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Achieve a Level 5 Food Safety Rating

CPD Certified Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Achieve a Level 5 Food Safety Rating at a glance

  • 3-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 1 hour and 15 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • CPD time credit conformation
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
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Online Course: £24.95 + VAT

This course gives you the knowledge and confidence to manage food safety effectively in any food business. You’ll learn what the law requires for food premises, equipment, and transport, as well as how to meet the standards expected by inspectors.

Through practical guidance, the course covers hygienic food handling, temperature control, storage, labelling, and maintaining a clean environment. It also explains how to implement and maintain a strong food safety policy, manage day-to-day practices, and deal with challenges faced by supervisors.

You’ll gain insight into how food hygiene ratings work, why businesses fail to achieve top scores, and how to prepare for inspections. The course also explores pest control, handling complaints, registering a food business, and what to expect during an inspection visit — including how to respond to decisions and appeals.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

This course comes with 2.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 1 hours and 15 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

  • What the law requires regarding rooms where food is prepared, treated or processed
  • Food Buildings
  • Movable and temporary premises
  • Transporting food
  • and Use of food Premises and Equipment
  • Achieving a Level 5 Food Safety rating
  • Level 5 ratings why establishments fail
  • Level 5 Food Safety rating preparation
  • Implementing a food safety policy
  • Hygienic food handling - practices
  • Hygienic food handling - temperature
  • Hygienic food handling - storage, labelling and records
  • Ensuring cleanliness
  • Management of food safety practices
  • Pest Control Measures
  • The importance of a food safety policy
  • The role of a supervisor
  • The challenges of a supervisor
  • Continuous Improvements of food safety practices
  • Food complaints
  • What food inspection visits are for?
  • The Food Inspection visit and what they can do
  • Registering a food business
  • Making an appeal against a decision