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Part Time
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Two Years
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Boston
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September 2024
Professional Cookery Patisserie and Confectionery NVQ Diploma Level 3
Add to ShortlistThe Part Time Level 3 Professional Cookery Patisserie and Confectionery NVQ Diploma is designed to prepare you for a job in a high-class kitchen or to update your current skills to develop and improve your own establishment’s standards.
You will specialise in patisserie and confectionery, a specialist bakery and confectionery qualification that has no kitchen content.
What will I do?
To achieve the Level 3 Professional Cookery Patisserie and Confectionery NVQ Diploma you must complete a minimum of 46 credits in total.
17 credits are compulsory and the remaining 29 can be taken from optional units of your choice.
The following are compulsory units:
- Develop productive working relationships with colleagues
- Maintain the health, hygiene, safety and security of the working environment
- Maintain food safety when storing, preparing and cooking food
The rest of your credits can be obtained from a choice of the following optional units:
- Prepare cook and finish complex bread & dough products
- Prepare cook and finish complex cakes biscuits sponges and scones
- Prepare cook and finish complex pastry products
- Prepare process and finish complex chocolate products
- Prepare process and finish marzipan, pastillage and sugar products
- Prepare and cook complex hot desserts
- Prepare and cook complex cold desserts
- Produce sauces fillings and coatings for complex desserts
- Contribute to control of resources
- Contribute to the development and introduction of recipes and menus
- Prepare, cook and finish healthier dishes
In addition to your course, you may also study either Functional Skills or GCSE English and Maths, dependent on your current GCSE grade.
Entry Qualifications
The entry qualifications for the Level 3 Professional Cookery Patisserie and Confectionery NVQ Diploma are an NVQ Level 2 in a related subject (or equivalent), plus recent relevant work experience.
Attendance
The Professional Cookery Patisserie and Confectionery NVQ Diploma will take you two years to complete, starting September 2024.
You will also work every Thursday evening in the College's restaurant.
Fees
The Professional Cookery Patisserie and Confectionery NVQ Diploma is free, if you are under the age of 19 on 31 August of the year you start the course.
If you are aged 19+, this course will cost £2583.
If you are aged 19-23, fee remission may apply depending on personal circumstances, please enquire with the Registry Department for further information on 01205 365701 or email your query to fees@boston.ac.uk.
Aged 19+?
If you are aged 19 years or over on the 1st day of your course, you may qualify for an Advanced Learner Loan to help with your College fees. If you progress to employment you won't have to pay anything back until you’re earning £25,000 per year. Your household income isn't taken into account and there's no credit check. Your eligibility depends on your course, nationality, and age. To find out more contact the College Information Line on 01205 313218.
Fees may vary depending on personal circumstances, please enquire for further information.
Please note that all fees are subject to change.
How Will I Be Assessed
Assessment on the Professional Cookery Patisserie and Confectionery NVQ Diploma is continual and supported by regular progress briefings and action planning.
Each Unit has a formal theory test in which the pass mark is 60%
You will also be assessed by questions either oral or written.
These assessments will help you to complete the portfolio, which you will need to gain the qualification.
You will also study key skills in communication, IT and application of number.
Where Could It Lead?
Successful completion of the Level 3 Professional Cookery Patisserie and Confectionery NVQ Diploma should enable you to seek employment as a chef patissier in any high class catering establishment world-wide with the prospect of promotion to a senior or executive chef position.
How to Apply.
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What you could earn
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£37,855
potential
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£25,948
average
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£11,453
entry level
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