Highfield Level 4 Award in HACCP for Management (CODEX Principles) (RQF) – 5 Days

Course Includes

The Highfield Level 4 Award in HACCP for Management (CODEX Principles) (RQF) is aimed at learners who are working at management level within food manufacturing and catering environments, quality assurance staff or members of the HACCP team. This qualification would also be useful for trainers, auditors, enforcers and other food safety professionals. The objective of the qualification is to provide learners with the knowledge needed to develop, implement and evaluate CODEX-based HACCP food safety procedures.

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.