New Online Course: Level 1 Food Hygiene Awareness for All Workplaces
Level 1 Food Hygiene Awareness for All Workplaces is now available online.
This IIRSM-approved course gives staff who handle wrapped or low-risk foods the essential awareness needed to follow safe, everyday hygiene practices in any workplace. It explains how to prevent contamination, manage basic allergen risks, and follow simple cleaning, storage and temperature routines in line with Food Standards Agency guidance.
Providing this training helps organisations set a clear baseline for food hygiene across all sites, reduce avoidable handling mistakes, and keep reliable evidence of staff training for audits, inspections and client assurance.
Why Is Level 1 Food Hygiene Awareness for All Workplaces Important?
Organisations in offices, schools, care services, retail and community settings must ensure that anyone handling food understands the basics of safe working and hygiene. Staff who manage wrapped or low-risk foods are often new to these duties and may not yet know the routines and checks that prevent contamination and allergen incidents.
Without this awareness, simple mistakes such as poor handwashing, unsafe storage or uncontrolled allergens can lead to complaints, product issues and problems during inspections.
Level 1 Food Hygiene Awareness for All Workplaces provides a simple way to train new, temporary or mixed-duty staff in the essential principles of food hygiene.
It explains how to keep clean, handle and store food safely, manage basic allergen risks under Natasha’s Law and keep work areas hygienic across different workplace environments.
Providing this training helps organisations maintain consistent hygiene standards across all sites, lower the risk of avoidable incidents and present clear evidence of good practice to inspectors and clients. It also supports smoother onboarding so new starters understand what is expected from their first shift.
Who Should Take This Course?
This course is ideal for:
- Catering and Kitchen Assistants
- Cafe, Canteen and Counter Staff
- Waiters, Baristas and Front-of-House Teams
- Mobile and Event Catering Crews
- School, Care and Workplace Catering Staff
- Temporary or Agency Food Handlers
What Will Trainees Learn?
By the end of this course, trainees will understand:
- Key legal duties and food safety standards
- Main causes of foodborne illness and how they can be prevented
- How to maintain good hygiene and prevent cross-contamination at work
- Safe methods for handling, cooking, chilling and storing food
- Correct temperature ranges for reheating, hot holding, refrigeration and freezing
- Effective cleaning routines for equipment, surfaces and food prep areas
Course Outline
To read the complete course outline, click here.
How to Get Started
Need a simple way to train staff who handle wrapped or low-risk foods in your organisation?
Enrol your team in the IIRSM-approved Level 1 Food Hygiene Awareness for All Workplaces course to set a clear baseline of hygiene knowledge, reduce everyday food handling risks and maintain safe, consistent standards across all of your sites.
Need more information?
For more details about this course, please contact us.
