The Blue, Burgundy and Green Logbooks have remained unchanged from their original wording since their introduction. The advent of new and updated legislation has meant that some of the guidance and instructions contained in the three logbooks is out of date and somewhat confusing to students and so the wording has now been reviewed and updated in the light of recent legislation. The changes are set out below.
Blue Logbook
In the Blue Logbook, the following amendments are required:-
Practical Training Requirements (Pages 10-13)
- Remove references to 48 weeks of practical training;
- Remove references to meat inspection training in an abattoir;
- Remove references to training and duration of placements
Environmental Protection
L 6 - (Page 78)
- Advice – for ‘Industrial Tribunals’ read ‘Employment Tribunals’
EP 8 – (Page 122)
- Title – for ‘Authorisation’ read ‘permitting’
- Title – for ‘Schedule processes’ read ‘installations.’
- Advice – for ‘authorisations’ read ‘permission’
- Advice – for ‘approval’ read ‘permission’
- Advice – for ‘BATNEEC’ read ‘BAT’
- Advice – for ‘scheduled processes’ read ‘installations’
EP 10 - (Page 127)
Advice - for ‘or for your involvement in the production of a local ‘register’ of contaminated land sites’ read ‘or from your involvement in the Local Authority’s duties under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and involvement in the control of the development of contaminated sites’.
Food Safety
F 55 – (Page 150)
New title ‘Assessment of Premises to meet the requirements of EC Regulation 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin’.
Advice - for ‘subject to product specific hygiene regulations satisfying the requirements relating to structure processing and procedures’ read ‘ meet the requirements of EC Regulation 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin’.
Advice - for ‘to which the egg regulations apply’ read ‘using egg products’.
(Page 151)
Examples and Suggestions - delete ‘involving conditions of approval’.
Housing
HSG 3 – (Page 198)
Title - for ‘defects and remedies’ read ‘hazards’
Advice - delete all and replace with ‘Demonstrate your ability to identify hazards in dwellings including permanent and temporary homes’.
(Page 199)
Title - for ‘defects’ read ‘hazards’.
Examples/suggestions – delete ‘mobile homes’.
HSG 4 – (Page 200)
Title - for ‘determining fitness’ read ‘assessing hazards’.
Advice - for ‘determine whether dwellings are fit for human habitation’ read ‘assess hazards and determine if they are Category 1 or Category 2 hazards’.
(Page 201)
- Title - for ‘determining fitness’ read ‘assessing hazards’.
- Examples/suggestions – for ‘determine fitness’ read ‘identify and assess hazards’.
HSG 5 – (Page 202)
- Title - for ‘more satisfactory course of action’ read ‘appropriate action for dealing with hazards’,
- Advice - for ‘unfit housing’ read ‘hazards’.
(Page 203)
- Title - for ‘more satisfactory course of action’ read ‘appropriate action for dealing with hazards’.
- Examples/suggestions – for ‘determination of fitness’ read ‘assessment of hazards’.
(Page 204)
Advice - for ‘address defects/disrepair, etc.’ read ‘deal with hazards’.
HSG 8 - (Pages 208-209)
All references – for ‘grant/grants’ read ‘financial assistance’.
HSG 10 – (Page 212)
- Advice - for ‘defects’ read ‘hazards’
- Delete - ‘locally adopted standards’
- Delete - ‘eg on means of escape from fire’
- For ‘DOE’ read ‘government’.
Public Health
PH 6 – (Page 243)
Examples/suggestions – for ‘jacuzzis’ read ‘spa pools’.
PH 8 – (Page 246)
Advice - add ‘for the prevention of public health nuisance’ after ‘certain premises’.
Burgundy Logbook
In the Burgundy Logbook, the following amendments are required:-
Environmental Protection
EP 5 – (Page 35)
- Replace the word ‘authorisation’ with the word ‘permit’ where it appears.
- Replace the word ‘process’ with the word ‘installation’.
- Replace reference to ‘BATNEEC’ with ‘BAT’.
EP 6 - (Page 37)
Delete Paragraph 2 of ‘Requirements’ and substitute ‘You must demonstrate your involvement in and/or understanding of a local authority’s duties under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and its powers under planning legislation’.
Food
FS 2 – (Page 43)
- Under ‘Requirements’ delete ‘at the point of production and’ from Line 1.
- Delete the whole of Line 3, ‘You must provide evidence of time spent in, abattoirs and in poultry slaughterhouses’.
- Advice - delete the first word ‘Your’ and replace with ‘any’.
FS 3 – (Page 52)
Delete ‘priority’
FS 4 – (Page 53)
- Under ‘Requirements’ delete Paragraph 1 and substitute ‘To be able to inspect and assess whether premises subject to the provisions of EU Regulation 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin, meet those requirements;.
- Delete Paragraph 2 and substitute ‘You must carry out a full assessment/inspection of at least one of the following premise subject to product specific approval under EC Regulation 853/2004 – meat products or minced meat and meat preparation and fish products or shellfish purification plant and a dairy or dairy products plant’.
- Delete Paragraph 3 and substitute ‘You must provide a full inspection report of premises subject to product specific approval under EC Regulation 853/2004 being either a meat product or minced meat plant and a full inspection report of a fish products or shellfish purification plant or a dairy or dairy products plant’.
