Integrated Food Safety System National Curriculum Standards
The National Curriculum Standards (NCS) serve multiple purposes, including:
Training Design and Development: the NCS provides the objectives for training and course design. For example, the IFSS Basic Level Courses were developed based on the NCS.
Evaluation: the NCS provides a standard against which existing courses and training materials can be evaluated.
Assessment: the NCS provides a standard for self-assessment and supervisory assessment for coaching and mentoring.
Career Path Development: the NCS provides a “map” for human and animal food regulatory professionals’ career development.
Staffing Practices: the NCS provides a standard for hiring, onboarding, developing job descriptions, and creating training plans.
Open-Source Catalog: existing training materials and related resources can be arranged and categorized according to the NCS.
NCS Competency Listings are a complete listing of content areas, topic areas, and competencies.
Interactive NCS (iNCS) allow users to dive down into content areas to view associated competencies and learning resources.
You are invited to submit any questions, recommendations, or feedback surrounding the NCS and associated frameworks. All submissions will be posted to the NCS Knowledge Base - here you can search for questions and answers others have submitted.