We have been recognised as an endorsed provider from Skills for Care, earning the prestigious distinction as a Centre of Excellence within training and health & social care.
Our Food Hygiene / Food Safety level one course covers all the basics of food preparation, regulations, precautions and care when preparing food for others. It is designed to meet the requirements of various regulations in food preparation and health and safety. The course covers regulations, preparation, storage, infections, cross-contamination, reporting, PPE, date marks, reporting illness and basic first aid in the kitchen.
The course is ideal for all areas of food preparation including manufacturing, retail and catering.
The certificate is valid for 3 years and can be taken fully online or nationally in the classroom with one of our approved instructors. The classroom course is a half-day course.
This course comes with 2.0 hrs (4.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 1 hour and 8 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.
The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.
British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology (BSACI) Website
Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings
CellAED for Life membership
CellAED® personal AED
Clean hand techniques leaflet
Control of legionella bacteria in water systems - Audit checklists
Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
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Food Safety Agency document on Controlling E.coli O157
Food Safety Agency website
Food Standards Agency - FAQ's on gluten intolerance and food labelling
Food Standards Agency - Food allergy and intolerance
Free student first aid program leaflet
HSE 5 steps to Risk Assessing link to HSE website
Labelling guidance leaflet
Legionnaires’ disease - Control of legionella bacteria in water systems
Legionnaires’ disease A brief guide for duty holders
Link to the HSE website
REGULATION (EC) No 852/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs
Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
Sign up for free Student First Aid - use code SCH-376-61-571
Student Manual (V8.2) - Food Hygiene - Lithuanian
Student Manual (V8.2) - Food Hygiene - Spanish
Student Manual (V8.3) - Food Hygiene - Hindi
Student Manual (V8.3) - Food Hygiene - Polish
Student Manual (V8.3) - Food Hygiene - Portuguese
Student Manual (V8.3) - Food Hygiene - Romanian
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Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding
What People are Saying
What people are saying about this course
“Presentation was clear , easily understood with categories broken into right amount of content keeping me interested. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience. My problem was not reading the question correctly .”
