Course details

CRICOS course code: 095096A

Level of study: Career Based/Vocational

Summary

This course, as described in the Hospitality and Tourism Training Package focuses on the skills and knowledge required for an individual to work as a commercial cook supervising or leading a team within a commercial kitchen in organisations such as restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes, cafeterias and coffee shops.

As taught at Australian College of Trade the course concentrates predominantly on providing students with supervisory skills and sound knowledge in planning, monitoring and evaluating the work of team members in a fully operational commercial kitchen environment.

The unique nature of our college is that it is fully embedded within the Thornbury Theatre. This beautiful and stately venue has been home to entertainment and private events for close to 100 years and is an iconic building in Melbourne’s inner Northern region. The two fully equipped and operational commercial kitchens located within the Australian College of Trade/Thornbury Theatre complex have a dual role. On the one hand, they provide our students with the delivery of cookery training classes in a commercial kitchen environment. Secondly, and just as importantly, with the regular events staged at the Theatre, our students are exposed to industry realistic food preparation and cooking conditions to serve groups with as many as 700 guests.

Academic Pathways

Individuals may enter SIT40516 Certificate III in Commercial Cookery with limited or no vocational (industry) experience and without a lower level qualification. However, it is strongly recommended that individuals undertake lower level qualifications, and/or gain industry experience prior to entering the qualification.

After achieving SIT40516 Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery, individuals could progress to SIT50416 Diploma of Hospitality.

Course Structure

This course is delivered as face to face training in the following locations:
Classrooms and practical training kitchens located at our Thornbury campus. It also includes work based training that is conducted during events at the Thornbury Theatre and/or at approved commercial kitchens.
To achieve competency for the course a student must satisfactorily complete 33 units of competency. The units in the course as taught at the Australian College of Trade comprise of:

• 26 core units
• 7 elective units

Career Opportunities

There is scope for individuals that complete this course to gain skills that are aligned with job/s such as:

• Chef
• Chef de Partie

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