Level 2 Food Safety – Refresher

Course Description

 

This refresher course is designed to update learners on essential food safety and hygiene practices at Level 2, ensuring employees working with or around food remain aware of current legal obligations, safe food-handling protocols, allergen management, cross-contamination avoidance and hygiene standards. Delivered in a streamlined online format, it aims to refresh understanding of key food-safety principles, reinforce good practice in food preparation, storage, service and cleaning, and help organisations maintain compliance with food-safety legislation.

Who is this for?

This course is suitable for employees, supervisors, or food-handlers who have previously completed a Level 2 food safety course (or equivalent) and now need to refresh their knowledge. It’s ideal for those working in catering, hospitality, retail or food-service environments (e.g., kitchens, cafés, restaurants, canteens, food-manufacturing support roles) who handle, prepare, serve, store or transport food and need to maintain up-to-date competence in food safety.

Course Content:

• Review of food-safety legislation and regulatory requirements
• Hazards to food safety: biological, chemical and physical contamination
• Cross-contamination and allergen awareness
• Safe food-handling practices: personal hygiene, cleaning, disinfection
• Temperature control: storage, cooking, cooling and reheating of food
• Safe storage and stock rotation, pest control and premises hygiene
• Risk control practices from delivery through to service
• Refreshing knowledge of good practice and emerging guidance in food safety
• End-of-course assessment to confirm retention of knowledge

Course Benefits:

• Provides a timely refresher to maintain safe food-handling standards and reduce risk of food-borne illness
• Ensures staff remain compliant with current food-safety legislation and organisational policies
• Reinforces awareness of allergen risks, cross-contamination, hygiene and safe storage practises
• Helps protect consumers, business reputation and minimise risk of regulatory enforcement or hygiene-rating issues
• Demonstrates an organisation’s commitment to training, food safety and continuous improvement
• Quick and efficient format allows refresher training with minimal disruption to operations