telephone if you have any queries about this training course or would like to express an interest to schedule your training. A member of our team will be happy to answer any questions.
Course Materials and Certification
All course materials will be provided, and refreshments are included. Certificates will be issued upon completion of the course, and you will receive copies of completed evaluation forms for your records.
Our Facilities
- Disability access building
- Ground flood training facilities (at request)
- Comfortable classroom lecture/study environment
- Toilet & Washrooms inc. disabled access
- Refreshments provided
- Location: Our training centre is based in Middleton, Manchester, UK. For precise directions, click here to view us on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Pricing and Duration
- Time required: Half a day
- Accommodates: Up to 12 people
- Price: £275
Suggested Refresher Frequency
To ensure ongoing competence and performance:
- Monitor staff performance regularly.
- Assess knowledge and skills at least annually
- Provide refresher training every 3 years (as recommended by the Food Standards Agency)
Benefits of Our Training
Why Choose Us?
- Expert Trainers: Learn from experienced professionals who are passionate about care.
- Comprehensive Content: Our training covers all essential aspects of each topic, ensuring your staff are well-prepared to provide high-quality care and support in their specific area of practice.
- Quality Assurance: Our courses meet the highest standards, ensuring compliance with all relevant frameworks, guidelines, and legislation specific to each course, including Skills for Care recommendations and CQC standards.
- Flexible Delivery: Choose from face-to-face sessions at our training centre or your premises, with training available at times to suit all shift patterns.
- Customisable Training: Tailor the course to reflect your organisation’s unique values and requirements.
- Refresher Courses: We offer refresher courses to keep your team proficient in up-to-date and best practices.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What is Food Hygiene Training, and why is it important?
Food Hygiene Training is designed to help care staff understand safe food handling, storage, and preparation practices. It is crucial for preventing foodborne illnesses, ensuring food safety in care environments, and complying with UK food safety regulations. This training is key to maintaining a high standard of care and protecting the health of individuals.
- Who should take the Food Hygiene Training course?
This course is ideal for care workers involved in food handling, preparation, or provision. It’s suitable for those who need to meet food safety requirements and comply with UK regulations in care settings.
- What will I learn in the Food Hygiene Training course?
Participants will learn essential food safety practices, including safe storage, handling, and preparation of food. The course covers preventing cross-contamination, recognising health and safety symbols, meeting food safety requirements, and clearing food safely, ensuring compliance with legal standards.
- How long is the Food Hygiene Training course?
The course lasts for half a day, offering a comprehensive overview of food safety practices in a manageable timeframe.
- Can the Food Hygiene Training be customised to meet our organisation’s needs?
Yes, we can tailor the training to reflect your organisation’s policies, values, and specific procedures. This ensures the course is directly relevant to your team’s requirements.
- Do you offer any follow-up or refresher training?
Yes, refresher training is recommended every three years, as per Food Standards Agency guidelines, to ensure staff remain proficient in food safety practices and compliant with regulations.
- Where can the Food Hygiene Training be delivered?
We offer face-to-face training at our Middleton, Manchester centre or at your premises. We can accommodate flexible delivery times, including evenings and weekends, to suit different shift patterns.
- What is the maximum number of participants in a training session?
Our training sessions can accommodate up to 12 participants, ensuring interactive learning and quality engagement.
- Will I receive a certificate after completing the Food Hygiene Training?
Yes, certificates will be issued to participants upon successful completion of the course, which can be used to demonstrate compliance with food safety regulations.
- How often should my team refresh their Food Hygiene training?
To stay compliant with food safety regulations, we recommend refreshing the training every three years, as suggested by the Food Standards Agency.
Enquiry Form
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