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Food Safety Training Courses

Food Safety Training Courses

There are a selection courses which can, if required, be tailored to suit individual businesses.

We all need to eat and drink to stay alive, so it is important that our food does not harm us in any way. Everyone who works with food has a special responsibility for safeguarding the health of consumers.

That responsibility involves making sure that food does not cause illness, injury or any other problem. You might not have the personal responsibility for every aspect of food handling, but you still need to be aware of all areas because they could help you to avoid making someone ill.

CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering Courses

This course has now replaced the Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and it is not a requirement to complete the CIEH Level 1 Award in Food Safety in Catering first.

Held at the Borough Council of Kings Lynn & Norfolk, King's Court, Chapel Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk.

The courses begin at 8.30am and should finish no later than 5.30pm after a straightforward written test. There will be a break for lunch and the cost of the course is £49.50 per person. This includes all course literature (including certificates for those who successfully complete) and morning and afternoon coffee or tea.

The course includes:

Introduction to Food Safety
The Law
Food safety hazards
Taking temperatures
Refrigeration, chilling and cold holding of foods
Cooking, hot holding and reheating of foods
Food handlers
Principles of safe food storage
Cleaning
Food premises and equipment

To Book/Reserve a Place(s)

To book/reserve a place(s) on this course please call 01553 616200 or email: foodhygieneandsafety@west-norfolk.gov.uk.

Alternatively, you can download a copy of our Enrolment Form - Food Hygiene Course (pdf 69Kb) and send it to us direct.

This should be returned together with the course fee of £49.50 per person. Cheques should be made payable to 'Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk' or 'BCKLWN'. Places are only reserved once payment has been received. Once we have received full payment with the enrolment forms a place(s) will be reserved. At this point you will be sent all course material, which you will need to bring along with you on the day.

Please note that to be able to complete this course it is necessary to have a good understanding of English. Should this be an issue, there may be a specific course held with a translator if there is enough demand. Alternatively, please check the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) website for possible courses in other languages.

All candidates on the course must bring some photographic identification on the day. Failure to do this, will result in being unable to take the course that day.

Dates for 2010/2011 are as follows:

Monday 2nd August 2010 - FULLY BOOKED
Monday 4th October 2010
Monday 6th December 2010

Places are limited to 15 per course on a 'first come' basis.

One-Off Course

We can arrange a one-off course at your premises (subject to suitable venue to accommodate training) for a fee of £495.00 up to 10 delegates, thereafter £40.00 per delegate. If you are interested, please call us on 01553 616200 or email: foodhygieneandsafety@west-norfolk.gov.uk.