Categories: CIEH Courses ,  Food Hygiene & HACCP

Level Four Food Safety Course

Royal Institute of Public Health

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

Advanced Food Hygiene
The programme covers a defined syllabus requiring a minimum of 36 hours study.
To complete the qualification, candidates opting for the Royal Institute syllabus are required to sit a 2½ hour examination paper.

CIEH students must successfully complete two assessed course assignments before sitting a 2½ hour examination representing 50% of the final grade.

The programme covers a defined syllabus requiring a minimum of 36 hours study and students are assessed on their performance in a 2 ½ hour examination representing 50% of the final grade together with two course assignments representing the other 50%.

Successful candidates are able to manage food safety in most food businesses, by developing auditing and monitoring programmes, designing hygienic practices and procedures, liaising with enforcement officers, staff training, interpreting legal requirements and establishing hazard analysis projects (with additional training where necessary).

The Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate is designed for those who have responsibility for the management of food hygiene issues.

Syllabus
- Physical Contamination of Food and its Prevention
- Bacteriology and Bacterial Food Poisoning
- Food Poisoning and Food-Borne Disease
- Non-Bacterial Food Poisoning
- Legislation
- Food Storage and Temperature Control
- Pest Control
- Personal Hygiene
- Education and Training of Food Handlers
- Management Control Techniques (inc HACCP)
- Design and Construction of Food Premises and Equipment
- Food Preservation
- Supervisory Management