Short Courses

At Intrinsic Training Solutions we are an approved centre for the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health therefore we are able to deliver many of their certificated courses.

The Food Safety and Health & Safety courses do compliment the NVQs we specialise in delivering at Intrinsic Training Solutions.

These courses do have a prescribed syllabus and therefore to pass the examination this must be adhered to as a minimum. However to suit your needs as an organisation we are able to add to or emphasise areas of the syllabus to meet your organisation needs.

All the courses have a minimum number of hours in which the course must be delivered over.

All the courses are delivered in English although exam papers are available in many different languages and providing individuals have an unerstanding of English to understand the course content we can offer the option of a foreign language test paper or an oral test paper.

Please contact phil@intrinsictraining.com for further information.

The cost of delivery is often negotiated around the whole package of courses we deliver for you. All materials are supplied and the cost of registration and certification with the C.I.E.H. is included in the cost.

Bespoke Courses to Suit you - Fit for Purpose

We deliver bespoke courses to suit your needs and certificate them as an Intrinsic Training course . Each course does have an assessment or examination to enable a certificate of achievement to be awarded.

Food Safety

The CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety

Available for the following working environments

Food Manufacturing

Catering

Retailing

Care environment

We all have a moral responsibility whilst working with food to produce food free from contamination. These qualifications will benefit anyone working with food as they are all relevant to food processing operations in different working environments including fresh food processing, convenience food manufacturing, high and low risk processing and packaging and canning and bottling.

Course overview

During the course we cover:

• The terminology used within food safety
• The laws that apply to organisations and food handlers
• The risk of food hazards and how food poisoning can be controlled
• The use of temperature controls
• Heat processing
• Personal hygiene
• The importance of storage conditions for different foods
• The importance of cleaning
• The design and structure of food premises and equipment used in the industry.
• Pest control

Intrinsic Training Solutions delivers the course to suit the purpose of all organisations delivers the course typically:

• Over one full day
• Delivered in English
• Multiple choice test paper will be completed by individuals at the end of the course
• Test papers are available in many different languages
• Test papers can be taken orally with prior arrangement.
• CIEH endorsed certificate presented on successful completion.

The Level 3 Award in Food Safety Supervision

This course is for people working in the food industry (manufacturing) at a Supervisory level. We also deliver this course for the retail, catering and care indusry.

It is ideal for those with responsibility for quality assurance, the buying of raw materials, customer complaints investigation or on-the-job training.

Outline:

• General Introduction
• Bacteriology
• Food Poisoning and Food borne disease
• Physical, chemical and microbiological contamination of food and its prevention
• Food storage and temperature control
• Food preservation
• Design and construction of food premises and equipment
• Cleaning and disinfection
• Personal hygiene
• Legislation
• Supervisory management

Intrinsic Training Solutions delivers this course to suit the purpose of all organisations although we usually deliver in the following way:

• Over three days
• Two hour multiple choice exam of sixty questions
• Delivered in english
• Test papers only available in English
• CIEH endorsed certificate presented on successful completion

Intermediate Certificate Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)

Everyone working in the food industry has a legal and moral responsibility to produce food products free from any contamination. It is now a matter of law. as well as good practice, for all food businesses to take preventative measures to ensure food safety. This means designing and implementing a suitable documented system with sufficiant controls to eliminate or reduce the risk of possible contamination hazards.

This course explains the principles and practices of hazard analysis. There are a number of basic steps and principles but no matter how simple the system or the operations it may cover, it can only be effective if the individuals responsible understand the principles and practices of hazard analysis.

Course overview:

• Understand the principles
• Application of hazard analysis principles
• Legal requirements
• The need to develop realistic controls
• The importance of monitoring
• The importance of periodic reviews

Candidates who would benefit from this training programme are owners, managers, supervisors, team leaders and trainers. Candidates should have a working knowledge of the food industry and food safety issues. It is strongly recommended that at least the foundation certificate or equivalents should have been completed. The courses delivered, typically, in two days. Afterwhich, the students will undertake a tailored assignment in agreement with the course tutor, the food manafactor process will be chosen and the assignment completion date agreed with the candidate, usually four weeks.

