Description

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The Food Hygiene for Farm Assurances eLearning course provides learners with knowledge and understanding of food hygiene principles relevant to agricultural businesses and farm assurance requirements.

The course covers food storage, handling and preparation alongside personal hygiene, introducing learners to the risks associated with handling food and the importance of maintaining appropriate hygiene practices. It is designed to support those working within farming and agricultural environments where food hygiene knowledge forms part of good practice and farm assurance requirements.

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Who Should Attend?

• Farmers and agricultural workers.
• Employees working within farm businesses.
• Employees involved in the handling, storage or preparation of food.
• Employees working within businesses operating under farm assurance schemes.
• New starters requiring basic food hygiene awareness.
• Farm managers and supervisors.
• Anyone requiring food hygiene knowledge to support their role within an agricultural or farm-assured business.

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What You Will Learn

• The principles of good food hygiene.
• The importance of food hygiene within agricultural businesses.
• Risks associated with handling food.
• Basic principles of safe food storage.
• Appropriate food handling practices.
• Safe approaches to food preparation.
• The importance of maintaining good personal hygiene.
• How poor hygiene practices can contribute to contamination.
• Recognising potential food hygiene hazards.
• Preventing contamination during food handling and preparation.
• Maintaining clean and hygienic working practices.
• Individual responsibilities for maintaining food hygiene.
• The importance of following appropriate workplace procedures.
• The relationship between good hygiene practices and farm assurance requirements.
• Awareness of relevant health and safety responsibilities.
• Contributing to safe and hygienic practices within a farm business.

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Course Delivery

This course is delivered as self-directed eLearning.

Learners can work through the course at their own pace and can move backwards and forwards through the learning content as required. The course does not need to be completed in one sitting, allowing learners to leave and return to their training where necessary.

Interactive activities may be included throughout the course to reinforce key learning points.

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Assessment

Knowledge and understanding are checked through online assessment activities. Depending on the course content, these may include multiple-choice questions, matching exercises, drag-and-drop activities and image-based questions.

A minimum score of 70% is required to successfully complete the course.

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Certification

Upon successful completion of the course and assessment requirements, learners will receive a UK Rural Skills (UKRS) Accredited Certificate of Training.

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Course Duration

The course is self-directed and learners can progress through the content at their own pace. Completion time may therefore vary depending on the individual learner.

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