Successful candidates will be re-certified with a full, but current, Basic Food Hygiene certificate. It aims to reinforce good hygiene principles and provides students with the opportunity of putting their knowledge into practice through eleven practical exercises. The training support package comprises of a CD-ROM, photocards and session plans as well as a copy of the course book Food Safety First Principles. The qualification is designed to take place in half a day, lasting between two and three hours, plus examination time. However, as each of the three modules is designed to last between 45 minutes and an hour, the programme could easily be scheduled to take place over several days.
Assessment is by means of an objective test of thirty questions.