Following on from the NZ Certificate in Cookery (Level 3), this Level 4 programme allows the enhancement and further development of students' culinary skills.
SIT's classrooms are well equipped and the tutors are very passionate about their craft. Students operate the Bungalow Restaurant on campus for several periods during the year and are encouraged to enter national culinary arts competitions.
This training will help develop the flair and creativity in the culinary arts deemed necessary to gain employment in this exciting and dynamic industry.
On completion of the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4), graduates will have the knowledge and skills to:
Apply cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a range of cold larder dishes, hot kitchen dishes, and patisserie and desserts, employing complex preparation and presentation techniques
Monitor and maintain health and safety, food safety, and security practices, to ensure own safety and minimise potential hazards for customers
Monitor and maintain interactions between colleagues, managers, and customers
Monitor and maintain the application of standard operating policies and procedures to work roles in a commercial kitchen
Career Opportunities
This course aims to provide competent, professional employees for the hospitality sector who are able to work as chefs in intermediate positions producing complex dishes in a commercial kitchen.
Satisfactory Completion
To satisfactorily complete the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4), and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve a minimum of 120 credits in accordance with the programme schedule for the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4). The student will normally be expected to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4) full-time within 34 weeks.
Qualification Pathways
Graduates of this Level 4 programme can enrol in the New Zealand Diploma in Cookery (Advanced)