Highfield - Level 3 Award in HACCP for Catering course syllabus.

Category: Food

Level: Beginner

The objective of the Highfield Level 3 Award in HACCP for Catering (RQF) qualification is to provide learners with knowledge to implement an appropriate food safety management system based on HACCP principles.

HACCP is regarded by the Foods Standards Agency as being important to maintaining good practice in the production of safe food.

The Highfield Level 3 Award in HACCP for Catering (RQF) qualification is aimed at those responsible for assisting in the development and maintenance of HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control point) systems in a catering environment. It is suitable for learners who are already working in catering who have knowledge of food safety, hazards and controls and also for those owning or managing smaller food businesses.

There are no prerequisites for this qualification, although it is recommended that learners already hold a Level 3 Award in Food Safety Catering or equivalent, have knowledge of food safety hazards and their controls and have a minimum of Level 2 in literacy/English or equivalent.

These include understanding the importance of HACCP based food safety management procedures, the preliminary processes for HACCP based proceedures, how to develop HACCP based food safety management procedures and how to implement HACCP based food safety.

This qualification is assessed by multiple - choice examination, containing 30 questions, that must be completed within 60 minutes. Successful learners will have to demonstrate knowledge across the unit content and correctly answer 18 questions or more to achieve a pass and 24 questions to achieve a distinction

The total qualification time for this qualification is 15 hours and of this 13 are recommended as guided learning hours.