Housing
HSG 3 – (Page 81)
- Under ‘Requirements’ in Paragraph 1, after ‘identify’ insert ‘hazards including’.
- In Paragraph 2, delete ‘mobile or’.
HSG 4 – (Page 83)
Under ‘Requirements’ delete Line 1 and substitute ‘To be able to identify hazards using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and determine whether action is required to deal with them’.
HSG 5 – (Page 85)
- Under ‘Requirements’ in Paragraph 1, delete ‘unfit housing’ and insert ‘hazards in houses’.
- In Paragraph 2, after ‘following’ delete ‘determination of unfitness’ and insert ‘the identification of hazards’.
HSG 6 – (Page 87)
Under ‘Requirements’ in Paragraph 1, after ‘address’ delete ‘defects, disrepair, etc’ and insert ‘hazards’.
HSG 7 – (Page 89)
- Delete the heading and replace with ‘HOUSING – FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ in Paragraph 1, delete ‘grants’ and insert ‘financial assistance’.
- In Paragraph 2, Line 1, delete ‘grants’ and insert ‘financial assistance’.
- In Paragraph 2, Line 2, delete ‘grants’ and insert ‘appropriate assistance’.
HSG 9 – (Page 93)
Under ‘Requirements’ in Line 3, delete ‘DOE’ and insert ‘government’.
Public Health
HE 1 – (Page 123)
In the list under Paragraph 2, delete ‘Local Agenda 21’ and insert ‘LA 21’.
Green Logbook
In the Green Logbook the following amendments are required:-
Legal
L 4 – (Page 5)
Under ‘Requirements’, Line 3, delete ‘Enquiry’ and substitute ‘Inquiry’ and delete ‘Industrial’ and substitute ‘Employment.
Environmental Protection
EP 1 – (Page 15)
- Delete all references to ‘authorisation’ and replace with ‘permits’.
- Delete all references to ‘LAPC’ and replace with ‘BAT’.
- Delete all references to ‘BATNEEC’ and replace with ‘BAT’.
EP 2 – (Page 27)
Under ‘Learning outcomes’ and ‘Requirements’ delete the word ‘transport’.
EP 3 – (Page 29)
Delete all references to ‘authorised’, ‘authorisation’ and ‘LAPC’.
EP 6 – (Page 54)
Under ‘learning outcome’ delete ‘T6’ and add ‘You must demonstrate your understanding of a local authority’s duties under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and its powers under planning legislation and also’.
Health Promotion
HEP 1 – (Page 66)
Under ‘Advice’ delete ‘Local Agenda 21’ and substitute ‘LA21’.
Public Health
PH 4 – (Page 78)
- Under ‘Advice’ delete ‘jacuzzi’ and substitute ‘spa pool’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ delete ‘Public Entertainment licence’ and substitute ‘premises licence involving public performance’
- Under Paragraph 3, delete ‘Butcher’s Shop Training’.
- Under Paragraph 3, delete ‘are’ and substitute ‘is’.
Food
F 1 – (Page 17)
- Under ‘learning outcome’ delete ‘product specific hygiene regulations (virtual directives) satisfy the requirements of those Regulations’ and substitute ‘the provisions of Regulation 853/2004 of the hygiene of food of animal origin meet the (relevant) requirements’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ (1) - delete ‘premises assessed as industrial under the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994’ and substitute ‘approved meat products establishment subject to the provision of EC Regulation 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ (2) - delete this paragraph and substitute ‘assess one approved meat product, minced meat and meat preparation establishment subject to the provision of EC Regulation 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ (3) - delete ‘(a)’ and substitute ‘an approved fish product plant subject to the provision of EC Regulation 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ (3) – delete ‘(b)’ and substitute ‘an approved shellfish plant subject to the provision of EC Regulation 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ (4), – delete ‘(b)’ and substitute ‘an approved’ dairy products plant subject to the provision of EC Regulation 853/2004 on the hygiene of food of animal origin’.
F 5 – (Page 56)
Delete Page (on ‘Butchers Shop Licensing’).
Housing
HSG 2 – (Page 41)
- Under ‘learning outcomes’ delete Paragraph 1 and substitute ‘to demonstrate your ability to identify hazards in housing and to be aware of when hazards would contribute to a determination that action needs to be taken, having regard to an assessment using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System’.
- In Paragraph 2, delete ‘unfit housing‘ and substitute ‘hazards in dwellings’.
- In Paragraph 3, delete ‘defects and disrepair’ and substitute ‘hazards’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ in Line 1, delete ‘fitness for habitation’ and substitute ‘appropriate action to deal with hazards’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ in Line 2, delete ‘to be unfit for habitation’ and substitute ‘to contain more than one Category 1 hazard’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ in Line 4, delete ‘determined whether or not the property was unfit for habitation’ and substitute ‘identified the hazards and how you determined whether they were Category 1 or Category 2 hazards’.
- Under ‘Advice’ delete ‘mobile dwellings’.
HSG 3 – (Page 43)
- Under ‘learning outcomes’ and add ‘loans, etc’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ in Line 1, after ‘grants’ add ‘loans, etc’.
- Under ‘Requirements’ in Line 2, delete ‘of grants’
- Under ‘Advice’ in Line 1, delete ‘grant’.
- Under ‘Advice’ in Line 2, delete ‘grant’.
- Under ‘Advice in Line 3, delete ‘grant’ and substitute ‘assistance’.