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Occupational Health and Safety Training

Basic Occupational Health and Safety Training for Food Premises South Africa (FS05)

This basic occupational health and safety training for food premises is designed for food handlers, food premises staff, supervisors, support teams and businesses that need practical awareness of occupational health and safety requirements, workplace hazards, incidents, first aid awareness, fire prevention, legal responsibilities and health and safety culture in South Africa food handling environments.

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4h Typical awareness course duration
FS05 Course code reference
70% Pass rate for certificate
SAIOSH Accredited awareness training pathway
Basic Occupational Health and Safety Training for Food Premises South Africa
Course focus A practical basic occupational health and safety awareness course for food premises that helps learners understand workplace safety risks, basic legal duties, accident awareness, first aid expectations, fire prevention and safer daily food handling operations.
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Choose the occupational health and safety training format that best suits your learner or business needs

This FS05 occupational health and safety awareness course supports virtual instructor-led delivery and physical classroom or onsite presentation for food businesses that need practical staff induction or refresher OHS awareness linked to food premises operations, legal responsibilities and workplace safety.

Option 1

Online Self-paced Training

A future flexible learning pathway for businesses and learners who may need basic occupational health and safety awareness training for food premises in a self-managed format.

  • ✓Status: Coming soon
  • ✓Planned duration: 4 hours
  • ✓Useful for refresher awareness and flexible learning
  • ✓Enquire for future availability
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Option 2

Virtual Classroom Training

Live instructor-led training via Zoom for learners or teams who need structured occupational health and safety awareness for food premises, including hazards, incidents, first aid awareness, fire prevention and workplace responsibilities.

  • ✓Duration: 4 hours
  • ✓Presented virtually via Zoom
  • ✓Useful for food handlers, team members and refresher learners
  • ✓Suitable for awareness, induction and refresher needs
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Option 3

Physical Classroom Training

Practical classroom or in-house company training for food premises that need shared occupational health and safety awareness, especially for induction, refresher programmes and team-wide compliance support.

  • ✓Duration: 4 hours
  • ✓Onsite or in-house delivery available
  • ✓Ideal for company teams and group training
  • ✓Minimum classroom size may apply
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Helpful note: this course is especially useful for organisations that need practical occupational health and safety awareness for food premises staff, induction training, refresher training, hazard awareness, workplace incident awareness and safer food handling workplace practices.
Course overview

Built for practical health and safety awareness in food handling and food premises environments

This basic course strengthens learner awareness of key occupational health and safety principles, common hazards, responsibilities and safer workplace behaviour relevant to food premises and food handling operations.

Focused on practical awareness

The course provides a brief but useful overview of occupational health and safety requirements, helping learners identify common safety issues and understand core workplace responsibilities.

Useful for induction and refresher training

It is well suited to employee induction, staff refresher training and general awareness development for food handlers and food premises teams.

Relevant to food premises operations

The learning supports safer work practices, stronger hazard awareness, better understanding of incidents and improved awareness of health and safety responsibilities in day-to-day food environments.

Course Introduction

This basic occupational health and safety training for food premises provides a practical awareness-level overview of workplace safety requirements relevant to food handling premises, including health and safety representatives, committees, risks, hazards, first aid awareness, incident awareness, fire prevention and management responsibilities.

  • ✓Useful overview of OHS requirements for food premises
  • ✓Suitable for induction and refresher training programmes
  • ✓Supports safer workplace awareness and better daily practice

Who Should Attend?

This course is recommended for food handlers, support staff, general staff members and workplace teams who need basic occupational health and safety awareness for food premises, especially for induction or refresher purposes.

  • ✓Food handlers not in key positions needing induction or refresher awareness
  • ✓General employees working in food premises and food handling environments
  • ✓Staff needing annual refresher occupational health and safety awareness
  • ✓Businesses needing group awareness training for teams

Minimum prerequisites: none.

Course content

Key topics covered in the occupational health and safety awareness course

The outline below reflects the main occupational health and safety awareness topics covered during FS05 training for food premises and food handling workplaces.

Core occupational health and safety awareness topics

  • ✓Introduction to occupational health and safety
  • ✓Health and safety representatives
  • ✓Health and safety committees
  • ✓Promoting health and safety in the workplace
  • ✓Brief overview of management responsibilities

Hazards, incidents and emergency awareness topics

  • ✓Brief overview of risks and hazards
  • ✓Brief overview of first aid requirements
  • ✓Brief overview of incidents and accidents
  • ✓Brief overview of fire prevention requirements
  • ✓Assessment of learner understanding
Helpful note: this course is an awareness-level occupational health and safety course for food premises. It is designed to strengthen practical understanding rather than provide detailed implementation training for advanced OHS systems.
Benefits

What learners gain from this occupational health and safety awareness course

The main goal is to strengthen basic workplace safety awareness so learners can better understand hazards, responsibilities and safer daily work practices in food premises.

Better OHS awareness for food premises

Learners should leave with a better understanding of the basic occupational health and safety requirements that affect food handling premises and day-to-day workplace activities.

Certificate of achievement

Learners receive a certificate of achievement after successful completion. A pass rate of 70% is required to receive the course certificate.

Useful for induction and refresher needs

This course supports food premises induction programmes, annual refresher needs and general health and safety awareness for workplace teams.

Helpful note: this course is especially useful for organisations that need practical awareness support for food premises staff, food handlers, workplace safety basics, refresher training and general OHS awareness in food environments.
Upcoming dates

Upcoming virtual classroom training events

Bookings in advance are recommended. If no public scheduled dates are listed, on-demand virtual and physical classroom delivery can still be arranged for food businesses, teams and groups.

Important: this occupational health and safety awareness course for food premises is also available through on-demand arrangements. Use the enquiry form below for pricing, learner numbers, preferred dates and delivery format requirements.
On-demand training arrangements available
Venue: Virtual via Zoom
Time: 09:00 am to 01:00 pm (Timezone UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Course enquiry

Need FS05 pricing, registration support or onsite delivery information?

If you need support with FS05 course registration, occupational health and safety training enquiries, virtual classroom arrangements, onsite delivery, pricing or learner planning, complete the form and ASC will review your request.

Course code FS05 – Occupational Health and Safety Awareness for Food Premises
Training formats Virtual instructor-led classroom, physical classroom / onsite delivery, future self-paced availability enquiry
Useful for Food handlers, induction training, refresher awareness, company teams, food premises staff planning and group bookings
Course structure Basic occupational health and safety awareness covering workplace hazards, first aid awareness, incidents, fire prevention, responsibilities and safer practices in food premises
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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about the FS05 occupational health and safety course

This course gives learners a practical awareness-level overview of occupational health and safety requirements for food premises, including hazards, incidents, first aid awareness, fire prevention and workplace responsibilities.
It is especially useful for food handlers, general staff, support teams, refresher learners and companies needing induction or annual awareness training for food premises.
No. There are no minimum prerequisite requirements for this course.
Yes. This course is available as live virtual instructor-led classroom training via Zoom, and physical classroom delivery may also be arranged for groups and companies.
Yes. Learners receive a certificate of achievement after successful completion. A pass rate of 70% is required.
Yes. ASC can discuss onsite delivery, private virtual classroom arrangements and occupational health and safety awareness training for food businesses, company teams and groups.
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