Some obligations sit on the individual. These ones sit on the business — the policies you are expected to have, the people you are expected to have trained, and the records you are expected to produce when somebody comes to check.
These courses tend to get bought in a hurry — when a client sends a supplier questionnaire, when insurance renews, or after an incident. They are cheaper and calmer bought in advance.
Under the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 a body corporate can be liable for the acts of its people, and the statutory defence turns on having taken all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence. A policy nobody was trained on is hard to describe as either.
Legionella risk is a real one for premises with tanks, long pipe runs, seasonal rooms or spa facilities. Awareness training is how the people who open a rarely-used wing know why they are flushing it.
In practice an audit is a request for documents. The Record and Risk Assessment packs exist so the answer is a folder rather than a promise to send it on.
What the questionnaire actually asks for — assessments and records, in a format you can hand over without rewriting.
An auditor asks for documents as often as certificates. These free guides walk through the ones most often missing when they do.
Who you register with, what they ask for, and how long before you can open. Six steps, written by a training company rather than a regulator.
Free guide · Read it →Sections 19 and 20 of the 2005 Act — identify the hazards, assess the risk, and write the statement that has to follow.
Free guide · Read it →The seven principles turned into a plan you can actually write — hazard analysis, critical control points, limits and the records that prove them.
Free guide · Read it →Two courses bought separately usually cost more than a plan that includes six. Every plan comes with QR-verified certificates and the manager dashboard from your first seat.
The core staff set: HACCP 1 & 2, Allergen, Kitchen H&S, Fire Safety and Knife Safety.
Every staff course in the library — including QQI L6–assessed Manual Handling and the specialist set.
Literally everything, plus the management layer: HACCP Level 3 and Fire Warden.
Anyone who can be offered something — which in hospitality is the front desk, procurement, events and anyone dealing with suppliers. The course is written for those roles rather than for a compliance department.
It depends on your water system, not your sector. The risk rises with stored water, long or dead-leg pipe runs, showers, spas and rooms that sit unused for weeks. If any of that describes your building, awareness training is worth having.
No. This is awareness training so your team understands the risk and their part in controlling it. A written legionella risk assessment for the building is a separate piece of work, usually done on site by a competent person.
Most of them ask the same things: food safety management, health and safety duties, and an anti-bribery or ethics policy with evidence of training. HACCP Level 3, Health & Safety at Work and Anti-Bribery cover that ground, and the packs give you the records to attach.
Usually. Every one of these courses is included in the Manager plan, and all but HACCP Level 3 are in Staff Complete — so if you need three or more, compare the plans before buying singles.
Sources ·
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 ·
FSAI — Training and Online Learning
Listed for reference. Your own procedures, and the officer inspecting your premises, are what govern your business.
QR-verified certificates · manager dashboard from seat one.
Accepted by your inspector and employer — or your money back.