The School of Applied Science has embarked on an innovative way of teaching students at its own off-campus training factory, "KoolWerkz Learning Enterprise".
Committed to adopting a hands-on training approach to developing entrepreneurial skills in students, ASc in conjunction with the Entrepreneurship Centre, offers opportunities to all TP students to learn in the technical as well as business related fields.
Equipped with complete ice cream making facilities, the school exposes students to a myriad of learning opportunities, including ice-cream processing, food product development, food packaging design, process automation, process optimisation, ISO 14001 and Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification, quality control and assurance, and sales & marketing functions, similar to real business scenarios. The skills and knowledge can be picked up as part of students' projects for various subjects, Major Projects, Student Internship Programme, Differential Research Programme as well as Cross Disciplinary Subjects.
In 2009, KoolWerkz was awarded the Certificate of Commendation by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) in recognition for consistently maintaining a high standard of food safety.  This learning enterprise also clinched the Temasek Polytechnic Principal’s Commendation Award for Educational Innovation in 2008 for radical innovations in student learning.
Presently, the Training Factory produces 5 flavours of frozen desserts namely Chocolate, Mango, Strawberry, Honeycomb and Vanilla, packed in 100 ml cubs and 5L tubs. The frozen desserts, which have been awarded the Healthier Choice Symbol (HCS) by the Health Promotion Board, are sold in some secondary schools and TP.
