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QA Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (RQF) – FS01

Our Food Safety in Catering – Level 2 Qualsafe Award (RQF) training is aimed at anyone working in a situation where food is prepared, cooked and served.

“The training was relevant, really informative, comprehensive and at a great pace (Foundation Level Manual Handling) 10/10.”

 

EY, City of Bristol College
August 2023

Why do our customers choose us?

Food Safety Training CoursesAcorn food safety trainers are passionate about anything to do with food and food safety.  They are excellent at adapting courses to suit the particular working environment and making food safety training both informative and enjoyable.

Our courses are delivered by knowledgeable and enthusiastic consultants and trainers all of whom hold adult teaching qualifications supported by a professional qualification and considerable, hands on practical experience which is reflected in our grounded, pragmatic approach.

Teaching 18,000 delegates a year, Acorn Health & Safety offer training to individuals, groups and entire staff teams. We are committed to providing excellent training delivered in a relaxed, yet informative style.

How do we approach food safety in catering training?

Our course programme employs a variety of teaching techniques to meet the needs of individual delegates and includes the following:

  • An introduction to food safety
  • The law governing food safety
  • Food safety hazards
  • Taking temperatures
  • Refrigeration, chilling and cold holding of food
  • Cooking, hot holding and re-heating of food
  • Food handlers and personal hygiene
  • Food premises, equipment and food pests
  • Cleaning

This course is of 7 hours (one day) duration

IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION: Please ensure you bring photo ID with you and present it to your trainer at the beginning of the course, this is a requirement of the course accreditation and certificates cannot be provided without it.

If English is your second language you are permitted to bring and use a hard copy bilingual dictionary during the course. Test papers are only available in English however, you can use your bilingual dictionary to help translate words. These can also be used in combination with a full verbally spoken multiple choice question assessment.

What should you expect from Acorn Health & Safety?

We’ll provide delegates with a variety of printed course materials including workbooks and handouts. On successful completion of this course delegates will receive a printed course certificate accredited by Qualsafe Awards (QA).

Post course our team of consultants and trainers are available to answer any questions you might have.  You’ll also receive an automatic reminder prior to course expiry.

Our ‘food safety in catering’ course is just one of over 60 courses we offer. Acorn Health & Safety provides training and consultancy in first aidfire safetyfood safetymanual handlinghealthcare training and health and safety.

Our ‘in-house’ course programmes are the most cost effective option if you’ve a number of staff requiring training, and in many cases can be adapted to include reference to local policy, practice and documentation.  These courses can be delivered either at any suitable venue or you can hire our purpose-built training centre located in Warmley, Bristol, whichever is best suited to your needs.

We also run a rolling programme of ‘open courses’ which are particularly suited for individuals or organisations that only have a few delegates or those looking to release small groups of staff at a time.

Please contact us to discuss all of your training needs so we can advise the most suitable and cost effective solution.

For other courses, relevant to your industry or sector please see our industry information page, alternatively we have found that people attending this course also attend:

Not every course can be 'off the shelf'.

Our tailored health and safety training is aimed at meeting the needs of customers who have specific subjects to be covered within their health and safety staff training.

Find out more

Call our team on 0117 958 2070 or if it’s out of hours or you prefer e-mail – info@acornsafety.co.uk

Open Course Diary

Aimed at businesses and individuals requiring specific training or those with only a few members of staff to train our open courses run regularly throughout the year and cover a variety of different subjects.

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