Certificate III in Commercial Cookery will equip students with the skills to become a qualified chef and allow graduates to enter the dynamic world of the hospitality industry. This one-year training course offers a mix of theory and hands-on practical training. Both International and Australian domestic students can enroll in this qualification. If you are an Australian permanent resident, you will be entitled to some government subsidy for part of the cost of this course under the Priority Industry Training Funding offered by the Department of Training and Workplace Development in WA.

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With this qualification, students will be able to work in a variety of venues where food is prepared and served. Course subjects include planning, organizing, preparing and presenting food such as appetizers, stocks, meats, seafood and poultry, desserts and pastries, following health and safety procedures, maintaining kitchen premises, developing hospitality industry knowledge, developing cost effective menus and preparing food according to dietary and cultural needs.

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Students are required to do hands-on practical training in Australian Professional Skills Institute’s fully operational commercial training kitchens. At the end of theory and practical training, all students are required to undertake compulsory workplace training for 10 weeks. Workplace training is an integral part of the training and assessment for this qualification. All students are required to work in an appropriate hospitality establishment such as restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes, cafeterias and coffee shops as a trainee chef.

Career Outcomes

• Commis Chef

• Cook

• Assistant cook