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Environmental Services Training for Food, Health and Safety
Help!
There is a national shortage of suitably qualified food safety and/or health and safety trainers, who can run courses in other languages, apart from English.
In 1999, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea carried out a survey of 488 restaurants in the Borough. Apart from English, the most commonly spoken languages spoken by food handlers were:
There is now an increasing demand for trainers to run courses in a range of eastern European languages.
A Professional Trainers Certificate (or equivalent) is a minimum, plus the equivalent of (or at higher levels):
To teach food hygiene: Advanced Certificate in Food Safety or a level 4 Award in managing Food Safety in Catering.
To teach health and safety: Advanced Certificate in Health and Safety in the Workplace.
You also need experience in the field in which you plan to train.
Contact the following examination bodies for a list of approved training centres:
You could also try further education colleges, Floodlight magazine and local authorities. For more information contact the Council's Training Co-ordinator.
After you qualify apply to register with the one or all of the examination bodies listed above.
Promote yourself!
How?
As a bi-lingual trainer via the examination bodies, on the web, direct mailing, through business and community groups.
Each training centre charges different fees for courses. Please make direct enquiries to the centres.
Contact the Environmental Health Training Co-ordinator.
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