Hospitality, Tourism and Events

Want a decorated career as a baker or pastry chef?

When you complete the Certificate III in Baking you will be able to work as a baker or pastry chef in a hotel, bakery, restaurant, or pastry shop.

Gain these skills

• produce a variety of breads, cakes, pastries, biscuits, rolls, scrolls, gateaux, tortes, pies, and slices
• first aid
• food safety programs
• hygiene
• workplace health and safety

We are the only public provider offering training in baking with an on-campus bakehouse that sells students' work to the general public.

Ready for your career to rise as a baker?

When you complete the Certificate II in Baking (Baking Pre-Apprenticeship) you will be ready for an apprenticeship in the baking industry.

We are the only provider offering training in baking with an on-campus bakehouse that sells students' work to the general public.

When you complete the Certificate III in Bread Baking you will be able to start work as a baker.

Gain these skills

• specialise in making different types of bread (sourdough, turkish bread, baguettes, continental loaves, panino, cobs, rye, ciabatta, focaccia, scrolls, rolls, scones)
• first aid
• food safety programs
• workplace health and safety

We are the only public provider offering training with an on-campus bakehouse that sells student's work to the general public.

Want to learn the art of cake making?

When you complete the Certificate III in Cake and Pastry you will be  able to work as a baker, pastry cook or chef.

We are the only public provider offering training in baking with an on-campus bakehouse that sells students' work to the general public.

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.

Do you want an eventful career?

The Certificate III in Events, reflects the role of individuals who use a range of well-developed events administration or operational skills and knowledge to complete event-related work activities. Using discretion and judgement, they work with some independence under the guidance of more senior event personnel, using plans, policies and procedures to guide work activities.

Events are diverse in nature and this qualification provides a pathway to work for event or exhibition organisations operating in a range of industries including the tourism and travel, hospitality, sport, cultural and community sectors.

The diversity of employers includes event or exhibition management companies, event venues, or organisations that organise their own events. Work could be undertaken in an office environment where the planning of events takes place, on-site at venues where events are staged or a combination of both.

On completion of your Certificate III in Events, further study pathways exist directly into the Diploma of Event Management; with other pathways leading into Travel, Tourism and Hospitality.

Does your career dream involve building a talent that could take you all over the world? This course will give you job ready skills to become a bar attendant, barista, waiter, housekeeper or gaming attendant working in exciting sectors such as food and beverage, and travel and tourism. 

Hospitality is a service industry where you could be preparing and serving customers their favourite coffee at a local cafe, taking an order at a fine-dining restaurant, welcoming guests to a luxury hotel or working amongst the action of a casino.

Be guided by our lecturers who are industry professionals and learn skills such as how to provide outstanding customer service, prepare hot and cold beverages as well as responsible service of alcohol and how to work effectively in a team.

This course will kick-start your career in hospitality and give you a taste of the industry, providing a pathway to working in restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes and casinos. If you’re already enjoying a role in hospitality, the course will give you a formally nationally recognised qualification and help grow your current knowledge. 

Master hospitality and build a skill for life that can take you anywhere 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 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. 

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. 

Do you want to work in a supervisory role in the exciting world of restaurants, bars and hotels? Whether you have a dream to be employed on local shores in Australia's buzzing hospitality industry, or have your sights set on a career adventure overseas, this course is your first step to starting your journey as a team leader.  

Your employment options will be diverse; you might picture yourself overseeing operations at a seafood restaurant here in WA, managing a coffee shop on the coastline of Italy, or being a concierge at a hotel and welcoming guests from around the world.

Be guided from our expert team of lecturers who are hospitality industry specialists, as you learn supervisory  skills to start developing your individual leadership style. Be trained in financial management, monitoring the work of the team, managing workplace conflict and coming up with innovative solutions to problems. 
You'll also build strong fundamental skills in hospitality service which will be a basis for overseeing the operations of your area, along with knowledge on how to build rapport with customers and enhance their experience. 

The hospitality, tourism and events industries are the world's largest employers and this course will give you a supervisory qualification to work in settings such as restaurants, hotels, cafes, nightclubs, pubs and in gaming. You'll be job ready for roles such as Bar Supervisor, Food and Beverage Manager, Duty Manager and Concierge.
Advance your career options and become a skilled operator in a supervisory role in hospitality.

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.

Do you have a passion for people, paired with the drive to become a highly skilled specialist in the vibrant and dynamic field of hospitality?

Build your future as a manager in the hospitality industry with this nationally recognised qualification and gain a skillset that could take you around the globe.

Be guided from our team of expert lecturers who are industry professionals, as you learn to lead hospitality services. At the heart of hospitality is the people, and you'll gain management skills which will help you inspire your team, make decisions and solve problems, and build knowledge of how to enhance a customer experience.

You'll also be equipped with strong hospitality technical skills and be trained in a diverse range of areas from processing reservations, to food and beverage preparation, to general bar and restaurant service.

The hospitality, tourism and events industries are the world's largest employers and this course will give you a supervisory qualification to work in settings such as restaurants, cafes, nightclubs, pubs and in gaming, or at hotels in front-of-house areas including concierge and back-of-house areas such as housekeeping.

You'll be job ready for roles such as Functions Manager, Restaurant Manager, or Front Office Manager.

Study in specialised facilities

Learn in the real-life setting of our award-winning Bentley Pine(opens in a new tab) s or Saltbush Mandurah(opens in a new tab) Training Restaurants which provide a live, interactive training environment at SM TAFE’s Bentley and Mandurah Campus'. Students can gain hands-on experience in leading hospitality services and operations, serving and preparing food for members of the public, as well as showcasing skills planning a menu and advertising special events to the community.

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.

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. 

Future Chef Job Ready Program  (315 KB) (PDF document)

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.

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. 

This course in meat processing is delivered as a traineeship and requires you to be employed as a trainee in the meat industry for entry.

Want to bring home the bacon?

When you complete the Certificate III in Meat Processing (Retail Butcher) you'll be able to work as a butcher or meat retailer in a butcher shop, retail outlet or supermarket.

This skillset is aimed at trainees who are enterprise employees that are new to the industry or enterprise. It meets the industry requirements for core operator skills to work in a meat processing enterprise. 

Gain these skills

• Maintain personal equipment
• Apply hygiene and sanitation practices
• Gain an overview in the meat industry
• Follow safe work policies and procedures
• Communicate in the workplace

Do you have what it takes to be an artist of the kitchen?

When you complete the Certificate III 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 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. 

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. 

Want to work in the exciting and diverse tourism industry?

This qualification will provide you with well-developed tourism service, sales or operational skills. You'll be taught about using discretion, judgement and having a sound knowledge of industry operations. On completion you'll be able to work under limited supervision and may provide operational advice and support to team members.

This qualification gives you the opportunity to work in the varied tourism industry sectors and for diverse employers including tour operators, inbound tour operators, visitor information centres, at attractions, cultural and heritage sites and any small tourism businesses requiring multi-skilled employees.

Work could be undertaken in an office environment where the planning of tourism products and services takes place, in the field where tourism products are delivered or a combination of both.