Stow College

Healthy Eating & Food Hygiene Level 2

The course is a home learning programme, fully supported by Stow College.  Support is provided by a tutor, responsible for assignments and assessments (as appropriate).  The tutor responds and communicates with the learner in the way the learner chooses, and can be by email, telephone and regular written communication.  Guidance is provided by the tutor, as required.

Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements.

Course Content

The Certificate in Healthy Eating and Food Hygiene is ideal for individuals working within either the care or catering and food industries. It aims to provide all staff, supervisors and managers with the essential knowledge required to offer the very best professional approach to healthy eating and food hygiene.

The programme aims to help learners become more effective in many areas of their work, from understanding nutrition and diet, to preparing food safely. Where learners are looking to enhance career development, this programme will alert them to aspects of their jobs they may not currently be involved with.

The course consists of 4 modules:

• Healthy Eating
  • Introduction to healthy eating
  • The basics
  • Recommendations for healthy eating
• Vitamins and Mineral
  • Sources and functions of vitamins and minerals
  • Why are they so important?
• Specific Healthy Eating Issues
  
  • Vegetarians
  • The elderly and infirm
  • Obesity
  • Cardiovascular and coronary heart disease
  • Cancer
  • Iron deficiency
• Food Hygiene
  • Legislation
  • What is food hygiene?
  • Food contamination
  • Food poisoning
  • How bacteria multiply
  • Preventing food poisoning
  • Personal hygiene
  • Safe food preparation
  • Cleaning and disinfecting
  • Food storage
  • Waste disposal and pest control
  • Buildings and equipment