Highfield - Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety in Catering course syllabus.

Category: Food

Level: Intermediate

The Highfield Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety in Catering (RQF) 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.

The objective of the Highfield Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety in Catering (RQF) qualification is to prepare learners for employment in a catering role, or to support a role in the workplace. 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.

This qualification is assessed by a 2 - part examination:

part one is a 30 - question multiple-choice examination

part two is a written examination where learners choose 4 from 6 questions. The total mark available in this section is 70 marks

Successful learners must achieve a total of at least 60 marks out of 100 across the two parts of the exam. A Merit will be awarded at 70/100 and a Distinction will be awarded at 80/100. The duration of the examination is 2 ½ hours.

The total qualification time for this qualification is 60 and of this 40 are recommended as guided learning hours.