HOSPITALITY COMBINATION Overview
Australia has a huge hospitality industry, and it’s growing all the time. Over the past 5 years, demand for chefs has skyrocketed, and the Australian Government predicts strong growth, with another 81,000 job openings over the next 5 years.
Hospitality management is an excellent career choice for driven customer service-oriented professionals. If you enjoy working with customers on a daily basis, managing and collaborating with teams, and ensuring guests have an extraordinary experience in your facility, hospitality management makes for a great career.
A career as a chef allows you to use your imagination. So, if you have a passion for food, enjoy working as part of a team and crave creativity in your career, becoming a chef (Cert IV) and hospitality manager (Diploma) could be your calling and at AGI, we have a great course comination to make you a great chef and manager. Are your ready to jion us!
what you'll learn
what you'll learn
Certificate IV
- Chef
- Chef de partie
Diploma
- Sous Chef
- Restaurant Manager
- Banquet Manager
- Functions Manager
- Cafe or Restaurant Manager
- Bar Manager
- Chef de Cuisine
- Club Manager
- Front Office Manager
- Kitchen Manager
During the course you will develop skills to:
- Leadership and management skills
- Customer service skills
- Problem solving skills
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Team work and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Knife skills and food preparation techniques
- Understanding ingredients and seasonings
- Menu design and recipe creation
- Food safety and hygiene practices
- Inventory control
- Work health and safety, hazard identification and controlling risks
- Plating design
- Establish and conduct business relationships
- Develop and manage quality service.
- Manage conflicts
- Plan and monitor operations
- Manage finances and budgets
This is a challenging and exciting qualification that will help you gain the knowledge and skills to make your first cookery delights to culinary masterpieces and management as an industry professional opening a world of opportunity around the world.
COURSE DETAILS
duration and cost
Course duration 110 weeks including
- Teaching 82 weeks (20 hours per week)
- Holidays 28 weeks
Costs
- Tuition fee $22,500
- Resource fee $2,500
- Enrolment fee $250
Please refer to our brochure for further information
Units of competency
· Certificate IV has 33 units to complete
· Diploma has at least 6 units after completing Cert IV
download course guide at the end of page to see unit outline
Delivery
- Face to face
- Self study
- Practical
- 8 hours at the classroom
- 8 hours practical skills class
- 4 hours/week of study support (learning and assessment tasks between face-to-face consultations)
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements
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Entry Requirements Domestic: No entry requirements.
International Students: Age: Be 18 years of age or over.
Interview: Prior to enrolment, it is mandatory that students attend a Pre-Enrolment Consultation on-campus or phone/Skype/email consultation before enrolment to determine course suitability (English level appropriateness, interests, intentions), identify relevant electives, costs, RPL and elective pre-requisites.
English proficiency: IELTS Academic or General English score of 6.0 or above with no band score below 5.5 or
Attainment of Advanced English proficiency from a recognised ELICOS provider or
International Students who do not meet the English language requirements for this course may undertake English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS).
Completion of year 12 (Australia) or equivalent in students home country. Students who have not completed high school must have relevant work experience or a qualification that indicates a likely success of course completion.
Note: Students can apply for Recognition of Prior Learning or Direct Credit. This may reduce the course time. See website or contact AGI for details. All new students (except RPL candidates) are required to undertake an LLN Test after enrolment and prior to commencing the course to assist college personnel in identifying students who may require support in language and/or numeracy.
Explore Your Qualifications
Explore Your Qualification
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The SIT40521 Certificate IV in Kitchen Management (chef or chef de partie) provides a solid foundation of current international industry standards and a wide range of cookery skills and experiences that will allow students to take a leadership role.
In addition to studying theoretical components, students also experience hands-on practical tasks in a commercial kitchen with qualified chefs throughout the course -
SIT50422 – Diploma of Hospitality Management reflects the role of highly skilled senior operators who use a broad range of hospitality skills combined with managerial skills and sound knowledge of industry to coordinate hospitality operations.
They operate independently, have responsibility for others and make a range of operational business decisions. This qualification provides a pathway to work in any hospitality industry sector as a departmental or small business manager.
The diversity of employers includes restaurants, hotels, motels, catering operations, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops. This qualification allows for multiskilling and for acquiring targeted skills in accommodation services, cookery, food and beverage and gaming.
Contact us
postal address
PO Box 6081,
Upper Mount Gravatt,
Queensland, Australia 4122
contact us
P. 07 3096 0566 / M. 04 5044 3415
Course enquiries: info@agi.edu.au
Administration: admin@agi.edu.au
International students: admissions@agi.edu.au
administration
Suite 3 Ground floor 17-19 Mount Gravatt Capalaba Rd,
Upper Mount Gravatt,
Queensland, 4122