Sustainability of Food Manufacturing

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Sustainability of Food Manufacturing

Overview

Course Date:
TBA
Registration Period:
TBA
Time:
TBA,
16 hours / 2 days
Mode of Training:
Facilitated Learning (F2F)
Venue:
Singapore Polytechnic
Funding:
Eligible for SkillsFuture Credit

Food manufacturers face numerous challenges from ever-changing economic, social and environmental conditions. With ingredient costs climbing and global climate change becoming a major issue, food producers must now address environmental concerns, social responsibility and economic viability when shaping their food processing techniques for the future. This module analyses the sustainability issues in food manufacturing including wastage reduction, productivity improvement and efficiency.

Course Objective

The course aims to introduce participants to minimal food processing techniques and novel technologies.

Participants will be able to apply the concept of sustainability in the food industry. Participants will be introduced to appropriate tools and apply these to improve food manufacturing processes in order to eliminate waste, decrease variation, enhance product quality and increase productivity.

Course Outline

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Investigate global patterns and trends of food consumption and production
2. Discuss what sustainability means with reference to food
3. Explore how technological advances are used to reduce wastage from the food system
4. Explore how technological advances are used to improve productivity in the food production

Topics to be covered

1. Impacts of food production to the climate change and environment
2. Trends of food consumption and production
3. Meaning of sustainability
4. Minimal food processing techniques and novel technologies
5. Appropriate tools to improve food manufacturing processes
6. Appropriate tools to eliminate waste from food production
7. Appropriate tools to enhance product quality and increase productivity.

Minimum Requirements

Basic English Proficiency and Full-time Polytechnic Diploma / ITE Technical Diploma / ITE Technical Engineering Diploma / ITE Work-Learn Technical Diploma

Certification / Accreditation

• Certificate of Attendance (electronic Certificate will be issued)
A Certificate of Attendance will be awarded to participants who meet at least 75% attendance rate

• Certificate of Completion (electronic Certificate will be issued)
A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to participants who pass the assessment and meet at least 75% attendance rate

Suitable for

Production Operator / Line Operator / Production Planner / Production Manager

Course Fees

The course fees payable above are inclusive of 9% GST rate.

Applicants/Eligibility	SkillsFuture Funding	GST	Subsidised Fee (after GST)
Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above¹	$648.00	$19.44	$91.44
Singapore Citizens aged below 40	$504.00	$19.44	$235.44
Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders	$504.00	$19.44	$235.44
SME-sponsored Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders²	$648.00	$19.44	$91.44
Others (Full fees payable)	$0.00	$64.80	$784.80

As per SSG’s policy, the GST payable for all funding-eligible applicants is calculated based on prevailing GST rate after baseline funding subsidy of 70%

Singaporeans aged 25 years and above may use **SkillsFuture Credit balance to offset respective course fees.

¹ Under the SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy. For more information, visit the SkillsFuture website here.
² Under the Enhanced Training Support for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Scheme. For more information of the scheme, click here. To view SP’s list of similar funded courses, click here. Please submit the attached “Declaration Form for Enhanced Training Support Scheme for SME” together with your online application.

Funding Incentives

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