Qualification Overview

This Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery qualification is for chef who prepare food and menu items using a wide range of well-developed cooking skills and an in-depth understanding of kitchen management, financial management, and team management to prepare you for a leadership role at any food establishment or culinary institution. You will be able to enter the workforce as a competent chef, sous chef, head chef, executive chef or even restaurant owner once you’ve completed the RPL of this certificate.

With this qualification, you can work as a chef in places like restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs. More details about Chef ANZSCO: 351311

Qualification Name

Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery

Qualification Code

SIT40516

Skill and Evidence Requirements

The following documents is required to process your application for prior learning recognition for this qualification.

Video and photographic documentation of particular cooking techniques and procedures, such as:

  • Cooking meats, poultry, seafood, fruit, vegetables, dairy and other food items, including meeting dietary and cultural needs,
  • Using specific commercial cooking techniques and equipment
  • Use of specific kitchen equipment, including the correct use of knives for specific cuts,
  • correct hygiene process for washing hands and kitchen equipment.
  • Cooking, preparing, and displaying cooking items
  • Demonstrating communication skills

Evidence in the form of written documents obtained from the place of employment demonstrating having:

  • Performing calculations for ingredients, menu alterations, and costing menus
  • implemented and monitored work health and safety practices, hazard identification, and incident reporting.
  • Developing menus, budgets, and coaching plans
  • Managed staff, conflict, sustainable and other WHS practises
  • Coordinated cooking operations
  • signed and dated HACCP documents on at least 12 different occasions (including cleaning schedules, workflow plans, incident reports, work logs, etc.).
  • Work performance plans, coaching plans, and evidence of coaching sessions for at least four employees
  • Minutes of meetings, reports, feedback forms and other evidence to demonstrate successfully leading and managing people, conflicts, and kitchen/business operations
  • Documented financial budget for a three-month period that meets your specific business’ needs, including related forecasts, financial records, and other financial reports to management

Obtaining a Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery might improve your employment prospects and income. This can be accomplished with the skills you already have, providing access to better positions and allowing you to negotiate a higher salary.

This qualification provides recognition of the skills and knowledge required to gain employment in hospitality facilities, including but not limited to the following:

  • restaurants
  • hotels
  • clubs

Possible job titles include:

  • executive chef.
  • head chef
  • sous chef
  • chef de partie

Check Your Eligibility

Contact us to find out if you qualify for this qualification.

Why RPL?

The Australian qualification that comes from registered training organisations (RTOs), also known as the qualification that is nationally recognised, can assist you in meeting any of the requirements listed below. The RPL program is suitable for people who:

  • Don't have a degree but do have work experience in their field.
  • You want to work in Australia, but you don't have an Australian degree.
  • Want to apply for working visa but don't meet the visa requirements.
  • You need a formal qualification to open a business in Australia.
  • To work in the trade industry, you need to get a trade license and qualification.
  • You need to apply for trade license to work in the trade industry.
  • An Australian degree helps you to work in an international project with a higher salary.

All of these problems are very common in Australia's migration community. With the RPL program, you can turn your work experience of a year or more, anywhere in Vietnam or Australia, into an Australian qualification from certificates II, III, IV, and Diploma to the Advanced Diploma. With Australian qualifications, you can definitely solve all of the problems listed above and get a higher salary.

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The advantages of using RPL

The RPL program converts work experience into an Australian qualification that can help you obtain a formal qualification that matches your current knowledge and skills, thereby contributing to your professional development, learning practice and socialize and your self-esteem to integrate into the Australian working environment is enhanced. RPL helps you:

  • There is no need to learn what you already know.
  • It saves you time and tuition fees.
  • Open new career opportunities.
  • Help you achieve your career change goals in Australia.
  • Obtaining an Australian qualification takes less time.
  • You don't have to take classes or repeat the training you've already done.
  • It's a quick and easy process to get a recognized qualification in Australia.

The RPL process is done in 3 simple steps.

The RPL pathway consists of three stages and typically takes between six and eight weeks to complete from the time an applicant applies to an RPL assessment institute.

Register / Enrolment

Step 1: During the enrolment stage, you will have to demonstrate your skill level in relation to your chosen qualification by completing a self-assessment related to the required skills and knowledge to determine the relevance of the RPL pathway.

Assessment/ Evidence Review

Step 2: The RPL assessor will give you tests in the subjects of your applied qualification to find out what skills you have and match them to the skills needed to work in the industry and for the qualification you have chosen.

You will need to provide proof of the necessary documents, photos, and videos to show that you know how each subject in your qualification.

Result

Step 3: If you meet all units of competency under the qualification, you will be issued with a Certificate and Statement of Results.

Register / Enrolment

Step 1: During the enrolment stage, you will have to demonstrate your skill level in relation to your chosen qualification by completing a self-assessment related to the required skills and knowledge to determine the relevance of the RPL pathway.

Assessment/ Evidence Review

Step 2: The RPL assessor will give you tests in the subjects of your applied qualification to find out what skills you have and match them to the skills needed to work in the industry and for the qualification you have chosen.

You will need to provide proof of the necessary documents, photos, and videos to show that you know how each subject in your qualification.

Result

Step 3: If you meet all units of competency under the qualification, you will be issued with a Certificate and Statement of Results.

Frequently Asked Questions

Below is a list of questions that our customers often ask us. If you need more information, don't hesitate to contact Ozlinks Education now.

Why should you consider RPL?

The RPL is generally a faster way to an Australian qualification than completing a formal training course because it recognizes your previous work experience.

Yes. The RPL evaluation process is just as thorough as any other evaluation. But the evidence you need to show may be different from what is usually asked in a class assessment.

When the criteria for each of the subjects are met, a degree may be partially or fully accredited. For example, only completed subjects can be counted towards the qualification.

Even if your credits aren't enough to qualify, you can still receive written certification of the courses you've completed.

This will depend on the complexity of your qualification, how many subjects you apply for and how long it takes you to gather proof of work experience, collate and submit proof. Usually, the RPL process is 6 to 8 weeks from the date of application to the RPL assessment institute and also depends on your industry and qualifications.

What RPL qualification are you looking for?

To improve your chances of landing a high-paying job in the Australian job market, consider evaluating your skills and having them formally recognised. You can apply for skills certification through the recognition of prior learning process if you are a skilled worker or an international student migrant living in Australia with recent job experience. Choose the qualification that best meets your needs and circumstances from the list below.