Diploma of Hospitality Management (Commercial Cookery)

Certificates gained in this area open a world of opportunities for cooks and kitchen hands, and offer the opportunity to work in diverse workplaces such as patisseries, cruise liners, restaurants, coffee shops, taverns, international hotels and outside catering. Graduates can expect to work with people from all over the world and see and experience a vast array of food, baking, patisserie and chocolate preparation techniques.

Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.

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• Applications for Places Available courses are made direct to the relevant campus and a separate application is required for each course an applicant wants to study.

• Diploma of Hospitality Management (Commercial Cookery)
  Leading and managing people; managing finances within a budget; managing workplace relations; planning and establishing systems and procedures; preparing and monitoring budgets; and rostering staff.

Award Courses - SATAC application process

• Satisfactory completion of SACE Stage 2 (or equivalent)
• Any Certificate II in same area
• Any Certificate III
• Satisfactory achievement in the TAFE SA Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS)

Successful completion of this course provides you with Certificate III in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery), Certificate IV in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery), Diploma of Hospitality Management. Students who elect to only do a certain number of modules within this Qualification will receive a Statement of Attainment.

Charges vary between courses and subjects and are based on a rate per hour. Concessions may be available to holders of certain government concession cards, and in some circumstances fees may be paid by instalment. A brochure detailing the refund of fees policy is available at each campus. The standard TAFE SA fee for State Government-subsidised courses undertaken by students enrolled in two consecutive semesters is capped at $1980 in 2008. This fee cap does not apply to all courses.

Students are generally expected to purchase their own textbooks, personal equipment, uniforms and stationery.

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