Cleaning in the Food Industry: Online Cleaning Course



One of the most fundamentally important cleaning courses your food workers or dedicated cleaners can take produced by Train4food Ltd and accredited by City & Guilds.

Effective cleaning is a pre-requisite to all HACCP standards. Without safe cleaning procedures your company is threatened. Good cleaning measures will:


Cleaning is cost effective

Cleaning is a legal requirement

Show that you have trained by displaying this cleaning certificate

This course is aimed at EVERYONE in the food industry who cleans, either at their own work area or who is a dedicated cleaner. Cleaning is a science and is not easy, if it is to be effective. Everyone who ever cleans needs to understand the principles behind the science.


We deliver training to Big Brand Media, ITV for Britain’s Best Dish.

Cleaning in the Food Industry Online Course
Cleaning in the food industry

Cleaning in the Food Industry Award content:-


This is the only online cleaning course dedicated to this important subject that is written to level 2 standards.
The course is divided into three lessons of learning which are fully audio and visually based.

Lesson 1
  • Why clean?
  • Dress code
  • Customer service
  • Illness reporting and wound dressing
  • HACCP
  • Cleaning schedules
  • Legal requirements
  • Food safety hazards
  • Cleaning chemicals
  • Disinfection
  • Sterilisation
Lesson 2
  • Risk assessments
  • COSHH
  • PPE
  • Manual handling
  • Electrical equipment
  • First aid and emergencies
  • Working at heights
  • Lone workers
  • Avoiding cross contamination
  • Colour coding
  • Allergens
  • Hand washing
  • Storing chemicals
  • Sustainable cleaning
Lesson 3
  • Cleaning practice
  • Ventilation
  • Handling sharps
  • Microfibre cloths
  • Cleaning sequences
  • Spore formation
  • Washrooms and toilets
  • Floors
  • Dishwashing techniques
  • Grease
  • Stainless steel and mirrors
  • Clean in place (CIP)
  • Clean as you go
  • Waste disposal
  • Pests
  • Assessing cleanliness


The Cleaning Course Assessment:-

The cleaning course includes a 30 question multiple choice assessment which is electronically marked online and can be taken anytime of the day that suits. On successful completion of the cleaning assessment a City and Guilds accredited cleaning certificate is issued instantly for you to print.

The duration of the cleaning course is 2 hours, however the course is designed to go at the pace of the learner and can be completes in more time if needed.

This is a very important course will help to underpin all HACCP procedures and should be a must for all food workers.

Cleaning in the Food Industry Online Course

Cleaning in the Food Industry Online Course