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Food Safety Course Level 1
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ITE College East
ITE College West
Industry
Food Services
Course type
Part-time
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Master essential food safety skills for restaurants and food stalls with our food handler course, a vital step to launch your career in the food and beverage industry confidently. Enrol now to ensure cleanliness and safety in your food business!
Course duration: 7.5 hours
Kickstart your culinary career with essential food safety skills
Start by enrolling in a course developed by the Singapore Food Agency and SkillsFuture Singapore. Our course will teach you the essential skills to keep food safe and clean in any food business, whether it is a restaurant or a food stall. Completing this course is necessary to work as a food handler, helping you start a career in the food and beverage industry with confidence.
Unlock opportunities in food and beverage industry
By mastering food safety and hygiene, you will meet the licensing requirements needed to work as a food handler. Gain confidence and skills that will set you apart and help you succeed in your culinary journey.
What you'll learn
Practise good personal hygiene
Use safe ingredients
Handle food safely
Store food safely
Maintain cleanliness of equipment and premises
Legislation and Case Studies; Workplace Safety
Download Core module details [PDF, 205 KB]
Certification
Course participants are required to attend the course and pass the assessments to receive the WSQ Statements of Attainment (SOA).
Entry requirements
Participants should possess basic literacy in English or Chinese so that they can understand the lessons and communicate in class. This course will be conducted in either English or Mandarin.
If you are paying using your SkillsFuture Credit (SFC), do note that the “One-Off SkillsFuture Credit Top-Up” will expire on 31 December 2025. This credit can be used only for courses starting on or before 31 December 2025.
The “One-Off SkillsFuture Credit Top-Up” is a one-off SFC top-up of $500 given by the government in 2020, for all eligible Singaporeans aged 25 or above.
For more information, please refer to SSG’s website and log in to check your SFC balance.
Course fee
Respective course fees of Food Safety Course Level 1
Nett fee | Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) fee | Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) fee | Full fee# |
Singapore Citizens & Singapore PRs | Singapore Citizens & Singapore PRs (Sponsored by SMEs) | Singapore Citizens Age >= 40 | Foreigners with a valid work pass |
$112.10 | $74.10 | $74.10 | $207.10 |
The course fee is inclusive of GST and is subject to change. Note: #Self-sponsored Singapore Citizens / Singapore PRs below 21 years old & Full time NS men are required to pay full fee (subject to changes in SSG funding eligibility) | |||
Training schedule
Duration: 6 hrs training + 1.5 hrs assessment (9.30 am – 6.30 pm)
Venue: ITE College West (CW) / ITE College East (CE)
Training schedule of Food Safety Course Level 1
Training & Test dates | Training venue | Medium of instruction |
TBA | CE / CW | English |
TBA | CE / CW | Mandarin |