Course Code: 600/0832/5
The Certificate in Hospitality and Catering Principles is for anyone who works or wants to work in hospitality and catering; it will give you the underpinning knowledge that can help you get a job in the sector or progress in your career.
To give you an understanding of this course, topics include:
- Safe, hygienic and secure working environments in hospitality
- Effective teamwork
- Principles of maintaining, handling and cleaning knives
- Food safety in catering
- Principles of preparing cooking and finishing of basic soups
- Principles of preparing cooking and finishing of basic hot sauces
- Principles of completing kitchen documents
- Principles of setting up and closing the kitchen
If you are a school-leaver* and not working full time, you could access this course for free through the Skills for Life and Work programme.
If you are aged 16 to 25 (and over 25 for some qualifications)* and working a minimum of 21 hours per week, you could access this course for free through the ApprenticeshipsNI programme.
*More information on eligibility, terms and conditions can be found on the Skills for Life and Work and ApprenticeshipsNI programme overview pages.
You could progress to a level 3 qualification, or you could specialise in a particular area of hospitality including food and beverage service, front office, house-keeping and professional cookery where roles include, catering/restaurant manager, commis chef, pastry chef, fast food service assistant, food processing operative, bar person/manager, team leader, hotel manager.
