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First Steps to Catering and Hospitality
First Steps to Catering and Hospitality
Level 1
Forest of Dean
Course Overview
Full Time
Certificate
Certificate
Not sure what your next steps are, but want to explore careers as a chef, or working in hospitality? This course is ideal. It gives you a foundation in catering and hospitality while also developing your maths and English skills. Whether you didn’t get the grades you were hoping for at school or you’re looking for a fresh start, this course will build your skills and confidence to progress and explore exciting career opportunities.
What You’ll Learn
Our First Steps courses offer you flexibility and freedom while introducing you to further study and the world of work. You’ll work on English and maths and gain the basic knowledge and skills you need to move forward with a career in catering and hospitality.
You’ll develop the essential skills and knowledge you’ll need to progress in the catering and hospitality industry. You’ll learn the basics of food preparation, service skills, and kitchen safety, giving you the foundation needed to move on to higher level courses.
Taking part in work-related activities, you’ll engage with employers and the local community and gain valuable insights into the hospitality industry. You’ll develop your confidence, communication skills, and teamwork abilities, too!
By the end of the course, you’ll have completed functional skills qualifications in English and maths and gained a better understanding of the hospitality industry, setting you up to progress to higher level courses.
Highlights
You can expect to:
- Learn in our on-site training kitchens and restaurant
- Gain hands-on experience to help boost your employability skills
- Take place in a work placement week
- Take part in impactful social action projects
Assessment
This vocational qualification is coursework based and you’ll take part in continual assessment throughout the year. Functional skills English and maths qualifications are exam based.
Anything else?
You’ll learn functional skills qualifications in English and maths at Entry Level, Level 1 and/or Level 2 alongside this qualification.
You’ll also take part in continual professional development (CPD) and complete the college’s Which Three Skills programme to develop skills like communication, teamwork, resilience and more.
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Typical Entry Criteria
Qualifications lower than three GCSE subjects at Grade 2
First Steps programmes are designed for learners who are yet to achieve Gloucestershire College's entry criteria for a Level 1 course.
Recommended Age Criteria: Under 19 (Learners with an Education Health Care Plan Under 23)
Gloucestershire College welcome any other/combinations of relevant qualifications that are comparable and/or equivalent to the typical course entry requirements.
For 19+ applicants that do not have recognised qualifications may still meet course entry requirements through alternative methods of assessment at the College’s discretion.
All queries regarding course entry criteria including the equivalency of qualifications and exceptional extenuating circumstances should be directed by email to the Admissions Department through applications@gloscol.ac.uk.
Please note if English is not your first language our ESOL provision may be more appropriate, as entry to our first steps provision requires an appropriate foundation level of spoken and written English. For learners with EHCP or SEND needs’, please also refer to our Foundation Learning section. All students will be offered places on the most appropriate provision to meet their needs.
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Students have a chance to progress onto: 1. Higher level courses within the College 2. Employment (either supported employment/ full/ part time employment) 3. Voluntary work
Shortlist and Apply
If you would like to apply for this course, please add it to your shortlist. You may then add further courses to your shortlist or continue to complete your application.