Learn the skills to prepare for a career in a commercial kitchen.
This skill set covers how to follow organisational infection prevention and control procedures, including implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and responding to infection risks to ensure you're working safely.
In the Commercial Kitchen skill set, you'll learn about the safe use of commercial kitchen equipment, how to clean food preparation areas, storage areas, and equipment efficiently and minimising negative environmental impacts, preventing food contamination including how to identify and control food hazards, and gain general kitchen and food preparation skills.
Jobs that could lead from this skill set includes cooks, chefs, caterers, kitchen stewards, kitchen hands, and bar and food and beverage servers and attendants.
If you're aged 15—24 years (not at school), receiving the JobSeeker or JobKeeper payment, receiving Youth Allowance, AUSTUDY or ABSTUDY or holding a pensioner concession card, Health Care Card or a Repatriation Health Benefits Card issued by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, or a dependent of persons who are inmates of a custodial institution, you are eligible to enrol for free!
^ Please note: Eligibility requirements apply to some of the free training.
This skill set is part of the Skills Ready program. Other skill sets can be found on our Course List (opens in a new tab) page.
Certification
Upon successful completion you will receive a Statement of Attainment.
Further study pathways
This skill set provides a pathway to further study in the following Lower fees, local skills half-price course fees qualifications.
- Certificate II in Kitchen Operations
- Certificate III in Hospitality
- Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
Other qualifications for further study include the following.
- Certificate II in Hospitality
- Certificate III in Catering
Study options and how to apply
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