Follow Good Biosafety Practices
Follow Good Biosafety Practices

Date: 12-14 March 2024

Duration: 2.5 days

Time: 12 March -1:30pm to 6:00pm, 13 and 14 March - 8:30am to 6:00pm

Mode of Training: Classroom

Venue: Lifelong Learning Institute (Near Paya Lebar MRT Station)

Course Fee before Funding: SGD 1150 (Exclusive of GST)
Payment Mode: Bank Transfer or Paynow
Vacancy: 25 pax
Tea-Breaks provided


SSG Funding Eligibility Criteria:
  1. Singaporean or Permanent Resident (Company or Self Sponsored) aged 21 years old and above;
  2. Sponsoring companies must be registered and/or incorporated in Singapore and must fully sponsor the course fee;
  3. Participant must accomplish all below requirements:
    1. Completes and certified competent through all required assessments;
    2. Completes post-training surveys conducted between 3 to 6 months after end of the course.

Participant who has been granted the SSG funding but fails to meet the above requirements will have to pay the subsidised amount to Ted Traum Institute.

Course Funding Details:

Effective for courses starting from 1 Jan 2024
Full Fee GST Nett Fee after Funding
(Incl. GST)
Baseline MCES/ SME
S$1,150 S$103.50 S$678.50 S$448.50

Baseline: Singaporean/PR age 21 and above
MCES(Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy): Singaporean age 40 & above
SME: Enhanced Training Support for SMEs
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Biosafety Course Details

• a.k.a. Biorisk Management Level 4 (SSG Course ID: TGS-2023038994): To Develop and monitor the implementation of biosafety plans, and manage bio-incident responses
• 3 CVs (Credit Values) to be awarded under the Skills Framework for WSQ Qualification Certificate
• Accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET); CEUs points to be advised
• 20 SDU Points to be accredited by CPD Board

Course Overview

  • Provides participants with the knowledge and application skills for following good biosafety practices.
  • Covers the risk assessment and management of biological and other hazards, risks and threats.
  • Enable participants to follow biosafety and biosecurity principles and practices, and to interpret national and international biosafety standards, guidelines and legislations.
  • Administrative controls, report on incidents & accidents as well as implement recommendations to maintain safe working environment

    Who Should Attend?

    This is a specialized course designed for:

    • Biorisk Management Officers
    • QA/QC Personnel
    • Lab & Plant Personnel
    • R&D Officers
    • Safety Compliance Officers

    Learning Objectives

    Through this course, participants will learn to:

    • Know the national and international biosafety standards, guidelines & legislations
    • Know the biological and other hazards
    • Know the types of risks and threats
    • Know the types of preventive and protective measures
    • Know the administrative controls
    • Know the types and components of laboratory programmes
    • Know the risk assessment process
    • Know the measures to reduce and/or eliminate potential biosafety and biosecurity risks & threats
    • Know how to develop plans for addressing biorisks and review the implementation of controls
    • Know how to facilitate biorisk assessments
    • Know how to conduct management review programmes
    • Know how to develop training and communication programmes and implement improvements to biorisk systems to manage emergency responses

    Course Outline

    • Basics of Good Manufacturing Practices
    • Introduction to biohazards, biosafety and biosecurity
    • Laboratory hazards
    • Introduction to hazard identification, risk assessment, risk mitigation strategies
    • Overview of biosafety principles
    • Personal protective equipment
    • Biosafety practices
    • Laboratory biosafety programmes
    • Biosafety standards, guidelines and legislations
    • Decontamination
    • Waste management
    • Emergency Response Programme

    Accreditation / Award / Certification

    Participant who passes all the assessments with competent in this course will be awarded Certificate of Attendance and Statement of Attainment (SOA) for Biorisk Management Level 4.

    About The Trainers

    Trainers: Dr. Viji Vijayan, Mr. Dan Yoong, Mr. Damien Chew

    Click here to know more about the Trainers

    Location

    Lifelong Learning Institute (Near Paya Lebar MRT Station)