OSTC Cookery (Level 3)

Location

Dunedin and Cromwell

Delivery

Dunedin: one day a week for Terms 1 and 2, and two days a week for terms 3 and 4.

Cromwell: two days a week for the school year.  

Are you creative? Do you enjoy preparing and serving food?

Cookery could be just the career you’re looking for! You’ll gain the New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 3).

For more information about OSTC, visit www.op.ac.nz/ostc  

The Cromwell course will take place on two days a week.  The Dunedin course will take place on one day a week for the first two terms and on two days a week for the second two terms.

What will I do?

  • Work in a commercial kitchen
  • Prepare, cook and present dishes common to the industry 
  • Learn health and safety requirements
  • Learn effective customer service and communication techniques.

This course will run two days a week in Cromwell.

In Dunedin it will run one day a week for the first two terms and two days a week for the second two terms.  

What could I do next?

Where could this take me?

  • Chef
  • Caterer
  • Restaurateur
  • Teacher
  • Food media professional

Unit standards covered in this course

Unit Standard

New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 3)

Credits

Level

Version

13288

Prepare and cook basic meat dishes in a commercial kitchen

8

3

5

13293

Prepare and cook basic vegetable dishes in a commercial kitchen

6

3

5

13300

Prepare and cook basic stocks, sauces, and soups in a commercial kitchen

5

3

5

13304

Prepare and cook basic fish dishes in a commercial kitchen

4

3

6

13314

Prepare and cook egg dishes in a commercial kitchen

4

3

6

13315

Prepare and cook rice and farinaceous dishes in a commercial kitchen

6

3

5

13316

Prepare and cook basic pasta dishes in a commercial kitchen

3

3

5

13322

Prepare and cook basic pastry dishes in a commercial kitchen

4

3

5

27927

Apply health, safety and security practices to service delivery operations

5

3

1

27928

Interact with other staff, managers and customers to provide service delivery outcomes

5

3

1

27929

Apply standard operating procedures and the code of conduct to a work role in a service delivery organisation

5

3

1

27955

Apply food safety practices in a food related business

5

3

2

 

Total

60

   

We are doing our best to ensure that this information is accurate. However, there may be some content changes to our programmes, and all our programmes will run subject to demand and capacity.