Overview: Kitchen Assistant Course
This Kitchen Assistant course is for those in a senior catering position and responsible for a team (or teams) of people that handle, prepare and cook food. Each intensive training module covers all the steps needed to ensure that food is protected from contamination and that the customer can enjoy your product without concerns about hygiene or preparation.
As a supervisor or manager of a catering company or establishment, you are directly responsible for the well-being of every customer that takes a bite of your food. To secure an excellent reputation and a 5-star national hygiene food rating, you must understand and abide by all the UK's strict food and safety regulations. Not only will it give you the confidence and credibility to grow the business, but it will also show that you are dedicated to customer safety.
By the end of the kitchen assistant course, you’ll have full knowledge of all the UK food regulations and an understanding of how to improve and maintain an excellent food management system. You’ll also know every type of food bacteria and how to prevent it from causing food poisoning or wastage. Please note that a Level 2 Food and Hygiene Safety Course may be more appropriate if your job is limited directly to food handling.
- Accredited by CPD
- Institute of Hospitality endorsed
- Meets UK & EU legal requirements
- Instant e-certificate
- Fully online, interactive course
- 24/7 Learning Assistance
- Developed by qualified food safety professionals
- Self paced learning and laptop, tablet, smartphone friendly
- Discounts on bulk purchases
Who should take kitchen assistant course
This informative course is perfect for anybody associated directly with the food sector, such as:
- Senior food retailers
- Restaurant and Café owners
- Head Chefs & Kitchen Managers
- Supervisory food handlers
- Landlords and pub owners
- Supervisors or Managers of fast-food outlets and takeaways
Certification
Once you’ve completed your course, you will immediately be sent a digital certificate. Our courses are fully accredited, providing you with up-to-date skills and knowledge and helping you become more competent and effective in your chosen field. Our certifications have no expiry dates, although we recommend renewing them every 12 months.
Furthermore, the Institute of Hospitality endorsed this Kitchen Assistant course, ensuring quality content that teaches industry standards and best practices.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, learners will be able to show that they can:
- Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of food safety.
- Prove awareness of all UK food and safety regulations.
- Show the ability to introduce and maintain an effective Food Safety Management System (FSMS).
- Exhibit a fundamental understanding of microbiology.
- Identify and control contamination hazards.
- Understand the bacterial (and non-bacterial) sources of food poisoning.
- Prevent food spoilage and pest infestation.
- Show the ability to train and supervise staff in all of the above.
Assessment
At the end of the course, there will be an online assessment, which you will need to pass to complete the course. Answers are marked instantly and automatically, allowing you to know straight away whether you have passed. If you haven’t, there’s no limit on the number of times you can take the final exam. All this is included in the one-time fee you paid for the course itself.
Course Contents
Module 01: Food Safety – An Introduction
This introductory module will draw your attention to the world of food safety. You’ll learn about the food-borne illnesses and its causes, the vulnerable risk groups, and the key terms which will help you to understand food safety and its importance.
Module 02: Supervision of Food Safety
This module will tell you everything that you need to know about the roles and responsibilities of a supervisor. Along with the in-depth knowledge of supervisory skills and styles, you’ll also learn about food safety cultures, standards, food safety policies, and quality assurance & control.
Module 03: Food Safety Legislation
As the name suggests, this particular module is dedicated to giving you an overview of the key legislation, concerning authorities to enforce the law, code of practices, fines and prosecution, and due diligence.
Module 04: Food Safety Management System
The food safety management system, HACCP and its fundamental principles, detail discussion of the implementation of HACCP, and HACCP based food safety management system – these are the keynotes of this module 4.
Module 05: Food Safety Management Tools
The highlighted part of module 5 is a vivid discussion on the various food safety management tools. Along with this, learners will also get to know about the management responsibilities and the importance of documenting the food safety system.
Module 06: Microbiology
In module 6, we’ll give you a tour of Microbiology. In this voyage, you will come across the detail of bacteria and factors responsible for its multiplication, moulds, yeasts, viruses, protozoa, and cyclospora.
Module 07: Contamination Hazards
From knowing the sources of contamination to understand the processes of detecting contamination – all will be discussed in module 7. You’ll also learn about various types of contamination hazards, vehicles of contamination, and cross-contamination.
Module 08: Controlling Contamination
This module will shed light on the control of different contamination hazards and the role of the supervisor in the prevention of contamination. Food storage, food preparation and cooking, and food service and delivery are some of the other key topics of this eighth module.
Module 09: Food Poisoning (Bacterial) and Food-Borne Illness
After a brief discussion on food poisoning, this module will draw your attention to the most common causes of food poisoning, food-borne illness, and food-borne viruses. Each of the topics will be discussed in detail.
Module 10: Food Poisoning (Non-Bacterial)
In this module; you will learn about chemical food poisoning, metallic food poisoning, scombrotoxic fish poisoning, paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, and the generic control measures for most food poisoning organisms.
Module 11: Personal Hygiene
This module will tell you about the high standards of personal hygiene, the relevant law and the role of the supervisor in personal hygiene. You’ll also learn about the hazards that come from food handlers.
Module 12: Food and Temperature Control
This module will cover the wide area of food and temperature control. Some of the key topics from this module are safe temperatures, fridge & freezer temperature, cooking temperatures, and time without temperature control.
Module 13: Checking, Verifying and Recording Temperature
Module 13 will introduce you with the different equipment and process of measuring food temperature. You’ll also learn about when food temperature should be measured and the recording of temperature checks.
Module 14: Food Spoilage and Preservation
This module explains the common signs of food spoilage and prevention methods along with the different approaches to food preservation. Delivery and unloading of raw materials, wrapping and packaging, and stock rotation will also be discussed in this module.
Module 15: Food Premises and Equipment: The Design and Construction
The design, construction, and maintenance of food premises and equipment are essential for maintaining food safety. This module will tell how you can go with these factors to maintain the high standard of food safety.
Module 16: Waste Disposal, Cleaning and Disinfection
Waste storage and the removal of waste, cleaning equipment, disinfection, and the procedures and methods of cleaning will be highlighted in this module. Learners will also familiarise with the in-houses and contract cleaning, and the role of the supervisor in cleaning.
Module 17: Pest Management
The module will look at different types of pests, contamination caused by pests, and the standard control measures. A due-diligence defence and the role of the supervisor in pest control will also be discussed here.
Module 18: Food Safety Training for the Staff
This module will draw the curtain on the course by explaining the importance of training for maintaining the high standard of food safety. You’ll also learn about the training methods and the role of management in it.
Module 19: Reopening and Adapting Your Food Business During COVID-19
In the final module you will familiarize with all the new practices that have recently emerged to adapt to the new normal. You will learn in detail about the standard hygiene and safety practices needed to be followed to minimize the risk of contamination of COVID-19.
