Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (RQF)

The qualification is designed principally for those who are, or intend to be, food handlers working in catering. It is also appropriate for persons providing services to catering premises including pest control operators, maintenance engineers, cleaners, laundry and delivery personnel.

Aim of Qualification

Providing learners with knowledge of the basic food safety practices that is essential in the catering industry, this qualification will enable learners to identify how to make changes to catering practices in order to improve the safety of catering services.

Course Content

• Duties and responsibilities
• Food safety procedures
• Risk assessment
• Safe food handling and behaviour
• Reporting food safety hazards
• Personal hygiene
• Cleaning and disinfection methods
• Safe use and storage of cleaning chemicals and materials
• Waste disposal
• Pest control
• Sources and risks
• Food spoilage
• Safe food handling practices
• Temperature controls
• Stock control procedures

Assessment Method

Multiple choice question paper

Course Duration

6 hours (1 day)

Credit value

Awarding Body

HABC
CIEH

On successful completion an Accredited Certificate is awarded valid for 3 years.

Individual course bookings

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See also

Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering
Level 4 Award in Food Safety in Catering
Food Safety Awareness