In the UK during 2010/2011 there were approximately 1.2 million people suffering from a work-related illness, 171 workers were killed at work, 115,000 injuries were reported under RIDDOR and 26.4 million working days were lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury. These are just some of the reasons why providing your employees with good quality cost effective training right from the start is essential for all parties.

Food Hygiene & Safety

Whether you're a quick service operation or Michelin starred, this programme is a must for anyone involved with food handling. Bite size video clips giving advice, tips and best-practice guidance, along with interactive exercises throughout will give your team the skills to succeed. This module wraps it up with a quiz at the end, covering the areas learnt, and also identifies areas where additional support and learning might be required.

Learning outcomes:

  • The importance of Food Hygiene in the workplace.
  • Different types of Bacteria and their effects.
  • An understanding of the types of 'high risk' foods that are commonly linked to food poisoning outbreaks.
  • How time, temperature and food can affect the growth of harmful bacteria and cause food poisoning.
  • An understanding how people spread harmful bacteria onto food and food contact surfaces.
  • When and how to wash your hands.
  • To understand the principles of ambient food item storage.
  • learn how to store chilled food safely in a refrigerator.
  • To understand the temperature requirements for chilled storage.
  • How to keep raw and ready to eat foods separate.
  • The importance of defrosting foods thoroughly.
  • An understanding of temperature controls for cooking, hot holding and re-heating.
  • An understanding of temperature controls for refrigerated and frozen foods.
  • The commercial importance of good cleaning.
  • An understanding of when cleaning should take place.
  • How to avoid cross contamination.
  • Safe use of chemicals.
  • An understanding of the common food types that cause allergic reactions.
  • How to help customers with know allergies avoid the foods that cause reactions.
  • How to deal with a severe allergic reaction which could be life threatening.

Health & Safety Essentials

Along with video tutorials in all the key areas of Health & Safety, this module has a variety of exercises to re-inforce the knowledge gained from the video tutorials, whilst also making learning a little more fun. From spot the hazard, or match the hazard sign with the correct description to dressing a mannequin with the correct PPE and selecting the correct colour of safety signs, this module has it all.

Learning outcomes:

  • An overview of legal responsibilities on employers and employees to the health and safety of others.
  • An understanding of why it is so important to report accidents, when to report them and how to complete a report.
  • An understanding of the term hazard and examples of how to manage typical workplace hazards.
  • An awareness of manual handing activities, how injuries occur and how to make L.I.T.E work of manual handling.
  • An awareness of the costs associated with slip and trip accidents.
  • An understanding of different types of slip and trip hazards and why prompt action is necessary to prevent an accident.
  • An understanding of what work equipment is, the importance of using it safely and protecting others from harm.
  • An understanding of the legal requirement for employees to wear personal protective equipment provided by the employer in the interest of your safety and the safety of others.
  • An understanding of the effects of harmful exposure to hazardous substances and various hazard types.
  • An understanding of the importance of training and an awareness of general safety precautions to take when handling hazardous substances.
  • An awareness of the different types of safety sign and what they mean.

Fire Safety Essentials

Fire is one of the biggest threats to any business. It's a well known fact that a lot of businesses who suffer a major fire never recover from it. Why not provide you employees with a high quality module which teaches them how to avoid fires by identifying and managing common workplace fire hazards. The module also provides a unique walk-through of fire protection measures before focusing on what to do in case of fire and a simple guide to the use of fire extinguishers which are responsible for putting out over 80% of all workplace fires.

Learning outcomes:

  • An overview of Fire Law and responsibilities of employees.
  • An awareness of how to identify and manage fire hazards in the work place.
  • An awareness of passive and active fire systems.
  • An understanding of the importance and management of fire doors.
  • An awareness of fire evacuation principles.
  • An understanding of the influences that human factors have on fire evacuation.
  • An understanding of the different types of fire extinguisher and what they do.
  • An understanding of how to correctly use each type of fire extinguisher.

Pricing

Credits can be purchased to be used with our training system. A single credit will train one user on one module. For example, if you wanted to train a single member of staff on Food Hygeine, Health & Safety and Fire Safety, you would need to purchase 3 credits.

No. credits purchased Cost per credit (£)
1 - 25 £17.50
26 - 100 £15.00
101 - 250 £12.50
251 - 500 £10.00
500+ Please contact us...