Hospitality

Health and safety for food handlers Online Course

Course Published 3-4 hours CPD Accredited

This course is included in every individual access plan, alongside all 130+ courses. Choose 12, 24 or 36 months for one person. One payment, VAT included, no automatic renewal.

Illustrative food preparation area in a professional kitchen
Illustrative workplace context. The course outline is listed below.

Course overview

Understand the key health and safety responsibilities specific to food handling roles, including workplace hazards, safe practices, and legal duties. Covers manual handling, slips and trips, burns prevention, equipment safety, and reporting procedures in kitchen and catering environments.

Health and safety for food handlers at a glance

Health and safety for food handlers is a CPD accredited online course from Chefs Bay Academy, taking 3-4 hours to complete. The certificate is ready to download as soon as you pass.

Entry typeCourse
Provider statusPublished
Duration3-4 hours, self-paced
CertificateCPD Accredited, download after passing
Study and retakesAny device, unlimited retakes within your chosen access period.

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Chefs Bay Academy is run by Chefs Bay Hospitality Limited (Company No. 13588811), a UK hospitality and care staffing agency based in Merseyside. This course is included in the training bundle, with 12, 24 or 36 months of access for one person. Certificate information is listed for this course above.

What you will learn

  1. Health and Safety Legislation for Food Handlers
  2. Identifying Workplace Hazards in Kitchens
  3. Slips, Trips, and Falls Prevention
  4. Safe Manual Handling Techniques
  5. Burns, Scalds, and Cuts Prevention
  6. Safe Use of Kitchen Equipment
  7. Accident Reporting and First Aid Basics
  8. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Who needs this course

Chefs, kitchen porters, catering assistants, food production workers, and anyone working in a commercial kitchen or food preparation environment who needs to understand their health and safety responsibilities.

About this course

Workplace safety for kitchen staff

This 3-4 hour course examines health and safety from the perspective of people working in a kitchen or food-preparation role. The syllabus covers slips and trips, manual handling, burns, scalds and cuts, equipment use, protective equipment and accident reporting. Chefs, kitchen porters, catering assistants and food-production workers are the stated audience.

The course therefore has a different focus from Food Hygiene Level 2 for catering, which covers contamination, storage, personal hygiene and food handling. Comparing the two topic lists helps identify which part of a role’s training is being addressed.

For a closer focus on lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling, the separate Manual Handling course develops that subject. COSHH Awareness for Hospitality covers the cleaning-chemical and substance-awareness part of hospitality work.

Your certificate

Pass the assessment and your certificate is ready to download as a PDF the same day, with your name and the course title on it. Print it, email it to a manager, or attach it to a CV.

  • PDF download, same day you pass
  • CPD accredited by The CPD Certification Service
  • Retake the assessment as often as you need within your access period

These are training courses, not Ofqual-regulated qualifications. Read how our accreditation works.

Certificate of achievement

Your name

has successfully completed

Health and Safety for Food Handlers

Chefs Bay Academychefsbayacademy.co.uk CPD Certified, The CPD Certification Service Issue dateThe day you pass
Your certificate, as a PDF, the same day you pass. Sample layout, your name and course are printed on it.

After you choose your access

  1. Choose your access

    Choose 12, 24 or 36 months. All 130+ courses are included for one person, with one payment and VAT included.

  2. Set up your account

    After payment, the confirmation page provides your setup step. The training platform emails your login details after registration. Access starts after account setup.

  3. Complete your courses

    Work at your own pace on any device. You can pause and return within your chosen access period.

  4. Download your certificate

    Pass the end-of-course assessment, then download your course completion certificate.

Buying for a team? Each learner needs their own account and email address. See team pricing, or email workwithus@chefsbay.co.uk for help arranging learner access.

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Health and Safety for Food Handlers is included in every Chefs Bay Academy plan, alongside the rest of the training bundle. Choose 12, 24 or 36 months of access for one person. Pay once, with no automatic renewal.

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