TQUK Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (QCF)
Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Beginner
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
This online certificate will allow anyone taking the course to know how to handle food safely, safe behaviour and how to keep themselves and the area they work in clean. They will also understand about contamination, good safety and different cleaning methods as well as pest control. They will also find out about how to keep food safe from hazards and form spoiling as well as how to cook, transport and handle food safely with attention paid to temperature. Lastly stock control is taught as the final part of the food safety training UK.
The certificate is an important one for people working in the service industry. Anyone that deals with food whether they are working in a kitchen, care home or are serving food, will need to have one.
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Subjects
- Risk Assessment
- Catering
- Contamination
- Communication Skills
- Cleaning
- Food safety
- Pest control
- Serving food
- Food safely
- Ood safety hazards
Course programme
- Understand how individuals can take personal responsibility for food safety
- Outline the importance of food safety procedures, risk assessment, safe food handling and behaviour
- Describe how to report food safety hazards.
- Outline the legal responsibilities of food handlers and food business operators
- Understand the importance of keeping him/herself clean and hygienic
- Explain the importance of personal hygiene in food safety including its role in reducing the risk of contamination
- Describe effective personal hygiene practices, for example, protective clothing, hand washing, personal illnesses, cuts and wounds
- Understand the importance of keeping the work areas clean and hygienic
- Explain how to keep the work area and equipment clean and tidy to include cleaning and disinfection methods, safe use and storage of cleaning chemicals and materials, and waste disposal
- State how work flow, work surfaces and equipment can reduce contamination risks and aid cleaning
- Outline the importance of pest control
- Understand the importance of keeping food safe
- State the sources and risks to food safety from contamination and cross contamination to include microbial, chemical, physical and allergenic hazards.
- Explain how to deal with food spoilage including recognition, reporting and disposal
- Describe safe food handling practices and procedures for storing, preparing, cooking, chilling, reheating, holding, serving and transporting food
- Explain the importance of temperature controls when storing, preparing, cooking, chilling, reheating, holding, serving and transporting food
- Describe stock control procedures including deliveries, storage, date marking and stock rotation
TQUK Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (QCF)