Food Safety and Hygiene
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) requires care and support workers involved in handling, storing, preparation or serving of food to be competent and safe to practice in relation to food safety and hygiene and to meet the requirements of the Food Safety Act.
This course is aimed at anyone working in a role that regularly involves contact with food in a social care setting and also anyone responsible for managing people in these roles. It can be used as part of induction, to raise awareness, as a refresher or as a foundation course to meet CQC’s requirements.
The Government has extended the Infection Prevention and Control fund by £546m to reduce Coronavirus infections across the winter. More info here.
Who should take this course?
This course has been designed specifically for Care and Support Workers working in a social care setting. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about Food Safety and Hygiene.
Accreditation
Course Content
- Understanding food law
- What is food poisoning?
- The impact of food poisoning
- Managing food poisoning
- Bacteria in food
- Viruses and parasites in food
- Chilling
- Cooking
- Cleaning
- Cross contamination
- Freezing and defrosting
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
- Personal hygiene
- Food allergies
- Waste control
- Pest control
Aims of the course
By the end of the course, you will:
- Understand the basics of food law
- Know what food poisoning is
- Understand the impact of food poisoning
- Know how to manage food poisoning
- List types of bacteria in food
- Have a basic knowledge of viruses and parasites in food
- Understand chilling, cooking and cleaning in relation to food safety
- Describe what cross contamination is
- Know how to freeze and defrost food
- List Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
- Understand the impact of personal hygiene on food safety
- Explain the basics of food allergies and their potential danger
- Have a basic understanding of both waste and pest control
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Certification
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to take the assessment and immediately access/download your certificate upon completion, which looks like this:
Pricing
Choose a plan below that best suits your needs. If you would like to purchase more than 50 licenses, contact us.
£4
Monthly Plan
- 7 days free access
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
- Upgrade to the 12 or 24 Month Plan, at any time
£2
24 Month Plan
- Use coupon code Learning to get 50% discount on first 3 invoices
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
£3
12 Month Plan
- Use coupon code Learning to get 50% discount on first 3 invoices
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
Accessibility
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to change the accessibility settings to suit your needs. This includes translation into 100+ languages, some of which can also be read out loud to you.
Why use Grey Matter Learning?
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