New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage (Restaurant Services and Barista) (Level 3)
Course details
About the course
This programme provides students with the knowledge and skills to begin work as a professional waiter or barista.
Programme outline
Gain experience in our training café, serving paying customers hot and cold beverages as well as baking products. Work closely with cookery students and provide table and food service during evening productions, including serving beverages during and after the meal service.*
Graduates can progress their study on the New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 4) Restaurant Services (offered by WelTec) or New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 3 or Level 4) or enter the workforce with the core skills, knowledge and personal attributes to work as service personnel within the food and beverage sectors, particularly as waiters in restaurants providing table service, and as baristas in a range of hospitality establishments.
Students wanting to study Food and Beverage Level 4 through WelTec can access our free bus service to travel between campuses.
*During evening productions, regular class times change to a 2pm start, finishing between 9 and 10pm.
Entry criteria
NCEA Level 1 numeracy and literacy.
International students
Minimum IELTS score 5.5, with no band score lower then 5.
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.