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Diploma in Professional Cookery - Level 5

New Zealand

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What will I learn?

Graduates of this programme will be able to:

  • 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.
  • Apply cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a range of cold larder and hot kitchen dishes employing complex preparation and presentation techniques.
  • Select and apply staffing strategies to meet performance targets
  • Plan and monitor workflow and supplies in a commercial kitchen
  • Manage operating procedures and compliance requirements for operational roles
  • Manage staff relationships for operational roles

Students who complete this qualification will also receive

New Zealand Diploma in Cookery (Advanced) (Level 5) with strands in Cookery

Career Options

Commis Chef, Chef De Partie, Sous Chef, Head Cook, Kitchen Manager and Chefs producing advanced dishes in a professional kitchen.

Duration: 4 semesters delivered over 18 months

Study options

Full Time (18 months)

Tuition fees
NZ$20,000.00 (US$ 11,930) per year
NZ $20,000 (Trimester 1); NZ $25,000 (Trimester 2); Course resource fee NZ $1,850
Start date

To be confirmed

Venue

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki

New Plymouth Campus,

20 Bell Street,

NEW PLYMOUTH,

Welbourn,

4312, New Zealand

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants should demonstrate an ability to succeed in tertiary study, shown by the completion of any of the following qualifications or courses of study:

  • 48 or more credits at NCEA Level 2 including NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy requirements or
  • Equivalent NZQF standards or
  • Other suitable equivalent level 1 or 2 qualification and

IELTS Test - General or Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5; TOEFL Paper-based Test (pBT) where the test was carried out prior to 1 October 2017 Score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE); TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14); Cambridge English Examinations - B2 First or B2 First for Schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill; OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests; NZCEL Expiring - Level 4 (General) or (Workplace); Current - Level 4 (General) or (Employment); Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36; Language Cert B2 Communicator IESOL (LRWS) with HIGH PASS and no less than Pass in each skill; Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than merit in any band.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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