Food Safety Level 2 at a glance

• Meets the UK’s mandatory training requirement for food handlers
• Covers the key syllabus of RQF level 2 food safety in manufacturing qualifications
• Written by Richard Sprenger, renowned food safety expert and author
• CPD-accredited training
• Self-paced study hosted online
• Compatible with desktop, laptop and tablet devices
• Accessible with features including audio voiceover and transcript
• PDF certificate available immediately on completion
• Accredited by Highfield Qualifications, the UK’s leading provider of regulated food safety qualifications
• Approximate duration: 4 to 5 hours

Food businesses are placed under a legal obligation to provide food hygiene training for their staff to a level ‘commensurate to their work activities’.

In practice, this means that food handlers working in a variety of catering or retail outlets must be trained to level 2 in food safety/hygiene. Level 2 food safety training is the equivalent of the old basic food hygiene certificate.

The Food Safety Level 2 training course is ideal for food handlers who work in a catering environment, including restaurants, cafes, hotels, bars, fast-food outlets, takeaways, mobile food trucks, kitchens, hospitals, schools and colleges.

Course Overview

Public confidence in terms of food safety is a major concern for any business in the food sector.

Increasing public, media and legislative scrutiny means food businesses must get it right first time, every time.

This online food safety training course helps ensure your staff understand their role in maintaining food safety.

Food Safety Level 2 has been written by one of the world’s leading food safety experts, Richard Sprenger, and is accredited by the UK’s leading organisation for regulated food safety qualifications.

Course content

• Introduction to food safety
• Microbiological hazards
• Food poisoning and its control
• Contamination hazards and controls
• HACCP from delivery to service
• Personal hygiene
• Food premises and equipment
• Food pests and pest control
• Cleaning and disinfection
• Food safety enforcement

Why choose this course?

This food safety training course is suitable for those working in a catering environment who are responsible for handling food.

Our courses simplify even the most complex of subjects through media and content-rich exercises that motivate and engage learners. Our Food Safety Level 2 course is packed with:

• interactive exercises/gaming
• media-rich content
• interactive 3D scenarios
• content provided by market-leading experts
• relevant photography and illustrations
• multi-generational content and style

It is recognised by environmental health officers and local authorities as meeting the legal obligations for the training of food handlers.

But this course isn’t just a box-ticking exercise!

We’re committed to improving standards of food hygiene. We produce courses that improve knowledge and, when the knowledge acquired from the course is implemented, will lead to improved levels of food hygiene in your business.

Is this training course right for me?

Food Safety Level 2 online training course is ideal for those who work in a catering environment.

This may include restaurants, cafes, hotels, bars, fast-food outlets, takeaways, mobile food trucks, kitchens, hospitals, schools and colleges.

If you work within a food manufacturing environment, we offer a dedicated training course, the Food Safety in Manufacturing Level 2. This online training course is designed specifically with the differences between manufacturing and catering food businesses in mind.

If you don’t directly handle food, or only work with low-risk foods, you may consider the Food Safety Level 1 e-learning course.

If you’re a supervisor or manager you must be trained to a higher level, therefore the Food Safety Level 3 e-learning course is ideal for you.

Will my certificate be accepted by environmental health officers?

On successful completion of this online food safety training, you will receive a certificate of completion.

This level 2 food safety certificate is the equivalent of the old basic food hygiene certificate.

The certificate is accepted by many EHOs as evidence that you have been trained to the appropriate level.