Serve It Up Training
Barista Coffee & Food Handler’s Job Ready
Nationally Recognised Vocational Education and Training (VET)This 2-day course will provide the skills and knowledge to enter Melbourne’s coffee elite? You will undertake in-depth barista coffee training, plus get your Food Handlers Certificate. You are required to hold food safety training to work in hospitality roles.
This course will give students the skills and knowledge to:
- Coffee machine set-up and cleaning, using the grinder, and extraction techniques
- How to make and serve espresso coffees
- Techniques to texturise milk, and an introduction to latte art
- Using the Point of Sale (POS), processing payments and completing reconciliation
- Providing quality customer service to a range of customers, tips to exceed customer expectations, and how to handle complaints
- Food Handling
- After enrolment, you can access $20 OFF your Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) Certificate
Outcomes
- Coffee Job Ready Statement of Participation
- Food Handling Certificate – Level 1 (SITXFSA005 Usehygienic practices for food safety)
Assessments
Assessment for your Food Handler’s certificate will involve acombination of:
- In class: Observation of performance
- In-class: Oral questioning
- Outside-class: Theory questions; including short answers, matching questions, multiple choice and case studies, completed online/digitally.
Delivery mode
Serve It Up Training offers this course through the following delivery modes:
On campus
Work with instructors and classmates in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Blended
Combine the flexibility of online learning with the support of on campus learning.
Locations
- 617-643 Spencer St, West Melbourne
Entry requirements
Domestic Students
- There are no mandated entry requirements.
- Access to a computer and the internet to complete your Food Handler’s certificate
- Digital skills to complete online assessments in English
- Complete a language, literacy and numeracy assessment as part of your enrolment, to ensure you can complete assessment requirements. You are able to:
◦ read and comprehend food safety policies and procedures.
◦ type long-answer questions without using translation services or artificial intelligence (AI) - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): wear enclosed toe shoes with grip.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time (e.g. making coffees at the machine)
Course fees
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Career opportunities
The Barista Coffee & Food Handler’s Job Ready will prepare you for the following roles.
Kitchen Attendant
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Cooks Assistant
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Food Service Assistant
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Catering Assistant
A Catering Assistant helps with preparing and serving food and drink at various kinds of events. You might work with clients before an event to det...
Sandwich Hand
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Apprentice Chef
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Cafe Attendant
A Café Attendant serves food and drinks to customers in a café or coffee shop. You’ll greet customers as they arrive and take their orders or give ...
Waiter
A Waiter attends to diners at a restaurant, café or bistro. You might show customers to their table and give them menus. Waiters may take orders an...
About Serve It Up Training
We are a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) specialising in nationally accredited training for Hospitality and Leadership and Management. Key courses include Certificate IV Hospitality, Certificate IV Leadership & Management, Certificate III Hospitality Traineeships and short courses in Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA), Use hygienic practices for food safety - Food Handlers (RSF) and First Aid.
All trainers come directly from industry and are still acting as industry consultants. We focus on real skills to get you real jobs. While employment is not guaranteed, we do have contacts with employers who seek our students directly and our courses give you the skills to be job ready.
Did you know the Hospitality Industry "has been growing steadily over the past 5 years with the growth attributed to factors such as a growing ‘foodie’ culture, the popularity among many individuals to owning a hospitality business, population growth and an increase in consumer demand. Employment is expected to grow significantly in the next 5 years, by 12.1% which equals to an additional 91,000 jobs." (Source) Hospitality is a great career option whether short or long term.
