The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 require all who are involved in food premises to be: ‘trained, supervised or instructed, commensurate with their role’. It does not specify what level of training or whether it should be a nationally recognised qualification or an in-house certificate. We can offer both, for all of the food safety and health & safety programmes.

There are both advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages of Nationally Recognised Qualifications:

• The content of the courses are understood by enforcement agencies such as Environmental Health.

Disadvantages of Nationally Recognised Qualifications:

• Once staff are trained they may use this qualification to find another job and therefore the company lose their investment.

Advantages of In-house Qualifications:

• The qualification may not be used to further the career of an employee outside of the organisation.
• They are less expensive, as examination fees will be lower.
• They can be tailored to the individual needs of the employer.
• They can be focused on the specific needs of the employee.
• They may involve less time, as the content is specific to a role.

Disadvantages of In-House Qualifications:

• Although the content may be the same as for a nationally recognised qualification, that may need to be proved to an enforcement officer.

For more information about In-house, Open courses or Consultancy please contact us:

Phone 01474 536 662 Email info@hygienesolutions.co.uk

When we were told that we ought to consider having a training course developed for our company I thought that we would not be able to afford it. I could not believe it when Dennis told me it would cost me no more than any of the other courses on offer. Our staff really enjoyed the session and I could see that they wanted to improve the standards of hygiene straight away.