With an Apprenticeship, you can earn money while you’re learning and gain recognised qualifications as you work.
As employees, Apprentices earn a wage and work alongside experienced staff to gain job-specific skills. Off the job, usually on a day-release basis, Apprentices receive training to work towards nationally recognised qualifications. Apprenticeships can take between one and four years to complete depending on the level of Apprenticeship, the Apprentices’ ability and the industry sector.
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College Mission
"Delivering Excellence in Learning, Skills and Employability."
Strategic Aims
Aim 1: Deliver Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Aim 2: Put our learners and customers first
Aim 3: Invest in an efficient, sustainable & profitable organisation
Aim 4: Optimise business growth opportunities
With a wide variety of possible jobs and careers on offer, the hospitality industry is a popular choice amongst our students. It is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK, offering a wide range of jobs for people with all types of qualifications and experience.
There are plenty of different types of businesses and settings that require people with catering and hospitality skills, from hotels and restaurants right through to schools, hospitals and even the Armed Forces. Many people also set up their own catering business.
The types of skills needed include the preparation and cooking of food, customer service and housekeeping, as well as the experience to manage the smooth running of all of these.
People taking hospitality and catering courses at Stoke on Trent
College have access to our new cutting-edge £11 million Lifestyle Building which is in line with the standards expected by the industry.
Our experienced tutors and links with employers mean that we offer great
pathways into successful careers. We even offer a great student exchange programme with colleges in France.
This is a one year course designed for students who wish to develop a range of skills. These programmes will provide an excellent opportunity for you to acquire a mixture of practical and technical skills that are essential in order to progress in the hospitality and catering industry. They combine Diploma and Technical Certificate qualifications with Functional Skills in English and maths.
These are one to two-year courses designed for students who wish to develop a range of skills. These programmes will provide an excellent opportunity for you to acquire a mixture of practical and technical skills that are essential in order to progress in the hospitality and catering industry. They combine Diploma and Technical Certificate
qualifications with Key Skills/Functional Skills.
These courses cover contract catering, bar work, restaurant work, hotels, small businesses and hospitals. Stoke-on- trent college has some of the most comprehensive and up-to-date facilities in the country, and the Learning Resources Centres are designed to help students by offering information technology facilities, workshops and libraries. They combine Diploma and Technical Certificate qualifications with Functional Skills.
These courses cover professional cookery in contract catering, restaurants, hotels, small businesses and hospitals. Stoke on Trent College has some of the most comprehensive and up-to-date facilities in the country, and the Learning Resource Centres are designed to help students by offering information technology facilities, workshops and libraries. They combine Diploma and Technical Certificate qualifications with Functional Skills in English and maths.
Entry Level vocational courses for students aged 16 - 19. This course is for students who may need to work on their English, Maths and Personal and Social skills before progressing onto a level 1 vocational course.
The Advance Diploma is part of the Professional Chef Programme and offers three possible pathways when you reach the third year;specialist study in Cuisine,Patisserie and Confectionery or Restaurant Management.
The Diploma in Hospitality is a one year course designed for those students who wish to pursue a career in the industry either as a supervisor, manager or as a chef or progress to higher education. You will use state-of-the-art facilities and be taught by highly experienced catering professionals.
The Diploma in Professional Cookery is part of the Professional Chef Programme and can help you become a chef or progress to a more senior chefís role. You will gain a high standard of cookery skills and learn workplace essentials like health and safety. This is a good starting
point for young people wanting a career in hospitality or for those who hope to continue to a higher level.
The Diploma in Professional Cookery is a natural progression from the Diploma in Professional Cookery Level 1 and is part of the Professional Chef Programme.
This course will give you a sound understanding of the Hospitality and Catering business and the skills required to make a successful career in this area. The course is designed to lead towards and Advanced Apprenticeship, Extended Diploma, higher national diploma (HND) or foundation degree (Fd) or industry training at supervisory or management level within the exciting Hospitality and Catering industry which has worldwide opportunities. Careers include buyer, catering manager, hotel manager, landlord or landlady as well as and associated fields such as Marketing, Human Resources, Event Planning.
Entry level vocational courses for students age 16-19. This course is for students who may need to work on their English, maths and personal and social skills before progressing onto a level 1 vocational course.
This course will develope your practical skills and knowledge for a career in the hospitality and catering industry as a chef or as a food operative.
