Thinking about hospitality as more than a job between other things? This course is built for the step up. Food and kitchen management, menus, catering, and the bar side from wine to mixing drinks.
Restaurants, bars, catering and hotels all hire on whether you can hold a service together. You cover food service, kitchen management and the bar, so you are useful in any of them.
Menu planning, catering management and personnel management sit in this course. That is the difference between working a shift and running one.
Catering services, menu planning and managing people are covered together. That is the setup for taking your own jobs and doing them well.
Hospitality hires all year and every town has it. The work is easy to picture: a full room, orders moving, drinks going out, and a service that holds together to the last table.
The floor itself, front to back. Service procedures and beverage knowledge are the daily work.
Non-alcoholic beverages and service procedures both apply behind the coffee machine.
Catering services and menu planning are two of the ten topics here.
Taking a section and keeping it moving. The wine and beverage topics are what set you apart on the floor.
Personnel management and management of catering services point straight at the step up to running a shift.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Serving alcohol carries its own licensing rules, so check what your role and region require.
Ten topics across the kitchen, the floor and the bar.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Introduction to the bar industry, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, mixing drinks and service procedures. Four topics on the bar alone.
Fundamentals of wine appreciation gets a topic of its own. It is the bit that gets noticed on a busy floor.
The Institute of Hospitality has reviewed and endorsed this programme against professional development standards.
Nutrition and cooking, kitchen and food management, and planning a menu. The back of house side, not only the floor.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the course and the college awards you its Certificate of Achievement.
The Institute of Hospitality has reviewed this programme and benchmarked it against professional development standards.
On completion you get a SEEK Pass link for your certificate, so you can share it on SEEK.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly with no deposit and no credit check, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the topics online around your shifts, with unlimited tutor support in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus your SEEK Pass link.
None needed. The course opens with nutrition and cooking basics and builds from there.
The payment plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront. Enquire for the full options.
Around 100 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of access. There are no set class times, so it fits around shifts.
Yes, and in depth. Five of the ten topics are the bar side: the industry itself, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, mixing drinks and service procedures, and wine appreciation.
Yes. The Institute of Hospitality has reviewed and endorsed this programme. It is an international body for professional development in hospitality, and the award is benchmarked against their standards.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. In hospitality, venues hire on whether you can run a service, and this course is built for that.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
Courses run fully online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching comes with your enrolment, including CV help and access to the Career Centre.
Picture the night the room is full, every table is fed and watered, and the floor ran the way you called it.