FAQs:  Food Safety Training is required by law for anyone who intends to prepare, cook, or serve food to the general public. Also, all employees working in a food environment where food is handled must be suitably trained. If in doubt regarding who has to be trained and at what level then please give us a call, we are more than happy to give advice.

We also provide accredited Food Safety courses which are entirely set up for online learning

Food Safety (e-learning)

A:  All of our traditional courses (classroom based) are delivered at our customers’ venues to a group of delegates. However we are preparing to provide “Open Courses” for small numbers of employees or individuals across various UK regions covering various subjects.

Unfortunately due to Covid 19 we have had to suspend our “Open Course” program for safety reasons, these wont be ressurected until we feel it is perfectly safe for trainers or delegates – we’ll keep you posted.

A:  All the prices on our website for traditional (classroom) training are for a group of delegates. If the course is accredited then we pass on the Awarding Organisations (AO) cost for the accreditation, this cost is based per delegate. We only have individuals pricing for open and e-learning courses .

A:  Unfortunately no you’re not classified as a “First Aider”. You can only claim this title if you have undertaken First Aid training where the course syllabus is regulated by the Health & Safety Executive in conjunction with the Resuscitation Council Guidelines. The training doesn’t have to be accredited but as a business you must show “due diligence” has been performed when selecting the appropriate course and the training provider, we can help you with this if needed or we can provide fully accredited training through our Awarding organisation (HQ).

A:  Yes they are exactly the same course but the non- accredited course doesn’t include the exam & associated costs. With all workplace training it is dependent on the employer’s confidence in the ability to provide “suitable & sufficient” training in specific areas. It is the law that employee training is provided by the employer, the Health & Safety Executive place the responsibility on the employer to decide at what level this training is provided and to whom. The employer will carry out a “training needs assessment” to determine this, hence some employers will opt for the accredited version where the responsibility is taken by the training provider and Awarding Organisation. By providing an accredited course the employer will know his employees have reached a suitable level of knowledge / understanding by passing the exam. In our experience its usually the employer’s insurance company that stipulates it must be accredited.

We can now offer fully accredited e-learning courses through Highfield Qualifications.

Health & Safety e-learning courses.

A:  These terms can vary according to where you look, but generally if you want training in how to lift and move objects and heavy loads, you need to look for Manual Handling, whereas if you need training on how to move, lift or reposition a person, you need to look for Moving People Safely training, sometimes also called Moving and Handling of People.