Bivalve Purification Training Courses

Bivalve Purification Operations course
- This course is suitable for people working in depuration as operatives, supervisors and managers.
- It is a one-day taught course which includes a 20 question multiple choice test.
- People who pass the exam will receive a Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS)/Seafish joint award qualification.
- It is often delivered to a single business, but public courses are frequently available.
- Course materials include a digital handbook.
Since 2020 this course has been delivered remotely over two half days by Zoom.
Cost is £150 per person and UK seafood businesses can access 50% funding (limitations, T&Cs apply).
Bivalve Purification Management course
- This course is suitable for managers of depuration centres and similar shellfish businesses.
- It is one-day taught course which includes an exam.
- People who pass the exam will receive a Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS)/Seafish joint award qualification.
- This course is a public course open to individuals from different companies.
- Course materials include a digital handbook.
- Attendees will usually have previously attended an Operations course.
NB: This is a new course planned for delivery in early 2021. It will be delivered remotely in a single day or over two half days using Zoom.
Cost is £200 per person and UK seafood businesses can access 50% funding (limitations, T&Cs apply).

Bivalve Purification - Shellfish Hygiene programme
- This course is suitable for Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) and 3rd party auditors and verifiers.
- It is a two-day* taught course which includes an exam.
- People who pass the exam will receive a Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS)/Seafish joint award qualification.
- Course materials include a digital handbook and online resources.
- Course content incorporates:
- the Bivalve Purification Operations course content.
- An updated version of our Bivalve Purification Inspections programme;
- Official Control Verification methodology (OCV). OCVis used by Food Standards Scotland.
NB: This course is intended for EHOs, Local Authority inspections staff, 3rd party auditors/verifiers and similar.
The course is delivered remotely via Zoom or Teams.
Price will be confirmed on application. Please note that this programme is not eligible for Seafish funding support.
* Occasionally the programme may be delivered as a series of half days if appropriate.
Further information
Courses are delivered by our Approved Training Providers. If you are unsure about contacting a training provider directly you can also submit an enquiry to our Onshore Training team.
Contacts
Contact our Onshore Training team
E: onshore@seafish.co.uk
T: 01472 252 300