SVQ1 Food Preparation & Cooking

Food Preparation and Cooking SVQ1

YOUR LOCAL COLLEGE

Why should I consider an SVQ1 Food Preparation and Cooking course?

Do you want to learn the basic skills of food preparation and cooking?

Do you want to embark on a career in hospitality at sous chef level or similar?

Do you want to work towards a recognised professional qualification which will enable you to study further at SVQ2 level and beyond?

If yes, then SVQ1 Food Preparation and Cooking is the right course for you. Taught full-time, this course is designed to equip you with the skills required for an entry level position in the hospitality industry. The course will be very practical in nature and will allow students many opportunities to practice and develop their skills. Two days each week will be theory based within college with the remaining three days spent working in a professional kitchen The course will introduce the following required areas: •

Maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment

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Work effectively as part of a hospitality team

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Maintain food safety when storing, preparing and cooking food.

Argyll College UHI Ltd is a Scottish Charity, SC 026685

You will also be required to complete four additional units from a list of 14 which will include: prepare vegetables, prepare hot and cold sandwiches, package food for delivery, prepare and cook fish and meat, cook and finish simple bread and dough products and prepare and finish simple salad and fruit dishes. You will be able to choose those areas which interest you specifically.

Where will I study?

The course will be taught at your local centre.

What qualifications do I need to enrol on this course?

You do not need any specific qualifications to enrol on this course.

How can I continue to develop my food preparation and cooking skills?

A natural next step for those students who wish to develop their skills further would be SVQ2 Professional Cookery.

Argyll College UHI At Argyll College UHI we apply stateof-the-art information technologies – including high-speed internet access and video conferencing facilities – to allow as many students as possible to study throughout Argyll’s dispersed communities.

What’s more, as one of the 13 colleges and research institutions that make up the newly formed University of the Highlands and Islands, we can now offer our students even better access to a wide choice of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. This is in addition to our existing, prolific range of vocational, full and parttime further education courses.

Argyll College UHI has 13 centres throughout the Argyll region and you can also look at studying many courses at home if you wish.

You choose what you study and how you study it.

To find out more about this course simply contact your nearest centre.

Arran Tel: 01770 600 152 Oban Tel: 01631 559 500 Cairndow Tel: 01499 600 141 Campbeltown Tel: 01631 559 670 Craignish Tel: 01546 600 070 Dunoon Tel: 01369 707 182 Fionnphort Tel: 01681 700 377 Islay Tel: 01496 810 130 Lochgilphead Tel: 01546 600 070 Rothesay Tel: 01700 501 000 Tiree Tel: 01879 220 372 Tobermory Tel: 01688 302 801 All Argyll College UHI centres are fully accessible for those students with disabilities