Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
Qualifying as a chef in Australia is now more flexible than ever. This one- year full time course provides students with broad cross section of theoretical knowledge and practical skills training in fully equipped commercial kitchens, ensuring graduating students are job ready for their career as a commercial chef. Both…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Qualifying as a chef in Australia is now more flexible than ever. This one- year full time course provides students with broad cross section of theoretical knowledge and practical skills training in fully equipped commercial kitchens, ensuring graduating students are job ready for their career as a commercial chef.
Both International and Australian domestic students can enrol in this qualification. If you are an Australian permanent resident, you will be entitled to some government subsidy for part of the cost of this course under the Priority Industry Training Funding offered by the Department of Training and Workplace Development in Western Australia.
With this qualification, students will be able to work in a variety of venues where food is prepared and served. The course includes eight subjects designed to reflect the modern kitchen skill sets required of all chefs.
Course subjects include planning, organising, preparing and presenting food such as appetisers, stocks, meats, seafood and poultry, desserts and pastries, following health and safety procedures, maintaining kitchen premises, developing hospitality industry knowledge, developing cost effective menus and preparing food according to dietary and cultural needs.
Students are required to do hands-on practical training in Australian Professional Skills Institute’s fully operational commercial training kitchens. At the end of theory and practical training, all students are required to undertake compulsory workplace training throughout the course. Workplace training is an integral part of the training and assessment for this qualification. All students are required to work in an appropriate hospitality establishment such as restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes, cafeterias and coffee shops as a trainee chef.
Career Outcome
At the end of the course, students will be able to competently undertake various tasks in a commercial cookery environment and take up positions such as
- Chef
Assessment Methods
Assessment is based on the principles of competency based training. Performance of learners is assessed on their ability to perform the task(s) to industry standards. In order to ensure the principles of validity are upheld are variety of learning styles and a range of assessment strategies are used.
Articulation
Upon completion of Certificate III in commercial cookery, students can continue to study Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery with credit transfer. The course duration for Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery will be reduced to 6 months with credit transfer.
REQUIREMENTS
Students need to demonstrate they have proficiency in English. If students cannot provide documented proof of their English language proficiency, they will be required to sit for a Language, Literacy and Numeracy test (LLN) before a place can be offered.
International students are required to have a minimum of IELTS test results of 5.5 (academic) with no individual band lower than 5, or achieve an equivalent in other forms of testing that satisfy the Institute’s requirement. If an international student does not have any current IELTS score or any recognised English language result, they are required to take an English language test.
For Certificate level courses, students must have completed a minimum of Year 10 schooling or equivalent or to be a mature age student (20 years of age and above) with relevant work experience.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Australian Professional Skills Institute (APSI) is a modern education institution located in Perth, Western Australia. APSI offers courses in hospitality, commercial cookery, healthcare and community services, and also offers business management skills training. APSI focuses on the theoretical and practical aspects of training, with work experience in Australian workplaces to provide a balanced delivery of its courses. The college has world-class training facilities in Wellington Fair educational precinct and has experts on its staff. APSI delivers a comprehensive suite of nationally recognised training courses under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). The institute has strong links to business, partnerships with industry and pathway links to Edith Cowan University. APSI’s unique employment pathway programs are designed to give students the skills, knowledge and industry contacts in order to assist them in finding employment.
