These qualifications will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to plan, organise, prepare and cook food in a commercial kitchen environment as a qualified cook or cook in a supervisory or team leading role in the kitchen. Work would be undertaken in various kitchen settings, such as in restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes, cafeterias, coffee shops, hospitals and aged care facilities, sporting and entertainment venues, hotel banqueting departments, cook-chill production kitchens, and mobile catering businesses of varying size.
Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
Become a professional cook or chef with our Certificate III in Commercial Cookery course. Develop your skills under experienced chefs in a commercial kitchen setting.
Do you have a love of food, a fascination with flavour and a flair for cooking, from preparation to plating to perfecting your recipe?
Carve out your career in the culinary industry and become a professional chef or cook with this nationally recognised qualification.
You'll be guided and mentored by our team of expert lecturers as you become equipped with a solid fundamental skillset in cookery, learning to plan, prepare and create a range of soups, poultry, meat, seafood and vegetable dishes, as well as desserts such as cakes and pastries. You'll gain essential technical knowledge for cooking in a commercial kitchen environment and be trained in areas such as knife skills, seasoning, plating, food hygiene, effective cleaning and working successfully in a team.
Hospitality is an in-demand and dynamic industry offering exciting employment opportunities both locally and overseas. You'll be job ready for roles in a diverse range of settings, from cafes and coffee shops, to fine-dining restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs or food trucks.
Take the next step in your career and become a qualified chef or cook. Whilst practising your passion, you'll acquire universal skills that could take you around the globe!
Study in specialised facilities
Learn in the real-life setting of our award-winning Bentley Pines Training Restaurant. which provides a live, interactive training environment at Bentley campus. Students can gain hands-on experience serving and preparing food for members of the public, as well as showcasing their skills planning a menu and advertising special events to the community. To discover more about student events and creations, visit Bentley Pines Training Restaurant on Facebook.
Opened in early 2023, the purpose-built training facility Saltbush Training Restaurant at Mandurah campus provides a real-life setting for students to build their practical skills and become workplace ready. The restaurant is part of the Mandurah Hospitality and Tourism Training Centre which delivers simulated training in commercial cookery, tourism and event management. The Centre also features two well-equipped training kitchens and a production kitchen for hands-on training. The opening of Saltbush Training Restaurant marks an exciting new chapter for cookery and hospitality training in the Mandurah and Peel region! To learn more, visit Saltbush Training Restaurant on Facebook.
Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery
Upgrade your culinary skills with a Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery and work as a supervisor/team leader cook or chef in a range of kitchens. Gain hands-on experience!
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Turn your passion for food into your future profession, tap into your true potential and become a leader in the kitchen.
This course will build and advance your culinary skills, making you job ready for roles such as Supervisor/Team Leader Chef or Cook. You'll also establish a comprehensive understanding of commercial kitchen operations, learning people management skills, finance processes and food safety programs.
Be guided by our team of expert lecturers who are experienced industry professionals, as you learn to lead a team and run a fast-paced kitchen. You'll further develop your cookery skillset, gaining knowledge of how to plan a menu whilst progressing your food preparation technique, cooking a wide-range of creations and working on perfecting presentation of dishes.
The hospitality, tourism and events industries are the world's largest employers and this nationally recognised qualification will enhance your employability opportunities making you workforce ready for roles in restaurants, hotels, cafes, nightclubs and in pubs.
Take the next step in your cookery career, advance to a supervisory level in the kitchen and acquire a skillset that could take you around the globe.
Study in specialised facilities
Learn in the real-life setting of our award-winning Bentley Pines Training Restaurant. which provides a live, interactive training environment at Bentley campus. Students can gain hands-on experience serving and preparing food for members of the public, as well as showcasing their skills planning a menu and advertising special events to the community. To discover more about student events and creations, visit Bentley Pines Training Restaurant on Facebook.
Good news!
This course is going to transition to a new training package in 2023. This means that students starting in 2023 will transfer during their study to new units developed to meet current and future industry needs.
Infection control Skill Set (Food Handling)
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Learn to control COVID-19 related infection in food handling
In these unprecedented times, new regulations need workers to manage infection control while providing food to the general public.
Skills can be applied to specific food handling industry needs such as using kitchens and packaging areas, front of house, staff rooms and offices, food stock deliveries and vehicles, equipment storage, and bathrooms and toilets.
Gain these skills
- introduction to infection control
- chain of infection and disease transmission
- breaking the chain of infection
- contamination and cleaning
- hazards, risks, responsibilities and reporting
Maintain your ability to work safely and within government requirements; or, prepare your business for compliance by including your staff in training, raising their capability in ensuring the safety of staff and customers in your workplace.
Introduction to Commercial Cookery Skill Set
Join the Future Chef program and gain skills to work in a commercial kitchen
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Our Future Chef Job Ready Program will introduce you to the world of cooking and hospitality.
This course is free for eligible students* and runs for 4 weeks.
In the Introduction to Commercial Cookery skill set you will learn how to prepare and present simple dishes, how to use a range of food preparation equipment and about food safety. Gain real hands on industry experience with work experience in a real commercial kitchen.
Study in specialised facilities
Learn in the real-life setting of our award-winning Bentley Pines Training Restaurant which provides a live, interactive training environment at SM TAFE’s Bentley campus. Students can gain hands-on experience serving and preparing food for members of the public, as well as showcasing their skills planning a menu and advertising special events to the community.
Certificate II in Kitchen Operations
Learn basic food preparation and cookery skills to set you up for work in kitchen operations.
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Get your hospitality career started
In this qualification you'll learn basic food preparation and cookery skills, which you'll be able to perform under direct supervision.
This qualification does not reflect the skills required by commercial cooks (please see the Certificate III in Commercial Cookery).
After completing this course you'll be able to work in kitchen operations in restaurants, hotels, catering facilities, clubs, pubs, cafes, coffee shops, aged care facilities, hospitals, prisons and schools. You may be in charge of preparing breakfast, fast food, non-alcoholic drinks, sandwiches, appetisers, salads and hot/cold desserts. Job roles: breakfast cook, catering assistant, fast food cook, sandwich hand and take-away cook.
Study in specialised facilities
Our Mandurah campus is also undergoing exciting developments with new purpose-built training facilities coming in 2023, including a Mandurah Hospitality and Tourism Training Centre which will deliver simulated training in commercial cookery, tourism and event management. The new Centre will include two training kitchens, a production kitchen and restaurant for students to build their practical skills and become workplace ready.
Certificate IV in Patisserie
On completion of a Certificate IV in Patisserie you will have the skills to work as a patissier or pastry chef in a patisserie, restaurant, or hotel.
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Do you have what it takes to be an artist in the kitchen?
When you complete the Certificate IV in Patisserie you will have the skills to work as a patissier or pastry chef in a patisserie, restaurant, or hotel.
Study in specialised facilities
Learn in the real-life setting of our award-winning Bentley Pines Training Restaurant. which provides a live, interactive training environment at SM TAFE’s Bentley campus. Students can gain hands-on experience serving and preparing food for members of the public, as well as showcasing their skills planning a menu and advertising special events to the community.
Good news!
This course is going to transition to a new training package in 2023. This means that students starting in 2023 will transfer during their study to new units developed to meet current and future industry needs.