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PDA PROFESSIONAL PASTRY (SCQF LEVEL 7)

6 Months On Campus Certificate Program

UHI Millennium Institute

Program Overview

With a growing spotlight on baking and patisserie, via tv shows like the Great British Bake Off and outstanding local talents such as award-winning patissier and chocolatier, William Curley, there is a growing demand for experienced professionals to bring their skills to the kitchen.This PDA Professional Pastry (SCQF level 7) has been designed to support continuing professional development for individuals in professional kitchens and to help address the well-documented and ongoing skill shortages for highly skilled chefs and pastry chefs. It is suitable for learners who:have relevant experience in the industry but no formal qualifications,wish to develop knowledge and skills in new areas to enhance career progression,have partly completed a relevant HNC/HND and want recognition for the units they have successfully completed.,Many chefs in the sector have been promoted to positions of Chefs or Sous Chefs on the basis of their experience but without qualifications. This PDA will allow you to gain practical and specialist skills at a high level, along with certification for the level of work that you are performing.

Program Key Stats

Rolling


Eligibility Criteria


6

Additional Information & Requirements

1 Scottish Higher at Grade C or above OR 1 A Level at Grade D or above,Alternatively, current or prior experience as a chef in a professional kitchen (centres may wish to apply a diagnostic practical skills test to establish the current level of skill of learners),A relevant SVQ at SCQF level 5 or above, eg SVQ 2 Professional Cookery,National Certificate in Professional Cookery at SCQF level 5 or 6,Different combinations of relevant National or Vocational qualifications and equivalent qualifications from other awarding bodies,You may be invited to attend an interview

Career Options

  • Hotels
  • Restaurants
  • Industrial catering
  • Banqueting
  • Pubs
  • Cafes
  • Residential homes

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