In practice the rating scheme is designed to ensure that businesses that are broadly compliant with food law and are managing food safety risks will receive a rating of three … and those who are managing the risk well will receive a rating of four or five. However, significant lapses in any of the scoring criteria can also have a significant effect on the rating.

This course is intended to give you an overview of how the National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works, what the scoring criteria are and how these are assessed by the inspectors, the appeals process, the Safer Food Better Business management system, E-Coli and concludes with some practical advice for ensuring your premises gets the best score possible.

Advantages & Target Audience

Training your employees with our online Achieving Food Hygiene Rating Level 5 course will give them an overview of how the National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works and how it applies to your food business.

CPD approval means that this course can be used by those that need to prove they are continually developing themselves.

Online training is flexible, efficient and cost effective meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time, so they can fit the training in around their work and personal life.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify Food Hygiene ratings and understand what they mean.
• Define the scoring criteria and how decisions on the final score are made.
• State how scores can be appealed.
• Understand how to apply Safer Food, Better Business to ensure compliance with legal obligations.
• Recognise the contents of good Hygiene and cleaning structures for your business.