STANDARD

Production Chef Apprenticeship Level 2

Course Length

August 2000 -> July 2099

Amount Payable

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £0.00
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £0.00

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Course Requirements

Level 2 Apprenticeship - You should be aiming for at least 3 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English Language and/or mathematics.

These requirements may alter dependent upon the needs of the employer. If you don’t quite achieve the entry criteria though don’t worry, we can discuss your options.

If you have not achieved a Grade 4 in English Language and/or mathematics you will be required to achieve a Level 1 or Level 2 Functional Skills in English and/or Maths as part of your Apprenticeship.

Start Date

01/08/2000

End Date

31/07/2099

Start Date

01/08/2000

End Date

31/07/2099

Day / Time (If Applicable)

Fee Type

Course Ref

APS20364 (RORO)

Remaining Places

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Course Location

Nelson and Colne College / Accrington and Rossendale College

Fees (before fee reduction/waivers)

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £0.00
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £0.00

Fee eligible to be waived?

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Please note that the College is only able to offer this course at the rates publicised on this website to those individuals aged 19+ or over on 31st August 2024 whose home address is in areas of England outside of the devolved authority areas of: Cambridge and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England. Where an individual resides outside of England or in one of the devolved areas then the College reserves the right to charge you for the delivery of the course at a rate of £11.25 per hour. This is in line with the College’s Fees Policy which is published on our websites.

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Overview of Course

The Production Chef Apprenticeship will enable you to work in the exciting and challenging world of catering, leading you to a career in settings such as schools, hospitals, the Armed Forces, care homes and high street or pub kitchens. During your Apprenticeship you will apply highly methodical organisational skills, energy, accuracy, attention to detail and be mindful of the importance of sustainability and protecting the environment.

You will develop the skills and attributes to work, and thrive, in your chosen sector. You will be able to maintain excellent standards of personal, food and kitchen hygiene, ensure compliance to procedures, menu specifications and recipes, adapt and produce dishes to meet special dietary, religious and allergenic requirements and use specialist kitchen equipment.

What you will learn

• During this apprenticeship you will gain a range of skills, including: techniques for the preparation, assembly, cooking, regeneration and presentation of food.
• Using kitchen tools and equipment correctly to produce consistently high-quality dishes according to specifications.
• Take responsibility for the cleanliness, organisation and smooth running of the work area.
• Learn about key nutrient groups, their function and main food sources.
• How to communicate with colleagues, line managers and customers effectively.
• Maintaining quality and consistency in food production by using resources in line with organisations’ financial constraints, style, specifications and ethos.
• Working to ensure customer expectations are met.
• How technology can support food production organisations.

Entry Requirements

How Your Course Will Be Assessed

• A range of assessment methods are used throughout the programme to ensure apprentices are ready to enter the workplace. These include progress meetings, assignments, practical observations in the workplace, portfolio completion and an externally validated end point assessment.
• Catering facilities on site to replicate real life practice
• Modern, recently redeveloped campus

How will I know if I'm making progress?

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Additional information

• Industry expert Assessors providing continuous support throughout the programme.
• We work with a large range of excellent employers including Crow Wood, Burnley Football Club and Oddie’s.
• Employers have worked to co-create the programme making it highly industry relevant.

Careers progression

• Head Chef
• Front of House
• Station Chef
• Restaurant Manager
• Barista
• Commis Chef

This course has now started and we can no longer accept applications online.

The online application and enrolment process is really simple, once you have clicked the “APPLY" or "ENROL” button you will be redirected to the portal where you either log in or create an account (if you haven’t done so previously). We will then ask you to give us a couple of bits of information like address, mobile phone number ect and that’s it.

Once your applications has been made the next step will be for you to book yourself onto one of our interview evenings, depending on availability you might be able to do this straight away but otherwise we will get in contact to arrange when you come in for an interview.

At any point you can log back into the portal throughout the year, update information like your predicted GCSE grades, update contact and consent information and keep a live track of your application.

If you have any questions or run into any problems when using the portal please get in contact with us and we will help