this training is suitable for anyone working with food with children or adults who wants to learn basic and essential food saftey skills. the course is facilitater by maxine lock, centre manager of peritia training with over 30 years experience in teaching and outdoor training. the training is awarded by ‘qualsafe’. peritia training has designed and developed this food safety course to address the food safety needs of the catering and hospitality sector but adding the additions of cooking in the open air! the aim of the day is to combine the theory of food safety with the enjoyment of cooking lunch in the outdoors developing good practice guidelines in hopefully a fun, interactive manner.

there is emphasis on the 4 cs (chilling, cooking, cleaning, contamination). monitoring controls, corrective actions and methods of reporting are examined as part of a food safety management system.

an ‘outline of the programme’ will include:

• importance of food safety in the woods incorporating haccp

• microbes – where are they “lurking”?

• illnesses linked to food and the outdoors

• hygiene control - temperature control, storage, handling, preparation, cooking, equipment ...

• personal hygiene

• food safety control – planning a haccp relevant to your practice.

a multiple - choice test will conclude at the end of the course. after successful completion candidates will receive a certificate from qualsafe and a ‘blake training’ certificate, personalising the additional outdoor food safety topics covered.