The Introduction to Hospitality can help you get your first job in the hospitality industry or move on to further study. The course covers a range of topics including: customer service, serving food and drink, healthy eating, food preparation and cooking.
This qualification is designed for anyone considering working within the hospitality industry.
The Introduction to Employment in the Hospitality Industry has been developed to provide an insight into working in the sector.
A City & Guilds qualification is proof that you have the right skills to do your job well - which is why so many employers look for people who have one. You can be confident your qualification is well respected within your industry.
This is a unit based qualification including:
101 Introduction to the hospitality
102 Introduction to personal workplace
201 Principles of customer service in hospitality leisure travel and tourism
203 Health and safety for the workplace
202 Food safety in catering
City & Guilds qualifications are engaging and rewarding and can lead to a whole range of fulfilling careers - including many of the UKs leading hotels and restaurants
On completion, students may progress to Level 2 Professional cookery
Those who take the Pathways to job opportunities course will work towards qualifications in hairdressing, beauty therapy, childcare, care, hospitality and catering.
These courses are aimed at people wishing to further develop, enhance and add to their existing skills.
The Professional Cookery course is designed to retrain adults as a way of returning to work.
This course will show you how to achieve basic knowledge of how to cover a rich fruit cake with marzipan and sugar paste; to add a simple decorative finish; to gain practical experience of rolling out marzipan and sugar paste; to apply a simple decoration using basic sugar craft equipment.
This course will show you how to develop skills using royal icing gaining knowledge of consistencies. You should be able to create a royal iced plaque suitable for a celebration cake.
This part-time programme is designed to build on the individuals basic culinary skills, allowing the individual student to develop a level of competency in general patisserie and confectionary ready for employment in hospitality industry. This is a unit based qualification with a total of 4 units, including hot and cold deserts, paste products, produce biscuit, cake and sponge and producing fermented dough products.
Learn how to make an Easter egg and decorate it. This course will show you how to work with chocolate and produce an egg and more, and learn basic techniques of decorating and presenting chocolate goods. This course is designed for all levels. Donít forget ìall mistakes are edibleî
This course will show you how to extend your knowledge of handling and storing flower paste, how to apply colour, an awareness of shape and form of complex flowers when using manufactured cutters and veiners. You should be able to produce a variety of complex spray of flowers showing shape, form and thinness of paste.
Cupcakes is the latest trend to come from the range of celebration cakes, it is the fastest growing style of any manufactured or homemade cakes. This course will show you how to achieve basic knowledge of how to cook and decorate a range of cupcakes using a variety of professional decorating methods.
This course will show you how to develop skills of rolling, cutting and the assembling of sugar sections, to create a structure suitable for a themed celebration centre piece. You should be able to produce a small centre piece suitable for a celebration cake.
This course will show you how to gain a basic knowledge of preparing and storing almond paste, how to apply colour and an awareness of the basic shapes used in modelling. You should be able to produce a figure suitable for a celebration cake showing simple shape and form.
This is an ideal starting point into the Hospitality sector; these professional craft qualification will reflect working in the industry. Food Production, Professional Cookery, Kitchen Services and a flexible route are qualifications in a one-year programme and has both theory and practical elements.
To gain an NVQ, you need to show you've got a particular set of skills. You usually work with your training provider to review your current skills and find the best way to gain new ones - perhaps by trying new things at work, or by studying.
The qualification is competance based and is delivered using a variety of units to form a full qualification.
You must gain 17 credits from the mandatory units:
Maintain food safety when storing, preparing and cooking food
Maintain the health, hygiene, safety and security of the working environment
Develop productive working relationships with colleagues.
You must gain a minimum of 39 credits from the optional units:
If you choose the Diploma in Professional Cookery you'll develop vital skills in food safety and hygiene and teamwork as well as choosing from a range of practical options, anything from cooking shellfish dishes to developing menus.
If you choose the Food Preparation and Cooking specialism you'll cover a range of core units in preparing and cooking meat, vegetable, fish and poultry dishes, as well as choosing your own options.
each unit has a written end test
This is an introduction to simple food preparation and cookery skills that will enable you to produce some of your favourite Arabic dishes and extend your repertoire in cookery. On this course you will cover basic food safety, preparation and storage procedures and discover how easy it is to make a variety of classic Arabic dishes.
