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Advanced Certificate in Food Safety

Duration: 5 day plus exam

Course introduction

This qualification is principally for senior staff and managers of food handlers within food businesses. It is strongly recommended that the candidates have an RIPH Intermediate qualification or a Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering/Retail or Manufacturing before embarking on this course.

The qualification equips senior staff with a sound understanding of their responsibilities in managing the operational requirements of the food business and how to establish, monitor and maintain appropriate food safety management procedures.

Holders of this qualification in association with the relevant training qualification are able to train out Level 2 and 3 awards in Food Safety.

I addition, however, this qualification recognises the key responsibilities of managers in relation to evaluation of the system, communicating food safety procedures to staff, defining training requirements and setting the food safety culture of the business.

The holder of the Advanced certificate in Food Safety will be able to ensure: -

• Compliance with food safety legislation
• That they manage operational aspects of the business in relation to food safety
• That they Establish and evaluate food safety management procedures, including those based on HACCP principles
• They create appropriate monitoring and recording procedures
• That they Establish effective corrective action plans
• They Allocate responsibilities in food safety matters Introducing effective staff training and communication policies

The course covers: -

• Legislation
• Supervisory management
• Temperature control (chilling, cooking)
• Contamination control
• Applying and monitoring good hygiene practices
• Implementing good food safety procedure
• Contributing to the safety training of others
• The costs of food poisoning
• Bacterial, non-bacterial food poisoning & food borne infections
• Hazard analysis & HACCP
• Personal hygiene
• Food preservation
• Design and construction of food premises & equipment
• Cleaning & Disinfection
• Pest control

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