Food Safety Training: Hygiene, HACCP and ISO 22000 Courses
Food safety training from basic food hygiene to HACCP and ISO 22000 internal auditor courses, delivered at your premises or itmad facilities.
Food safety fails at the point of practice and not at the point of policy, and itmad provides food safety training from basic food hygiene to HACCP and ISO 22000 internal auditor courses, delivered at your premises or at itmad training facilities. A HACCP plan is only as good as the supervisor who applies it at four in the morning, when the delivery is late and the chiller is full. itmad operates across the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
The courses
At handler level, Good Food Hygiene Practice covers personal hygiene, cross-contamination, temperature control and safe practice for everyone who handles food, and the Award in Food Safety is the foundation qualification for food handlers in catering, manufacturing and retail. At supervisory level, the Award in Supervising Food Safety is for those who monitor food safety practice and correct it in others, and at management level the Award in Managing Food Safety covers the design and operation of a food safety management system.
The HACCP courses start with HACCP Awareness, which covers the seven principles, how a plan is built and what each role in the operation contributes to it, and continue with HACCP Internal Auditor, on planning and conducting internal audits of a HACCP system, gathering evidence and writing findings that get acted on. For the management system standard, ISO 22000 Awareness explains the standard, how it incorporates HACCP and what it requires beyond the hazard analysis, and ISO 22000 Internal Auditor covers auditing a food safety management system, including validation, verification and traceability.
Who should attend
Head chefs, sous chefs and kitchen supervisors; restaurant, cafe and catering managers; food production and processing supervisors; quality and food safety team members; hotel food and beverage management; retail food and supermarket staff; and anyone who conducts internal audits of a HACCP or ISO 22000 system.
How the courses are delivered
Training takes place at the client's premises or at itmad facilities, scheduled around service hours so that a kitchen team can attend without closing. Delivery is in languages that the workforce actually understands: training that a delegate follows only partly produces a certificate and not safe practice, and an inspector who questions a food handler will find that out.
Training informed by certification
itmad certifies food businesses against HACCP and ISO 22000, and the training reflects what audits actually find: records completed retrospectively, corrective actions with no record of what happened to the product, and uncalibrated probes that invalidate every temperature reading taken with them. Delegates learn the failures that get written up and not just the theory.
Online alternative
ITMAD Academy offers self-paced online courses that can be taken from anywhere, across management system and accreditation standards, with certificates issued on completion and online verification. Online learning is useful where classroom scheduling does not suit, for example for shift-based teams.
Frequently asked questions
Which food safety courses does itmad offer?
Good Food Hygiene Practice, Award in Food Safety, Award in Supervising Food Safety and Award in Managing Food Safety, plus HACCP Awareness, HACCP Internal Auditor, ISO 22000 Awareness and ISO 22000 Internal Auditor. Self-paced online options are available through ITMAD Academy.
What is covered in HACCP Awareness?
The seven principles of HACCP, how a HACCP plan is built, and what each role in the operation contributes to it. It is suited to everyone who works within a HACCP-based system.
What does the HACCP Internal Auditor course cover?
Planning and conducting internal audits of a HACCP system, gathering evidence and writing findings that get acted on. It prepares delegates for the internal audit competence that a food safety system relies on.
How do the ISO 22000 courses differ?
ISO 22000 Awareness explains the standard, how it incorporates HACCP and what it requires beyond the hazard analysis. ISO 22000 Internal Auditor covers auditing a food safety management system against the standard, including validation, verification and traceability.
Where is the training delivered?
At the client's premises or at itmad training facilities, scheduled around service hours so that a kitchen team can attend without closing. Delivery language is matched to the workforce.
Why is the training based on audit findings?
itmad certifies food businesses against HACCP and ISO 22000, so the course content reflects the failures that audits record, such as retrospective records, corrective actions with no product record and uncalibrated probes. Delegates learn what gets written up as well as the theory.