Level I Award in Food Hygiene Awareness
The Award in Food Hygiene Awareness is a basic qualification appropriate for anybody wishing to have an awareness of food hygiene. It has also been designed to help the food and catering industries to provide training to a safe level for those who perform “low risk” tasks such as clearing tables, maintaining stores, “meals on wheels” and other such similar duties. This qualification is also relevant to employees working in food factories but not in “high risk” sections of the plant.
Unit One: Food Hygiene Awareness
Guided Learning Hours: 4
Total Qualification Hours 4
Unit Level: 1
The Need for Food Hygiene
- Incidence of Food Poisoning
- Possible Reasons for Increase
- Symptoms and Causes of Food Poisoning
- Legal Responsibilities of Food Handlers
Food Poisoning Bacteria
- The Nature of Food Poisoning Bacteria and Their Effects On Food
- Growth Requirements of Bacteria
- Range of “The Temperature Danger Zone” and Its Importance to Food Storage, Refrigerators and Freezer
- High Risk Foods
- Sources of Bacterial Contamination
- Food Storage.
Hygiene Procedures
- Hygiene Standards for Food Handlers
- Importance of Hand Washing, Personal Hygiene and Appropriate Clothing; Methods of Preventing Food Contamination
- Signs of Pest Infestation; Definitions of “Clean-As-You-Go” and “Scheduled Cleaning”
- Uses of Cleaning and Disinfection Chemicals; Cleaning Procedures for Premises, Equipment and Utensils
- Reporting Food Safety Hazards to Supervisors.
