SIT20421 - Certificate II in Cookery
Level: 2
Hours: 300
TCE Credit Points: 30 pt
Recommended Prior Study: An interest in the hospitality industry. An Apprenticeship.
May Lead To: Further study or employment.
Campus: Hellyer, Smithton
Delivered by: Department for Education, Children and Young People Registered Training Organisation
RTO Code: 60100
This will suit you, if:
You have an interest in cooking and working in a commercial kitchen environment.
Overview:
This qualification provides a pathway to work in kitchen operations in a range of diverse organisations. These include hotels, catering operations, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops; and institutions such as aged care facilities, hospitals, prisons, and schools. You will be taught a range of food preparation and cookery skills to prepare food and menu items.
You will learn:
- about basic food preparation
- about food hygiene
- how to stay safe and healthy in the workplace
- the skills employers value in young workers.
In a typical lesson you might:
- be shown and practice a commercial cookery method
- complete Responsible Service of Alcohol training
- operate a café or restaurant within your school
- undertake a practical work placement.
Possible job pathways include:
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breakfast cook, catering assistant
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fast food cook, sandwich hand, takeaway cook.