Food Safety Training Courses

Acorn food safety trainers are passionate about anything to do with food or food safety. They are excellent at adapting courses to suit the particular working environment and making food safety training both informative and enjoyable.

Why do our customers choose us?

Our food safety trainer is passionate about anything to do with food or food safety.

Acorn Health & Safety is a leading provider of health and safety training and consultancy in the South West.  Our trainers and consultants come from a wide variety of professional backgrounds and are not only appropriately qualified but also have considerable, hands on practical experience which is reflected in our grounded, pragmatic approach.

Customers come from an equally diverse range of organisations and businesses but choose Acorn because we’ll keep you on the right side of the law, whilst recognising that health and safety needs to compliment your day to day business activities.


Key Takeaways

Food safety courses give employees the knowledge needed to prevent contamination, maintain hygiene standards, and handle food safely in professional environments. The training available through Acorn Health & Safety covers topics such as food storage, cross-contamination prevention, allergen awareness, and legal food hygiene responsibilities. Developing stronger food safety practices protects customers, supports business compliance, and helps restaurants, caterers, and food businesses build trust through safer day-to-day operations.


How do we approach food safety training?

We provide courses that will provide the necessary theoretical knowledge and confidence in current practices and procedures, helping you to remain legally compliant and protect your business, employees, and customers. Employees and stakeholders benefit through the prevention and management of food safety incidents and allegations which protects your business both financially and legally.

What should you expect from Acorn Health & Safety?

For our in person courses, we provide delegates with a variety of printed course materials including workbooks and handouts. On completion of any of our Food Safety courses, delegates will receive appropriate certification.Acorn Health and Safety logo

Post course our team of consultants and trainers are available to answer any questions you might have.  You’ll also receive an automatic reminder prior to course expiry.

Our ‘food safety’ portfolio of courses are just one of a group of over 60 courses we offer. Acorn Health & Safety provides training and consultancy in first aid, fire safety, food safety, manual handling, healthcare training and health and safety.

Our ‘in-house’ course programmes are the most cost effective option if you’ve a number of staff requiring training, and in many cases can be adapted to include reference to local policy, practice and documentation.  These courses can be delivered either at any suitable venue or you can hire our purpose-built training centre located in Warmley, Bristol, whichever is best suited to your needs.

We also run a rolling programme of ‘open courses’ which are particularly suited for individuals or organisations that only have a few delegates or those looking to release small groups of staff at a time.

Other courses that we specialise and provide consultancy in which could be of interest to you are:

Please contact us to discuss all of your training needs so we can advise the most suitable and cost effective solution.

Not every course can be ‘off the shelf’.

Our tailored health and safety training is aimed at meeting the needs of customers who have specific subjects to be covered within their health and safety staff training.

Find out more

Call our team on 0117 958 2070 or if it’s out of hours or you prefer e-mail – [email protected]

E-learning Courses

We recognise that e-learning is a cost-effective training method.

Our e-learning platform is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and therefore accessible when you or your staff team need it.

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Open Course Diary

Aimed at businesses and individuals requiring specific training or those with only a few members of staff to train our open courses run regularly throughout the year and cover a variety of different subjects.

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Trusted by organisations across the South West

“I found the Train the Trainer update training excellent and very informative and I found Sarah an excellent trainer”

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South Gloucestershire Council

Foundation Level Manual Handling and First Aid at Work:

“We received the above training over two weeks which was much appreciated. Although we have filled in individual feedback forms on the day, I thought I would give some positive feedback with regards to the course itself and both Acorn trainers.
The first aid course was extremely enjoyable. Whilst going through the mandatory information for the course, the Acorn trainer was able to adapt some areas of the course to suit our service needs which was great.
His delivery was excellent and we were laughing whilst learning.
The Manual Handling course was informative, hands-on and very thorough.
The Acorn trainer came across very knowledgeable & confident about this area and delivered the course at exactly the right pace.
Overall feedback from all that attended was positive.
I have recommended Acorn to our Training Manager for further courses throughout GCH”

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Gloucester City Homes

“Each and every part of the Asbestos Awareness course showed how ignorant I was concerning asbestos. I will ensure that work done in our premises will be done and recorded properly.”

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St Ursula's Academy

“I just wanted to thank you for arranging the Administration of Medicines to Adults in Care training for us: it was excellent quality and the trainer, Sarah, engaged all team members really well. The staff were actively participating and all seemed to really benefit from the day.”

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Bright Green Light

“The most effective manual handling training session I have undertaken.”

