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Southern Institute of Technology

Auckland , North Island ,New Zealand

New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service

The NZ Certificate in Food and Beverage Service focuses on delivering the core skills required for anyone wanting to make a career, or secure seasonal employment, delivering hospitality services, products and experiences to customers.

Gain the skills you need to become a valued member of a café, restaurant or functions team. You'll learn to prepare food and beverages offered at cafés and functions and develop the professional communication skills to serve customers and deal with any customer service issues. You'll also learn to work safely and to regulations in hospitality environments and when handling food.

SIT's training facilities are well equipped and the tutors are very passionate about their craft. At SIT you will get the advantage of real-world experience as you operate the Vault Cafe and Bungalow Restaurant (alongside Cookery students) for several periods during the year.

Campus Information

Invercargill Campus

Freepost SIT2LRN Private Bag 90114 133 Tay Street Invercargill, 9840

Intakes

  • Sep

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Graduates will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to serve food and beverage, apply and maintain health and safety, food safety and security practices to ensure safety, communicate effectively when serving customers and behave in a professional manner with colleagues, managers and customers and follow standard operating procedures in cafés and restaurants or in a functions team. 

Graduates will gain the skills to work in cafes, restaurants, function centres and licenced premises in an entry level position, or move onto further training in the hospitality industry.

Further study options

Graduates of this programmes can progress to more advanced programmes in Hospitality such as:

New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 3)
New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 5)

PSW Opportunity

  • During study, all students on a student visa can work up to 20 hours per week during semester and full time during vacations.
  • After completing Level 7 Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Qualification, a student will get a three years open post-study work visa.
  • After completing Level 8 Post Graduate courses of 1 year, students get 1 year PSW.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

India 60% average across 4 academic subjects (excluding Hindi or local language). English mark should be a minimum of 60%
 
75% average across 4 academic subjects (excluding Hindi or local language). 
  • IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5 
  • TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 500 (with an essay score of 4 TWE) 
  • TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 35 (with a writing score of 14) 
  • Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 154. No less than 154 in each skill. 
  • OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests 
  • NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 4 (Academic) b) Level 4 (Academic) 
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 36 with no band score lower than 36 
  • Language Cert - B1 Achiever IESOL (LRWS) with PASS and no less than PASS in each skill 
  • Trinity ISE - ISE I with no less than distinction in any band