SIT20421 - Certificate II in Cookery
Level: 2
Hours: 300
TCE Credit Points: 30 pt
Recommended Prior Study: An interest in the hospitality industry.
May Lead To: Further study, employment or an Apprenticeship.
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 may 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:
- breakfast cook
- catering assistant
- fast food cook
- sandwich hand
- takeaway cook.