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Overview
This is an exciting course which provides you with the skills and knowledge necessary to gain employment in the hospitality industry. This course focuses on food and beverage service, front office and accommodation services, food production and hospitality administration.
This course will successfully prepare you for articulation to HNC Hospitality and develops your employability skills to allow you to work in the main sectors of the hospitality industry including restaurants, bars, hotels, event and contract catering at a practical level, serving and dealing with customers.
Please note: If you want to pursue a career as a professional chef, you should apply for Professional Cookery year one or two.
Minimum entry requirements
- One National 5 qualification at Grade C or above AND three National 4 qualifications including English and Mathematics; OR
- Other equivalent qualifications or experience.
Applicants whose first language is not English should have minimum SQA ESOL National 5 or equivalent for NC/NQ courses and ESOL Higher or equivalent for HNC/D courses.
Additional selection requirements
You’ll be invited for a group and/or individual interview where you’ll get the opportunity to find out more about the course and tell us why you’re interested in this subject area.
What you study
You'll study:
- Food and Beverage Service.
- Customer Care.
- Food Hygiene.
- Working Safely.
- Front Office.
- IT for Administrators.
- Accommodation Servicing.
- Professional Cookery.
- Hospitality Costing.
- Introduction to Alcoholic Beverages.
- Numeracy.
- SQA External Credit in General Operations.
After the course
This course will prepare you for a job at operations level in the Hospitality Industry.
Continuing Study
Successful students can progress to HNDs in Hospitality Management or Events Management, or a HNC in Events.