Highfield Level 1 Award in Food Safety for Catering (RQF)

The Highfield Level 1 Award for Food Safety in Catering (RQF) has been developed to prepare learners or those in low-risk roles that involve some element of food handling, including those who work in stock/store rooms.
Learners gaining this qualification will know that food safety is the responsibility of everyone involved in the storage, preparation, processing, packing and handling of food.

Topics include:

• Personal responsibilities for food safety in a food catering environment
• The importance of personal hygiene in a food catering environment
• The importance of keeping work areas clean and hygienic in a food catering environment
• How to keep food safe in a food catering environment

The objective of this qualification is to prepare learners for employment, or to support a current position within a low-risk role, where there is an element of food handling. This could include bar workers, waiting staff, health care workers, kitchen porters and stock/store room staff.

Learners gaining this qualification will know that food safety is the responsibility of everyone involved in the storage, preparation, processing, packing and handling of food. Its topics are regarded by the Foods Standards Agency as being important to maintaining good practice in the production of safe food.

This qualification is assessed by multiple-choice examination, externally set and marked by Highfield Qualifications. Successful learners will have to demonstrate knowledge and understanding across the qualification syllabus and achieve a pass mark of 66%. Completed examination papers should be returned to Highfield for marking and results will then be supplied to the centre afterwards. This qualification is graded pass/fail.

It is advised that learners have a minimum of Level 1 in English and maths, or equivalent.

Learners successfully completing this qualification, may wish to continue their development by undertaking one of the following qualifications:

• Highfield Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Catering

• Highfield Level 2 Award in Food Allergen Awareness and Control in Catering

• Hospitality competency-based qualifications