Course funding & eligibility.
With funding from the NSW Government, we can offer partially of completely subsidised training for eligible students.
Gain skills and knowledge needed to safely handle food in hospitality, catering, restaurants, cafes, and other food handling environments.
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Build your hospitality skills.
Gain the nationally recognised skills and knowledge needed to safely handle food in hospitality, catering, restaurants, cafes, aged care, childcare, and other food service environments.
This training is funded by the NSW Government. Eligibility criteria applies.
Safe Food Handling
Course information.
Learning Outcomes
As part of this course, students will complete the following unit of competency:
- SITXFSA006 Participate in safe food handling practices
Throughout this accredited 2-day course, participants will learn how to:
- Follow safe food handling procedures
- Identify and control food safety hazards
- Prevent food contamination and food-borne illness
- Maintain high standards of personal hygiene
- Safely receive, store, prepare, display and dispose of food
- Monitor temperatures and apply correct food safety practices
- Comply with workplace food safety requirements and relevant legislation
This course includes both theory and practical learning activities and is suitable for:
- Job seekers looking to improve employability
- People seeking work in hospitality, cafes, or restaurants
- People working in food service, catering, aged care, or childcare
- Anyone required to hold current food handling safety skills
- School leavers
Funding & Eligibility
This training is fully subsidised for eligible students by the NSW Government under the ACE program. There are two parts to determining eligibility.
Part 1: You must meet all the criteria below:
- Be 15 years or older and no longer in secondary education (excluding registered home-schooled students).
- Live or work in NSW.
- Be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, New Zealand citizen, or meet Refugee, Humanitarian Visa or Asylum Seeker eligibility.
Part 2: You must meet one of the below criteria:
- Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- Living with a disability, or you are the child, spouse, or partner of someone who has disability
- English is your second language
- Experiencing difficulty with reading and writing, maths, and/or digital skills that are preventing you from studying or gaining a job
- Receiving a Centrelink benefit or you are the child, spouse, or partner of someone who receives a Centrelink benefit
- 15-24 years old, no longer at secondary school, and experiencing barriers to studying or getting a job - registered home school students may apply
- Experiencing significant hardship that can be verified by a government agency, medical professional, or relevant support agency
- Experiencing barriers to completing study or enrolling in a course
Fees
Students who meet the eligibility criteria for ACE funded training will not be required to pay any course fees.
For students who are not eligible for funded training, please contact us to enquire.
Delivery
This course is available at our Ourimbah Campus.
Dates:
- Friday 7th & Friday 14th August 2026
NOTE - attendance on both dates is required to complete this course.
Future Pathways
Further study options:
Students who complete this course may choose to complete our other hospitality ticket courses:
- Barista
- RSA
- RCG
