Commercial Cookery
This comprehensive course is designed to provide students with the wide range of skills and knowledge required not only to become competent as a qualified chef or cook but also to gain a range of supervisory or leadership skills that will enhance graduate employability and future opportunities as a chef. Students are required to complete the Certificate III in Commercial Cookery units in their first year. Throughout the first year, students develop extensive practical food preparation cooking and presentation skills. In second year, student will develop kitchen management and leadership skills.
This certificate is designed to prepare students for a career as a Senior Chef or Chef de Cuisine and offers advanced skills in the areas of kitchen supervision, advanced food preparation and cookery. This includes staff supervision skills, stock control process, financial management and advanced catering skills. These skills are developed through a range of face to face theory delivery, practical training sessions in commercial hotel kitchens and industry work placement programs.
Students are required to undertake industry workplace training in various kitchen settings, such as in restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes, cafeterias and coffee shops. At the end of the course, students are expected to operate independently or with limited guidance from others and use discretion to solve non-routine problems in a commercial kitchen.
Entry Requirements
- IELTS test results of 5.5 (academic) with no individual band lower than 5
- Minimum of Year 10 schooling or equivalent or
- To be a mature age student (20 years of age and above) with relevant work experience.
Career Opportunities
- Chef
- Chef de partie
- Chef de cuisine
Study Subjects
| BSBDIV501 | Manage diversity in the workplace |
| BSBSUS401 | Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices |
| SITXCOM005 | Manage conflict |
| SITXFIN003 | Manage finances within a budget |
| HLTAID003 | Provide first aid (Elective unit) |
| SITHCCC001 | Use food preparation equipment |
| SITHCCC005 | Prepare dishes using basic methods of cookery |
| SITHCCC006 | Prepare appetisers and salads |
| SITHCCC007 | Prepare stocks, sauces and soups |
| SITHCCC008 | Prepare vegetable, fruit, egg and farinaceous dishes |
| SITHCCC012 | Prepare poultry dishes |
| SITHCCC013 | Prepare seafood dishes |
| SITHCCC014 | Prepare meat dishes |
| SITHCCC018 | Prepare food to meet special dietary requirements |
| SITHCCC019 | Produce cakes, pastries and breads |
| SITHCCC020 | Work effectively as a cook |
| SITHKOP002 | Plan and cost basic menus |
| SITHKOP004 | Develop menus for special dietary requirements |
| SITHKOP005 | Coordinate cooking operations |
| SITHPAT006 | Produce desserts |
| SITXFSA001 | Use hygienic practices for food safety |
| SITXFSA002 | Participate in safe food handling practices |
| SITXHRM001 | Coach others in job skills |
| SITXHRM003 | Lead and manage people |
| SITXINV002 | Maintain the quality of perishable items |
| SITXMGT001 | Monitor work operations |
| SITXWHS003 | Implement and monitor work health and safety practices |