WSQ Food Safety Course Level 2

Course Reference No.:  TGS-2022017100

Course Unit Code: FSS-FRC-2004-1.1

WSQ Food Safety Course Level 2 (FSCL2) is intended for upskilling of food handlers, who will receive additional training on conducting food safety checks at their specific work areas.

This course aims to equip food handlers of both retail and non-retail food establishments with the knowledge and skills to follow food safety and hygiene policies and procedures as well as inculcate the rationale of some of the practices into food handlers for better understanding and assisted policing in the licensed food premises. This course is conducted in English only.  Learners should have the ability to speak, read & write in English.

• Persons engaged in the sale or preparation for sale of any food in SFA-licensed food establishments are required to attend and pass Food Safety Course Level 1 (FSC Level 1). They are required to attend and pass their first refresher training by the 5th year from the date of first passing FSCL1, and thereafter the second and subsequent training every 10th year from the last refresher course passed date.

• Singapore Food Agency recommends food handlers to acquire FSC Level 2  after attaining FSC Level 1 to upskill themselves in conducting food safety checks at specific work areas.

• Food handlers are encouraged to attend FSC Level 1 before proceeding to FSC Level 2.

• There is no expiry date for FSC Level 2 but if it is used to fulfil the mandated refresher requirements for food handlers, it will be subjected to the same expiry dates as attaining a FSC Level 1 Statement of Attainment. 

• 9.00am-5.30pm
• 7.5 hours (incl. of 1.5 hours of assessment)
• Depending on the speed each learner takes to complete the assessment, the assessment may end later than the stipulated time.
  

• Sources of food contamination
• Microorganisms associated with foodborne illnesses
• Preventing food contamination - 5 Key Food Hygiene Principles
• Conduct food safety and hygiene checks
  • Food safety and hygiene lapses
  • Corresponding corrective actions

• At the end of the course, learners are required to complete a total of 1 hour and 30 minutes of written (Multiple Choice Questions) and practical assessment (Pratical Performance). 
• Depending on the speed each learner takes to complete the assessment, the assessment may end later than the stipulated time.
  

• Learners are expected to demonstrate competency at Level 3 (i.e. lower secondary) for Employability Skills WSQ Work Place Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN). 
• Learners are expected to read, write and speak in English.

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