CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering
Food safety law requires all food handlers to be trained according
to their food handling work activities. To help businesses ensure
that employees are trained, Suffolk Coastal and Waveney district
councils jointly run a nationally recognised training course, the
CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (this qualification
replaces the former Foundation and Basic courses).
Successful completion of the course provides a qualification
awarded by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH),
the leading awarding body for food safety, health and safety and
environmental qualifications.
Who is the course intended for?
This course is intended for anyone working in a catering or
hospitality setting where food is prepared, cooked and served.
Typical environments may include pubs, hotels, restaurants,
contract catering, fast-food outlets, hospitals, care and nursing
homes, schools, prisons and the armed forces.
Compliance with the law need not necessarily involve attending
formal and/or accredited training but many good food businesses
choose to do so.
Candidates must have a good understanding of English. The course
tuition and handbook are in English. There are no formal entry
requirements but candidates should be 16 years or older.
A short written multiple-choice test is taken at the end of the
day, and where we are advised in advance we can arrange for the
paper to be in one of the following languages: Arabic, Bangladeshi
Bengali, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese,
Punjabi, Spanish, Tamil (Sri Lankan), Thai, Traditional Chinese,
Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Urdu and Welsh.
Where candidates have reading difficulties or other special
needs please contact us on 01394 444357 or email
foodsafetyteam@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk
to find out what assistance we can offer.
Arrangements can be made, upon request, for an alternative oral
test to be taken.
We may be able to run a specific course to cater for other
languages if there is enough demand.
Existing Foundation and Basic certificates remain valid but
anybody who has held one of these certificates for several years
may wish to attend the new course as a refresher.
What does the course cover?
The one-day course covers:
- The importance of food safety.
- Hazards to food.
- Physical and chemical hazards.
- Biological hazards.
- Illness from food.
- High-risk food.
- Time and temperature control.
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- Personal hygiene.
- Premises and equipment.
- Cleaning and disinfection.
- Food pests.
- From production to safe storage.
- Preparing and presenting food.
- Food safety control.
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On completing the course employees who handle food will gain a
firm grasp of the importance of food safety and knowledge of the
systems, techniques and procedures involved. They will have the
confidence and expertise to deliver quality food safely to
customers.
Course dates and booking
Courses are held in Woodbridge and Lowestoft. The cost is £60
per person and includes tea and coffee. To help keep the cost of
the course to an affordable level, lunch is not provided. Courses
start at 9am and finish at 5pm.
You can reserve a place by calling 01394 444357
or email us by selecting the links next to the course dates below.
If you email us don't forget to state the number of places you'd
like to book and include your contact details in the body of the
message. Details on how to pay will be sent when we receive your
enquiry.
Woodbridge course dates
The Woodbridge venue is the Council Chamber located at Suffolk
Coastal's offices at Melton Hill, Woodbridge IP12 1AU. This is a
wheelchair accessible venue that has a hearing loop facility.
Follow this link to
get a location map (new window).
Lowestoft course dates
The Lowestoft venue is the Council Chamber at Waveney’s Town Hall,
High Street, Lowestoft, NR32 1HS. This venue has a wheelchair
accessible lift. Follow this link to
get a location map (new window).
Suffolk Coastal is registered with the Chartered Institute of
Environmental Health (CIEH) as a training centre to provide
qualifications in both food safety and
workplace health and safety.
CIEH qualifications are accredited by the
Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority (new window).
You can use the CIEH online course finder (new window) to find
out about other CIEH registered training centres and
courses.