This qualification reflects the role of commercial cooks who have a supervisory or team leading role in the kitchen. They operate independently or with limited guidance from others and use discretion to solve non-routine problems.

This qualification provides a pathway to work in organisations such as restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes and coffee shops, or to run a small business in these sectors.

No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

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• Chef de partie.

This course will be delivered over a 93-week period of full-time study (including course delivery, assessment, public holidays and break. 

However, if you have already been awarded SIT30816 Certificate III in Commercial Cookery by Signet College, you will hold a number of units of competency common in both the qualification, i.e. Certificate III and Certificate IV.  You will be eligible for a Credit Transfer for each of the common units enabling you to complete the remainder of the course over 26 weeks. 

If you have obtained your SIT30816 Certificate III in Commercial Cookery from another Registered Training Organisation (RTO) you will also be eligible to have your existing knowledge and skills recognised.

This program is delivered over 20 hours per week which includes theory component in a classroom environment and practical component of the course is delivered in the Signet’s on-campus Training Commercial Kitchen and through Work Placements. 

As part of SIT40516 Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery, you will be required to complete a total of 360 hours of Work Placement in a commercial kitchen. This will allow you to obtain practical skills and experience in real workplace settings and assist you to be employable in the industry at graduation.

All Assessments of units of competence will be conducted according to the assessment guidelines and competency standards of the official Training Package for this qualification.

Students will be required to perform in a range of assessments including but not limited to:  Short Answer questions, Case Study, Role plays, Practical Demonstration, Computer-based activities etc.

In order to attain this qualification, students are required to complete 33 units of competency consisting of twenty-six (26) core units and seven (7) elective units.

Students may apply for exemption for any unit in which they can successfully demonstrate competency. (Please refer Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Transfers section of the Signet College Student Handbook).

There are no entry requirements for this qualification specified in the nationally recognised training package; however, Signet College does specify the number of eligibility requirements for overseas students

We accept enrolments on the basis of their demonstrated capacity to succeed.

You must meet the following requirements to be eligible to be offered a place at Signet College:

Academic Requirement

Completion of Year 12 or equivalent.

Age requirements

All students must be over 18 years of age at the commencement of the course.

English Language requirements

• All overseas students should demonstrate the English requirements as required by the Department of Home Affairs. Further information available on homeaffairs.gov.au
• Signet College accepts IELTS, PTE Academic, TOEFL as per below indicated scores:
  • IELTS (Academic Module) – Overall band score of 5.5
  • TOEFL (Internet-based) – 46
  • PTE Academic English – 42

PTR & LLN Requirement:

All students are required to undertake a pre-training review (PTR) which aims to identify their training needs through questions on previous education or training, relevance of the courses to learner, and relevant experience.

Students undertaking a VET course must possess sound language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills to successfully complete the course. All students are required to undertake a language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) test conducted by Signet College.