CERTIFICATE IN COMMERCIAL FOOD PREPARATION

Duration: One year

Day: Monday – Friday

Time 09:00 hours – 15:00 hours

 

Entry Requirements:

  1. Applicant should have completed the Basic Secondary School programme or successfully completed SCCP examinations in the relevant courses.
  2. Contingency Fee: $ 24,500.00 (non-refundable)
  3. Two recent passport sized photographs
  4. One recent recommendation the Principal of the last school you attended, a Justice of Peace or Clergyman.
  5. Applicant must be 17 years or older. Applicant must attain the age of 17 before August 31 of the academic year he/she is applying to gain entry.

Certification: Certificate in Household Management – Commercial Food Preparation

Programme Description: With an emphasis on occupational health and safety standards and practices, this programme will teach students safe and sanitary procedures for maintaining a healthy environment as well as to safely produce a variety of flour-based products, stocks, soups, sauces, meat, poultry dishes, fish dishes, rice and pasta dishes, appetizers and salads, breakfast items and desserts.  Students will plan and prepare delectable meals for different occasions, showing an understanding of the fundamentals of nutrition and the importance of a balanced diet, following recipes using the stipulated weights, measures and procedures.  Additionally, the course will allow students to explore new and emerging trends in culinary arts. Students are sent on a mandatory 3 month work attachment to related industries.

Core Subject Area

  • Commercial Food Preparation

Support Subject Areas

  • Visual Arts
  • Community Studies
  • Language and Communication
  • Business Maths
  • Entrepreneurial Studies

Career Paths: Cooks, Food and Beverage Serving and Related Workers, Food Preparation Workers, Catering Manager, Baker.

 

Medical Requirement: All students MUST have a valid Food Handlers’ Certificate.

Career Paths: Cook, Pastry Maker, Sauce Maker, Waiter/Waitress, Receptionist, Front Desk Operator, Front Desk Manager, Pastry Chef, Caterer, Sous Chef, Executive Chef, Food and Beverage Manager