Earn while you learn with 2 days per week of training, and 3 days with your employer, and receive a QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Culinary Arts.
The Commis Chef Apprenticeship is aimed at aspiring chefs who have a keen interest in and a creative flair for cooking. As with all career choices, it’s advisable to find out as much as possible about the work of a professional chef before deciding if it is the right career for you.
Typical qualities found in learners who are pursuing a career in Professional Cookery include:
To become an apprentice, you must obtain employment in a SOLAS approved professional kitchen (i.e hotel, restaurant, catering). The employer must be approved by SOLAS to train apprentices and must register you as an apprentice.
This programme consists of alternating phases of on the job and off the job training, which provides for the integration of the knowledge and skills acquired in the training setting with those gained in the workplace.
No. An Apprenticeship is not a course. It is a contract of employment between SOLAS, the employer and the apprentice – with on-the-job and off-the-job training delivered in phases.
The first step is to secure a job with an approved apprentice employer.
Full details are available on: www.apprenticeship.ie
Start by doing some research. Find out what’s involved in an apprenticeship and then focus in on apprenticeship you’re thinking about.
Speak to people. Ask employers, qualified tradespersons and apprentices to help you find out more.
Get the advice of your parents/guardians, career guidance or adult guidance counsellor.
In order to secure an apprenticeship, you must first secure a contract with an employer.
Once you have found an employer to take you on as an apprentice, your employer must then register you as an apprentice with SOLAS.
The employer must be approved to train apprentices.
The minimum age at which the employment of an apprentice may commence is 16 years of age.
The minimum education requirements are:
a qualification placed at Level 4 of the National Framework of Qualifications (a Pass Leaving Certificate),
OR
have at least three years trade related experience.
Applicants should have minimum requirements relating to general learning; including speaking, listening and communication skills, and self-organisation skills.
The following qualification will be accepted as indicating that these general learning requirements have been met:
The Commis Chef Apprenticeship is aimed at aspiring chefs who have a keen interest in and a creative flair for cooking. Apprentices will possess the following attributes:
For the Commis Chef apprenticeship, the employer pays an agreed Apprentice Rate or Salary for both on-the-job and off-the-job phases of the apprenticeship. Apprentice’s terms and conditions of employment are agreed between each apprentice and their SOLAS approved employer.
Further details are available on: www.apprenticeship.ie
Apprentices are assessed on an ongoing basis throughout their apprenticeship.
Modular assessments take place during the off-the-job training phases. These assessments incorporate course work, standardised practical assessments and theoretical assessments.
During the on-the-job training phases, the apprentice’s competence is assessed by the employer.
Kerry Education
and Training Board,
Tralee,
Co. Kerry.
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