Vocational Certificate Program

The program is a cluster consisting of the food and beverage preparation, kitchen and dining room helper and baker and cook’s assistant instruction. The program is designed to provide multiple completion points and prepares students for employment as food and beverage preparers, kitchen and dining room helpers or baker and cook’s assistants. The first completion point is food and beverage preparer, followed by a kitchen and dining room helper and, finally, the baker and cook’s assistant component.

Students learn sanitation and safety, proper receiving and storage of goods, care of facilities and equipment as well as responsibilities and skills in the dining room service area. Students will be provided instruction in the preparation of salads and dressings, soups and sauces, starches and entrees, baked goods and desserts. Students may continue education for an associate in science degree in restaurant or culinary management.

Students enrolled in this program may be required to enroll in basic skills training. This will be determined by their scores on the state mandated Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE). Prospective students should be advised by a counselor or program chairperson prior to enrolling. For information call 766-5572.

*Students who have satisfactory test scores are not required to take these courses.