Earning Criteria

• In this government funded Trades Academy Secondary School course the learner gained skills in: Cooking, using kitchen equipment safely, preparing and presenting food, preparing and serving drinks including coffee, serving customers Students attend classes once a week for 28 weeks.
• Learners have been assessed and can maintain effective personal hygiene when working with food; prevent cross contamination; and measure, record, and act on temperature of high-risk food, in a food business under supervision.
• Learners have been assessed and passed a range of items including cake, bread, pastries which may be pre-prepared and/or ready prepared; meat and/or fish and vegetable which may be pre-prepared and/or ready prepared; braise one meat; stew one meat, vegetable and/or fruit, which may be pre-prepared and/or ready prepared for a minimum of two people; making four different types of sandwiches, which may be cut in two servings according to establishment requirements and may be hot or cold
• Learners have been assessed and passed a range of salads including but not limited to – fruit, vegetable, rice or pasta; cold and/or warm, which may by pre-prepared and/or ready prepared.
• Learners have been assessed and can handle and maintain knives in a commercial kitchen; can demonstrate knowledge of: commercial espresso equipment; making espresso and other beverages using commercial espresso equipment; and prepare espresso beverages under supervision.
• Learners have been assessed in a service delivery context and relates to the methods and techniques used to interact with customers at a basic level to provide service delivery outcomes in a hospitality, retail or travel and tourism workplace.