Become a Hospitality Superstar
Our Hospitality Skills course is designed to give you the practical skills and experience to work in cafes and restaurants across the hospitality industry.
If you are 15 years to 19 years of age, left or leaving school, then we can help you get your NZQA qualifications for free.
We offer this course for youth from our sites at Tauranga (CBD), Whakatane and Rotorua.
Learn about:
- Preparing expresso beverages
- Hygiene practices & food safety
- Food & beverage knowledge and service skills
- Communication and employability skills
- Customer service skills
- Work placements – Cafes, Catering Events or Hospitality businesses
Enrol in our Hospitality Programme to:
- Complete NCEA Level 2 Vocational Pathway – Service Industries
- Learn food handling & food safety
- Learn the Barista skills needed to make a great coffee
- Get practical experience with on the job placements
- Learn how to be a customer service star
- Learn what skills, behaviours and attitudes employers need in th industry
- Get a job or progress to the NZ Certificate in Food & Beverage Service (Level 3)
What will I learn?
This hospitality course covers:
- Preparing expresso beverages
- Hygiene practices & food safety
- Food & beverage service skills
- Work placement and event caterings
- Communication and employability Skills
- Customer service skills
What qualification will I get?
- Graduates will receive “NCEA Level 2, Vocational Pathway – Service Sector (Hospitality)”
What is the start date, timetable and course duration?
- Start dates:
- You can start any time
- Timetable:
- 8:30am – 3:00pm Monday to Friday
- Course duration:
- 20-26 weeks
What are the costs?
This course is free. It is fully funded by the government Youth Guarantee fund,for those who meet the eligiblity criteria which we can discuss with you.
What is the location for this course?
This course is available in-person from our Tauranga, Whakatane and Rotorua branches
Is this course available via distance learning?
No, sorry, it is only available in person at the branch listed above
Is this course available to international students?
Is this course best suited to students of a certain age?
We are focused on school leavers who are aged 15 years to 19 years of age who want to plan a pathway to employment or higher training.
Are there any prerequisites?
Ideally you would have achieved your NCEA Level 1 or your Literacy & Numeracy credits for NCEA but we can discuss this at your interview.
What do students who have done this course say about it?
- “EmployNZ has been the only place that I have learnt things and used them in everyday life, everyone is welcoming and Dave & Kaylah are the best tutors” – Caitlin Shearer, Tauranga
- “The thing that i have enjoyed the most is the work experience which was arranged, the course has been a good experience and has given me a great qualification” – Allizai Silby, Tauranga
- “This has been a really good experience for me as not only do you learn a lot life skills that help you in the real world but you get exposed to everything involved with hospitality along with learning a lot of barista skills. I would 100% recommend this to anybody who is interested in hospitality and would like to get further knowledge in this subject! Best decision I have ever made taking this course.” – Jaz Zajonskowski, Tauranga
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