DJ
Carmarthen Dialysis Unit

Asbestos Awareness: “Course contents and delivery was excellent. 10/10”

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Wellsway School

“The part of the Level 3 Paediatric Fist Aid training I found most helpful was the CPR section and, understanding it in more depth, it’s really clicked this time! It’s given me confidence and solidified my previous knowledge. I love the focus on simplicity, a great presentation in language I understand.”

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KIDS

“The Administering Medication training was helpful in understanding about EpiPens and how to administer eye drops.”

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Appleford School

“We are very happy with the service that Acorn provide. They are knowledgeable and very helpful especially when it comes to writing new policies or assisting in queries.”

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Nash Partnership

“The part I found most helpful was learning about the different types of epilepsy and the way to administer the medication.  I feel confident I will know what to look out for now.”

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Aspirations

Fire Marshal with Live Fire: “Very good. More interesting than previous training I have done”

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Fidelius

Train the Trainer annual update course: “It was amazing!!! The training room and the trainer were great. It was lots of other professionals on the training (including an OT from South Glos) and it just felt really good! It also helped that they provided a yummy lunch”

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United Response

“Attended the Level 3 Paediatric First Aid training: Big thank you to the Acorn trainer, fantastic trainer, passionate, caring & brought the training to life with his experience and personality.”

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Survive

“Happy with the advice and support received. Roger is great at what he does and offers very practical advice.”

 

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Roland DG UK Ltd

“Excellent anecdotes, course was entertaining and the trainer had great knowledge”

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Bristol University

“I have had first aid training and now the IOSH course through Acorn. both courses were great very professional with both trainers being excellent getting the point across in a very relaxed way. Thanks Roger for an enjoyable course. I thought the pace, content and the way in which it was presented was first class. As an added bonus I thought lunch was great”

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HH Willis Physics Lab

“I just wanted to let you know that 10 of our volunteers attended first aid training on Friday 19th May 2017 and we really enjoyed it! The Acorn trainer was a very entertaining trainer who has the ability to make it fun yet still deliver the important content! We all came away feeling confident with our new skills! A huge thank you for accommodating our needs as an organisation, we really appreciate it, and will  definitely be looking into other courses. Acorn deliver.”

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South Gloucester Parents & Carers

“The delivery of the IOSH Managing Safely course was perfectly blended between reading and discussion/participation.”

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Rolland DG UK Ltd

Fire Marshal with Live Fire: “Trainer was great, really knowledgeable, and the practical exercise was really helpful. 10/10”

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Arcadia

“The trainer kept my interest all day. I learnt so much more because it was interesting”

SH
South Gloucestershire Council

“Best manual handling I’ve been on so far. Plenty of practice with different equipment and scenarios. 10/10”

LH
Bristol Community Health

Client Manual Handling: “Very helpful, knowledgeable trainer who contextualised and adapted training very well when thinking about the needs of our learners. 10/10”

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Weston College

“Health & Safety at our premises has improved considerably over the past 12-18 months with help and support of Roger and Team at Acorn Safety. Roger has given me the confidence o improve many areas of H&S where we needed procedures etc. I would recommend Acorn. 10/10”

MB
Polar Bear Windows

“I found all of the 12 hour Paediatric First Aid course helpful! It was good to hear all the information and it made me feel more confident. I found Linda extremely clear in her explanations and teachings. The facilities were good and it was organised very well.”

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Hambrook Primary School

Administration of Medicines to Children in Schools: “Great – informative and professionally run course. 10/10. Thank you!”

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Clevedon School

Foundation Level Manual Handling: “Thank you. A really great day. Very enjoyable and informative. 10/10”

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Gloucester City Homes

“Very competent service helping us see through some red tape, to ensure we understand what it is we must and should do and what other aspects would be good practice”

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Haven Day Centre

“The Asbestos Awareness course I found really interesting/fascinating and worrying. I found the Statistics re: Asbestosis, really highlighted the problem & identification of materials containing asbestos was useful for my working environment.”

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Avon Archaeology Ltd

“The Emergency First Aid course was helpful specifically using the defibrillator. I found the course good fun.”

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Celador Radio Ashton

“The First Aid at Work Re-qualification course was helpful in reviewing changes in practice over the last 3 years. The defibrillator training will potentially help more people sooner. The Acorn trainer made everyone feel at ease & the group integrated and engaged quickly”

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The Limes Children's Centre

Next Steps

Prefer to talk about your training and consultancy needs?

Ready to book, or not sure which course you need? You can book online and see the next available dates here. Alternatively, call our friendly team on 0117 958 2070 or email [email protected], and we’ll help you choose the right course and decide between an open course in Bristol or in-house training at your premises.

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