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The Council’s courses are suitable for all employees who work in all the public and private sectors. Voluntary organisations, residents, individuals considering a career change or community groups also attend the courses.
If you are in doubt about your Sector Skills Council, please visit the Skills for Business website. See Skills for Business.
Examples of Sector Skills Councils are shown below:
| Sector Skills Councils |
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Company: Improve Limited |
| Company: People 1st Sector: Hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism Address: People 1st, 2nd Floor, Armstrong House, 38 Market Square, Uxbridge Middlesex, UB8 1LH Telephone: 0870 060 2550 Email: info@people1st.co.uk Website: www.people1st.co.uk |
| Company: Skills for Care and Development Sector: Social care, children and young people Address: General enquiries, Skills for Care and Development, Albion Court, 5 Albion Place, Leeds, LS1 6JL Telephone: 0113 245 1716 Email: sscinfo@skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk Website: www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk |
| Company: Skills for Care and Development (formerly known as Topss England) Sector: Adult Social Care Address: Skills for Care and Development, Albion Court, 5 Albion Place, Leeds, LS1 6JL Telephone: 0113 245 1716 Email: info@skillsforcare.org.uk Website: www.skillsforcare.org.uk |
| Company: Children's Workforce Development Council Sector: Children's Services (including Social Care) Address: Children's Workforce Development, Council, 3rd Floor, Friends Provident House, 13–14 Couth Parade, Leeds, LS1 5QS Telephone: 0113 244 6311 Email: info@cwdcouncil.org.uk Website: www.cwdcouncil.org.uk |
| Company: Skills for Health Sector: The health sector across the UK Address: Skills for Health, 1st Floor, Goldsmiths Hous,e Broad Plain, Bristol, BS2 0JP Telephone: 0117 922 1155 Email: office@skillsforhealth.org.uk Website: www.skillsforhealth.org.uk |
| Company: Skillsmart Retail Sector: Retail Address: Skillsmart Retail, 40 Duke Street, London, W1A 1AB Telephone: 020 7399 3450 Email: contactus@skillsmartretail.com Website: www.skillsmartretail.com |
For further details about the courses, or if you would like the Directorate of Environmental Health to run a course that is not listed, please telephone 020 7341 5606/020 7361 3002, or visit our Hygiene and Safety Training web pages. See Hygiene and Safety Training.
For details about the role of Ofqual, please visit the Ofqual website.
If you are studying for an NVQ, A level or GCSE, the accredited qualification courses may provide underpinning knowledge for your portfolio of evidence.
For details about accreditation, visit the Ofqual website.
There is no legal requirement regarding food handlers being required to hold an accredited qualification. For further information about the legal requirements surrounding food safety training, visit the Food hygiene legislation page of the Food Standards Agency website.
You may wish to consider a generic or tailor-made non-accredited qualification that is not Ofqual approved but contains sufficient information to provide you with the necessary theoretical knowledge for you to put into practice what you have been taught.
Your manager has a legal responsibility to provide appropriate supervision with the practical application of knowledge gained on any course.
Non-accredited courses may be just as appropriate as accredited qualification courses. Before deciding, consider if underpinning knowledge is required for an NVQ or GCSE. In terms of food safety and health and safety, the most important issue is how a manager will supervise, instruct and/or train an employee to turn knowledge into theory. It is not a certificate alone that improves standards or prevents an accident!
The courses on offer by the Royal Borough fit within the National Framework of Qualifications. For example, the relevant levels for those working in a food business are:
You can find syllabuses at:
For further information about health and safety in the workplace courses, please visit the Course List web page. See Course List.
For further information about Food hygiene and food safety courses, please visit the Course List web page. See Course List.
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