New Zealand Certificate in Baking (Generalist) (Level 4)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 4 |
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About the course
Gain baking and patisserie skills and open a world of job opportunities. Work with doughs, pastries and decorative mediums to produce sale-ready quality bakery and patisserie items. Grow your capability to work as part of a commercial bakery team, by getting real experience in a bakery or patisserie environment.
What you will learn
Whether you want to expand your culinary skills in patisserie or continue on your journey as a baker. You will gain the advanced patisserie and baking skills necessary to produce: a range of biscuits, breads, cakes and pastries; work with decorative mediums to finish gateaux and celebration cakes; and experience the development of a range of superior doughs and baked goods.
- Understand the success techniques that contribute to well-made bread; from handling through to baking of simple, laminated and complex bread from around the world
- Learn the practical importance of organising your work and professional communication when baking in a team
- Understand gluten-free and other dietary requirements
- Broaden knowledge of bakery science, terminologies and commodities associated with Baking
- Understand the safe handling and maintenance of bakery equipment
- Undertake a work experience placement within industry
Career options
- Pastry chef
- Artisan baker
- Commercial baker
- Numerous hospitality opportunities café’s, restaurants, hotels, bakeries and catering companies
Entry requirements
Under 20 years
60 credits at NCEA level 1, including 10 NCEA Level 1 literacy and 10 NCEA Level 1 numeracy credits, or successful completion of New Zealand Certificate Baking (Level 3).
Over 20 years
If you’re 20 years or over, you may qualify for special admission on this programme. Contact us if you don’t meet the Under 20 entry criteria.
International students
IELTS (academic) score of 5.5 (no band lower than 5.0) or equivalent.
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*For fee exclusions, please see our terms and conditions.
You must be able to carry out the physical requirements of the programme.
About the provider
Whitireia and WelTec have a history of over 100 years of
vocational education delivery. We are proud stewards of our whakapapa, owning
our collective histories and aspirations for the future through acknowledging
people, place, culture, and values.
Whitireia and WelTec is known for our high student success rates and culturally diverse ākonga. Every year we train over 8,000 ākonga who study at one of our campuses across Porirua and Petone. Our highly skilled staff will be with you every step of your journey, providing the best possible learning environment. We enable learners from every stage of life – school leavers, university graduates, those preparing to reenter the workforce and those wanting to retrain or upskill. Our learning environments are open and ready to welcome you all.
More and more New Zealanders are choosing a local study pathway through dedicated vocational education providers to gain the qualifications they need to get ahead and into their dream job. We offer a range of programmes of study at certificates, diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate qualifications. Our programmes have been developed in conjunction with industry to offer excellent vocational qualifications that are future-focused and provide ākonga with practical skills to pursue their career goals.
We are known for our Ahureitanga (distinctiveness), and we have special relationships with Iwi mana whenua as our campuses are in their rohe: Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts.
Mā tātou, mō tātou ko WelTec ki Te Āti Awa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou. Together, we will lead and illuminate our communities through vocational education.