Food Hygiene Training
Food Safety Starts With Knowledge
Safeguard your school’s food practices with Handsam’s Food Hygiene Training. In our CIPD accredited courses, staff gain vital knowledge on hygiene laws, food hazards, and best practices—from cleaning to pest control—ensuring a safe, healthy environment for every student and staff member.
Food Allergy Awareness
Course delivery: eTraining
Course Duration: 15-20 minutes
Number of delegates: 1+
​About this course: This course is relevant for all staff who have a role in the medical care and support of pupils with food allergies. It will outline everything you need to know about managing allergens in your school or academy, and what to do in an emergency.
Key topics covered:
- Symptoms of allergic reactions and anaphylaxis
- Legal parameters for pupils with food allergies
- Food labelling laws
- Common allergens which you will have to manage in school
- Risks in early years settings
- What to do in an emergency
Food Hygiene Basic Level
Course delivery: eTraining
Course Duration: 40 minutes
Number of delegates: 1+
About this course: This course enables all staff who work with food within a school, but not in a formal production environment (typically those who teach cookery or work in before or after school clubs etc), to understand basic food hygiene. Anyone working in a formal food production environment or teaching higher level food technology must complete a level 2 or level 3 food hygiene qualification dependent upon their role.
Key topics covered:
- The importance of food hygiene
- Food hygiene laws and legislation, plus inspection regimes
- The four types of food hazards (biological, chemical, physical, allergenic)
- The four Cs of food hygiene: cleaning, cooking, chilling and cross-contamination
- Personal hygiene and illness
- Waste management
- Pest control
"The Handsam team are a great support - patient, knowledgable and helpful.“
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Nathalie - Head of Operations