Highfield Level 4 Award in Food Safety Management for Manufacturing (RQF) – 5 Days

Course Includes

The qualification is intended for those whose job requires them to have some responsibility for food safety. Learners are likely to have management responsibilities for an operational team. This qualification covers the subject of food hygiene at a suitable depth to ensure learners have a thorough knowledge of hazards and controls; its focus is on the importance of developing, implementing and monitoring food safety procedures. Its topics are regarded by the Foods Standards Agency as being important to maintaining good practice in the production of safe food.

Key Learning Objectives

On successful completion of this training course, delegates will be able to:

• The importance of CODEX based HACCP food safety management procedures
• How to manage the implementation of CODEX based HACCP food safety management procedures
• How to develop CODEX based HACCP food safety management procedures
• How to evaluate CODEX based HACCP food safety management procedures

Entry Requirements

There are no prerequisites for this qualification, although it is recommended that learners already hold a Level 4 Award in Food Safety qualification and/or a Level 3 HACCP qualification before undertaking this qualification. Consultation between the learner and trainer may be required to ensure that the level of microbiology knowledge and other food safety matters is sufficient to undertake this qualification.

It is also recommended that learners have a minimum of Level 2 in literacy/English, or equivalent.

Assessment

This qualification is assessed by a written examination consisting of two sections with a combined total duration of 2.5 hours. There is a mandatory pass mark of 60% for each section.

Section A - Learners should attempt all the questions in this section. Successful learners will need to achieve at least 36 out of a possible 60 marks to achieve a pass.

Section B - Learners should attempt 2 out of a possible 3 questions in this section. Successful learners will need to achieve at least 24 out of a possible 40 marks to achieve a pass.