The Virtual College have teamed up with Highfield eLearning to offer a range of Food Hygiene courses that can be studied online from your home, office or anywhere in the world with wifi or an internet connection! This is an accredited course and successful learners will be issued a Highfield Commended certificate on completion. There are a number language options, including Polish and Welsh, please contact us for more information.

The training modules included in this course cover the key syllabus of Level 1 Food Safety qualifications. These modules include:

• Introduction to food safety
• Microbiological hazards
• Food poisoning and its control
• Contamination hazards and controls
• Safe handling and storage of food
• Personal hygiene
• Food pests and pest control
• Cleaning and disinfection

Those taking this e-learning course will engage in approximately 5 guided learning hours of training. Their knowledge will also be tested by a series of multiple-choice questions upon the completion of each of the modules. On completion of the course, the system produces a personalised Highfield-commended certificate.