NSW Food Safety Supervisor Recertification

About NSW FSS Certificate Recertification (online)

NSW Food Authority approval number: 24249

The NSW FSS Recertification online course is designed for people who already hold a current NSW Food Safety Supervisor (FSS) Certificate and require recertification. The course fee is $130, which includes the NSW Food Authority fee of $30 for issuing the new NSW FSS Certificate — no hidden extras.

Important: NSW FSS Certificates are valid for 5 years and must be renewed every five years. This recertification pathway is not suitable for anyone without a current NSW FSS Certificate. If your NSW FSS Certificate has expired for more than 90 days, you must complete the full NSW FSS Certificate training course (fees apply).

You must complete the recertification requirements within 90 days of the 'Refresher Due' date on your current NSW FSS Certificate.

Your registration is valid for 3 months from the payment date. You can request an extension at no extra cost — contact us to request this. After successful completion and assessment, your new NSW FSS Certificate will be issued within 5 business days.

Units SITXFSA005 and SITXFSA006

The nationally recognised Statement of Attainment issued on successful completion includes:

• SITXFSA005 — Use hygienic food safety practices

• SITXFSA006 — Participate in safe food handling practices

What you will learn

• Food safety practices and principles

• How to prevent contamination and control bacterial growth

• Understanding Food laws, including the NSW Food Act Offences module

• Practical strategies for safe food handling, cleaning and sanitising

• Requirements of Standards 3.2.2, 3.2.3 and Standard 3.2.2A (effective December 2023)

Key Focus Areas

NSW Food Authority require NSW FSS Certificate training to include the Key Focus Areas:

• Allergen management

• Cleaning and sanitising

• Safe egg handling

• Food Act Offences

Training & assessment

The NSW FSS Recertification online course uses competency-based assessment. Training is delivered in two parts:

1. Part 1 — FSS Refresher: a focused refresher to ensure knowledge of current laws and safe food handling practices, including Food Act Offences.

2. Part 2 — Key Focus Areas: Allergen Management, Cleaning & Sanitising, and Safe Egg Handling.

Final assessment has three components:

1. Online quizzes — 4 topic quizzes (one per topic). You must achieve 80% for each quiz to continue.

2. FSS Recert Student Submission — includes NSW Food Authority Key Focus Area learning activities and case studies for KFA2 and KFA3.

3. Allergen Management Module Assessment Booklet (KFA1).

Submit items 2 and 3 together with a copy of your photo ID for verification.

Registration, identification and documents

• Before you can finalise your enrolment in this training course, you need to complete a short language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) activity to check whether you will be able to complete the training or whether you may need some extra support before you get started.

To be eligible for FSS Recertification, you must:

• Hold a current NSW FSS Certificate (not expired for more than 90 days from the 'Refresher Due' date on your certificate)

• Have a Statement of Attainment for the two Hospitality units (SITXFSA001 & SITXFSA002 or their equivalents)

Required documents to submit for this online course:

• Your completed FSS Recert Student Submission and Allergen Management (AMMA) workbook. These are both completed online.

• Photo ID (see accepted forms below)

• Your USI number

• Your current NSW FSS Certificate

• Your Statement of Attainment for the Hospitality units

Accepted forms of photo ID: Driver licence, Passport, NSW Photo Card (Service NSW) or Keypass (Service NSW). Scan or photograph your documents and email them to info@centrefortraining.com.au. Photo ID is securely deleted or destroyed once verified.

Approvals, privacy and further information

Centre for Training is an ASQA-approved RTO and is approved by the NSW Food Authority to deliver and assess NSW Food Safety Supervisor training and to issue NSW FSS Certificates on behalf of the Authority. NSW Food Authority approval number: 24249. Our trainers and assessors are NSW Food Authority-approved.

Personal information you provide (including your full name) will be supplied to the NSW Food Authority and stored on encrypted, secure databases. For further details on privacy, USI and our terms and conditions, see our Student Handbook or contact us at info@centrefortraining.com.au.

For telephone support during office hours, you can call our office on 02 9499 3737 or 1300 661 205 for NSW Food Safety Trainer support.