Highfield Level 3 Award in Food Safety for Catering & Manufacturing (RQF) (Middle Management)

This Qualification is for Supervisors/ managers and future supervisors and managers.

The training of food handlers is a legal requirement , and the key to profitability and high standards of food safety is to train supervisors and managers and ensure there competency.

Topics include:

• the importance of food safety management procedures and complying with the law
• the role of the supervisor in maintaining food safety
• ensuring that microbiological, chemical, physical and allergenic hazards are controlled
• ensuring good temperature control and stock rotation
• the importance of ensuring good personal hygiene and preventing contamination, including handwashing, protective clothing, cuts, training and reporting illness
• ensuring that work areas and equipment are kept clean and safe
• ensuring safe waste disposal and pest management
• implementing food safety management systems