On successful completion, a CIEH endorsed certificate will be presented.

The Level Two Award in Food Safety for Manufacturing (Meat & Poultry)

There are serious consequences of proper standards are not maintained with recent attention from the Governement, the media and the public, the industry, once again, is under the spotlight. The need to continually reinforce and be seen to at least be attempting to improve standards is therefore essential. This course aims at doing that.

Overview:

• Taking responsiblity for food safety - food safety procedures, reporting food safety hazards, pest infestation, product spoilage and legislation.
• The importance of personal hygiene - effective handwashing, being ill, reporting responsibility, correct dressing of wounds, wearing correct protective clothing the importance of good, personal hygiene. 
• Keeping the product safe - contamination and cross-contamination, food poisoning/food borne illness, food handling procedures, temperature control, stock control, spoilage and food preservation.  
• Keeping the work area clean and hygienic - Keeping the work area and equipment clean and tidy, importance of waste disposal, pest infestation, pest control and identification of different pests.

Intrinsic Training Solutions delivers this course to suit the purpose of all organisations although we usually deliver int he following way:

• Over one day
• Multiple choice exam
• Delivered in english
• Test papers available in different languages
• Test paper available orally with prior arrangement
• A Food & Drink qualifications endorsed certificate presented on successful completion 

Health and Safety:

The CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace

This qualification provides essential knowledge and understanding of health and safety for working adults in any industrial sector. Whether in, manufacturing, commerce or public service. A good health and safety culture relys on employers and emplyees working together to reduce risks and prevent accidents and ill health arising from working activities. Although employers have a legal responibility to provide safe and healthy work place conditions and safe systems of work an essential part of and safe system is the knowledge, the attitude and the up-to-date information the employee's have to uphold such safe systems of work.

This level two certificate in health and safety aims to provide all candidates with a working knowledge and understanding to enable them to contribute to health and safety in the workplace.

Overview:

• Introduction
• The costs of poor health and safety
• Causes of work related accidents and ill health
• Health and safety law
• Outlining the responsibilities under HASAW, risk assessments, law enforcement and possible conseuquences of non-compliance
• Accidents and ill health
• The main effects of stress
• Abuse of alcohol and drugs
• Smoking policies
• Incidents of violence
• Accident reporting
• Risk Assessment - outline of the risk assessment process
• First aid at work - why this is provided, the difference between an appointed person and a first aider and what should be provided in a first aid box.
• Personal Protective Equipment - the function of P.P.E, responsibilities for the used care and maintenance of P.P.E
• Workplace safety - Building structure, design layout and servicces, importance of good storage such as stacking and housekeeping. The use of different safety signs.
• Work equipment - How equipment can cause injury
• Electricity - Installation testing and maintenace, fault reporting, improving electrical safety and dealing with electric shock.
• Fire prevention - Parts of the fire triangle, fire prevention and safety evacuation. Use of fire extinguishers and action to be taken in case of fire.
• Occupational health - main health hazards, occupational illnesses and diseases and control measures.
• Hazardous substances - Identification, correct use and control methods.
• Ergonomics and work station design - repetitive strain injury and other musculoskeletal disorders.
• Manual handling - Correct lifting techniques, manual handling assessment and possible injuries.
• Noise - Noise reduction and control, hearing protection and 'what is noise.'

Intrinsic Training Solutions delivers this course to suit the purpose of all organisations although we usually deliver in the following way:

• Over one day
• Multiple choice exam
• Delivered in english
• Test papers available in different languages
• Test paper available orally with prior arrangement
• CIEH endorsed certificate presented on successful completion

Level 3 Certificate in Supervising Health and Safety

As both Supervisors and Managers have a legal and moral resposibility to provide and uphold the health and safety of employees this qualification will enable improvement to the culture towards health and safety.

Outline:

• Concept of health and safety
• accidents at work
• ill health in the workplace
• legal provision
• health and safety organisation and management
• supervising health and safety.
• 2 hour multiple choice test paper to complete
• Delivered over 3 days
• delivery can be arranged to suit any organisation to provide the training fit for purpose.
• CIEH endorsed certificate presented on sucessful outcome

Advanced Level

Further details on request