This part-time course is designed to build on the individuals basic bakery skills, allowing the individual student to develop a level of competency in general bakery. This course will help you to understand the bakery production and concentrate on producing bread, enriched buns, biscuits, cake and sponge. The programme is flexible and will take into account the learners needs and aims. You will be working and learning in a fully operational bakery with the capacity to produce large scale yield from professional recipes, and maybe become the next Great British Baker.
This course will show you how to achieve basic knowledge of how to cover a rich fruit cake with marzipan and sugar paste; to add a simple decorative finish. The course is mainly demonstration by a professional cake expert, and an opportunity to practice some of the techniques to enable you to gain practical experience of rolling out marzipan and sugar paste. This course will give you the essential information and skills you need to make an informed choice about your future progression opportunities. An advanced course is available.
Learn how to make an Easter egg and decorate it. This course will show you how to work with chocolate and produce an egg and more, and learn basic techniques of decorating and presenting chocolate goods. This course is designed for all levels. Donít forget ìall mistakes are edibleî
Enjoy your build up to Christmas and develop cookery skills that will enable you to produce some of your favourite Christmas dishes and extend your repertoire in cookery. On this course you will cover basic food safety, preparation and storage procedures and discover how easy it is to make a variety of classic Christmas dishes.
Extend your culinary skills to impress your family and friends. On this course you will cover basic food safety, preparation and storage procedures and discover how to produce some exciting dishes and plan that perfect dinner party.
A good cook knows the value of properly made pastry. On this course youíll discover how easy it is to make a variety of pastries from the classic shortcrust to p‚tÈ sucrÈe and flaky pastry. From these you will make a range of savoury and sweet dishes, from Quiche Loraine to Strawberry tarts.
This is an introduction to simple food preparation and cookery skills that will enable you to produce some of your favourite Moroccan dishes and extend your repertoire in cookery. On this course you will cover basic food safety, preparation and storage procedures and discover how easy it is to make a variety of classic Moroccan dishes.
This is an introduction to simple food preparation and cookery skills that will enable you to produce some of your favourite Thai dishes and extend your repertoire in cookery. On this course you will cover basic food safety, preparation and storage procedures and discover how easy it is to make a variety of classic Thai dishes.
This is an introduction to simple food preparation and cookery skills that will enable you to produce some of your favourite West African dishes and extend your repertoire in cookery. On this course you will cover basic food safety, preparation and storage procedures and discover how easy it is to make a variety of classic West African dishes.
This course will show you how to gain a basic knowledge of handling and storing flower paste, how to apply colour, an awareness of shape and form of simple flowers when using manufactured cutters and veiners. You should be able to produce a simple posy of flowers showing shape, form and thinness of paste.
This is an 8 unit based qualification, providing education and training for a range of management careers in hospitality, developing the knowledge, understanding and skills of learners in the field of hospitality Management across a range of sectors
UNITS INCLUDE ....
The Contemporary Hospitality Industry
Finance in the Hospitality Industry
Customer Service
Food and Beverage Operations Management
The Developing Manager
Marketing in Hospitality
Hospitality Contract and Event Management
Facilities Operations and Management
Second year will be units at level 5 to complete HND
Units include:
Research Project
Rooms Division Operations Management
Work-based Experience
Hospitality Operations Management
Conference and Banqueting Management
External Business Environment
Menu Planning and Product Development
Planning and Managing Food Production and Beverage Service
KEY FACTS ABOUT HOSPITALITY & CATERING
Trainee Hotel Managers can earn up to around £20,000 a year
A sous chef can earn around £22,000 a year
The UK hospitality industry employs around 2 million people
There are tens of thousands of hotels, guest houses and B&B's around the UK
POPULAR CAREER PROGRESSION:
Conference and Event Organiser
Hotel Manager
Hotel Receptionist
Restaurant Owner / Manager
Vanessa Gratton
Vanessa is looking to become a Chef, and decided that the Catering and Hospitality Level 2 course would help in her getting a good position after studying. She has found the chance to cook and serve food in The Atrium Restaurant very useful in building the experience that employers look for.
Vanessa says:
“I chose to come to college and study rather than start a job in a lower position, and my qualification should help me to get a better job afterwards.
“I’ve loved my time here at college – the new facilities are absolutely brilliant. If you know what sort of career you want and are passionate about it, then you should definitely give college a go.”
