Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene

Virtual College

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

The Level 2 certificate is a great way to boost staff development, give confidence to customers and demonstrate the compliance of your organisation.

If you’re working in the hospitality or service industry, you will need to comply with the latest Food and Hygiene regulations. This food hygiene level 2 course is designed to help you comply with EU Regulation 852/2004, which requires food businesses to ensure that any employee who handles food is fully trained in food hygiene safety.

Upon completion of this course learners will know

• An introduction to food safety and hygiene
• The impact of food-borne illnesses
• Understanding food law
• Food safety hazards and contamination
• Food preservation, storage and temperature control
• Personal Hygiene
• Hygienic premises and equipment
• HACCP

Compliance with Food Hygiene Safety Regulation

EU Regulation 852/2004 requires food businesses to ensure any staff who handles food are supervised, instructed and trained in food hygiene in a way that is appropriate for the work they do. The contents of this course is also maps to the Industry Standards set by People 1st and the Sector Skills Council for the Hospitality, Leisure, Travel and Tourism industries.

Test and Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate

The end of course test consists of 30 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 learner support team.

Upon completing the food hygiene course, learners will be able to download a digital food hygiene RoSPA assured certificate from Virtual College. If you have bought the posted food hygiene certificate option, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.

This certification is universally recognised and can be used to provide evidence of food hygiene and safety training both internally and to external auditors.

There is no set time for how long a certificate is valid for, but the accepted industry standard is for food hygiene certificates to be renewed every three years. However, some employers may require you to renew your certification more frequently than this.

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

Environmental Health Officer accepted

Environmental Health Officers look for well-trained staff with a good understanding of food hygiene and safety. This course shows that staff are taking appropriate training to ensure they can handle food safely, and demonstrates your commitment to good hygiene.

E-learning content

The content of this e-learning course includes:

• An introduction to food safety and hygiene
• The impact of foodborne illness
• Understanding food law
• Food safety hazards and contamination
• Food preservation, storage and temperature control
• Personal hygiene
• Hygienic premises and equipment
• Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)

Training outcomes

By the end of the course learners will:

• 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

Course duration

Approximately 2-3 hours to complete. As an e-learning course you can complete this training in convenient stages. The system will record your progress throughout.

Target Audience

This food safety and hygiene course is aimed at anyone working in a role that involves contact with food, or the management of such people. The course can be used either as Induction, Awareness, Refresher or Foundation Training.

There are no entry requirements for this course.

Anyone working in a role that involves the handling or preparation of food

Anyone who manages staff members in a catering environment

Includes anyone working in Hotels, Restaurants, Takeaways, Cafes, Bars, Fast food outlets, Fish & chip shops, Kitchens, Hospitals, Prisons, Schools and Colleges

There are no entry requirements for this course.

This will allow the completer to work with or handle food in a variety of workplaces and can be helpful when attempting to complete the Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene for Supervisors course.

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