Age Requirement:
Minimum age of 18 years and above

Academic Requirement:
Satisfactory completion of the equivalent of Australian Year 11 or higher

English Proficiency:
An IELTS band score 6.0 (Academic) or equivalent
Or
Evidence that they have studied in English for at least five years in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom or United States
Or
Evidence that, within two years of their application date, they have successfully completed in Australia a foundation courses or a senior secondary certificate of education
Or
Applicants originating from student’s visa assessment levels 1 and 2 countries without the required IELTS or equivalent score must undertake the Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) test.

On successful completion of this qualification participants may progress into further studies such as:

• SIT50422 Diploma of Hospitality Management

 
Exit Pathway:
Participants obtaining a competency in all units in the course would be awarded with a full qualification SIT40521 – Certificate IV in Kitchen Management, this would include a Certificate and a Record of Result.

Participants who leave the course in the middle or not obtaining competency for all units would receive a Statement of Attainment, indicating the actual number of units they have achieved competency.

On successful completion of this qualification participants may find employment in Hospitality Industry as a:

• Chef de Partie,
• Chef

 
*It is not, however, intended to indicate that an individual will gain immediate employment on completion of this qualification.

Total duration of the qualification is 66 weeks excluding 12 weeks of term breaks or 1320Hrs (726 hrs of training and 594 hrs of supervised assessment activities).
Participants are also required to complete a minimum of 48 food service periods of 4 hours each in a commercial kitchen to meet the qualification requirements.

This qualification is at AQF level L4, Volume of Learning for a Certificate IV qualification is typically from 0.5 to 2 years or 600 – 2400 hours, which is described in the AQF as the following:

• The volume of learning allocated to a qualification should include all teaching, learning and assessment activities that are required to be undertaken by the typical student to achieve the learning outcomes.
• These activities may include some or all of the following:

o guided learning (such as classes, lectures, tutorials, or self-paced study guides),
o individual study,
o research, learning activities in the simulated workplace and
o assessment activities.
The Volume of learning for this qualification does include: Face to face structured training sessions, training support provided to students in groups and one on one, guided structured learning activities, student individual reading and research, assessments, feedback reviews.

Amount of Learning = 1038 hours
Assessment hours = 594 hours
Work placement = 192 hours
Total volume of Learning hours = 1824 hours
*Participants are expected to do at least 4 hrs of self-study per week.
**If any class days fall on a public holiday, then the session with be allocated to another day in that week.

Students with prior learning and work experience can apply for RPL. Recognition of prior learning evidence must include some of the following:

Students who have completed corresponding units of competency and/or units contained within the packaging rules can apply for Credit Transfer. If you wish to apply for RPL or Credit Transfer, please notify the Institute at the time of enrolment

Assessment methods used for this qualification will provide a range of ways for individuals to demonstrate that they have met the required outcomes including:

• Written Questions and Answers
• Projects
• Role-play
• Simulations

• Observations

At the beginning of each unit, trainers will outline the assessment tasks that must be completed.

The Institute’s main campus is very closely located to the heart of beautiful suburb Oakleigh and its magnificent retail, cultural, dining and business districts.:

1A Palmerston Grove Oakleigh VIC 3166
with significant public transport access for surrounding areas. Palmerston Grove is a busy street and has many small businesses and café’s around. This location very close to Oakleigh Central and 450 meters from Oakleigh Metro station.

Simulated Kitchen:
847 Dandenong Road, Malvern East VIC 3145
Simulated kitchen is conveniently located near Caufield Metro station

Participants need to complete Thirty-three (33) units of competencies, within the SIT training package at Certificate III level.
This qualification has:

Learner needs will be identified through enrolment form, face to face or over the phone interview, LLN and Pre-training review.
It will help to establish the applicant skill and knowledge levels, their current employment and how that relates to the course content and interaction.
Where additional support needs have been identified an Individual Support Plan will be developed which may include:

• Language Literacy Numeracy Support
• Mentoring from trainers
• Additional classes, tutorials, and workshops
• Computer and technology support
• Reasonable adjustment to assessments

Provision of additional support services will be provided where necessary to enable students to participate in the same way as any other person regardless of whether support services have been required

Admission Fees: (Non-refundable): $250
Material Fees: (Not limited to books etc): $2250
Tuition Fees: $17,500
Total Course fees: $20,000
Unless otherwise specified, Total course fees include all the training and assessment as well as required resources and textbooks for participants to achieve the qualification or course in which they are enrolling.