Course details

This course offers the opportunities to achieve a career in the Catering industry. The College has developed strong working relationships with the Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) and the Restaurant Association of Ireland (RAI) which gives students the key skills and knowledge necessary to pursue a career in the Hospitality Industry. The course provides the student with an opportunity to obtain experience in a wide range of specialized areas such as Food and Beverage Services, Kitchen, Health and Safety, while at the same time obtaining a sound general knowledge in areas needed to function in the hotel and catering environment. This course gives students over the age of 18 the possibility to be selected for a Eramus + European mobility exchange (subject to funding).

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

  • Leaving Certificate with a minimum of 2 higher subjects with Home Economics as one of the subjects or equivalent or
  • QQI Level 5 Professional Cookery Award (5M2088)
  • Personal Interview

PRINCIPLE AREAS OF STUDY

  • Culinary Techniques
  • Menu Design and Applied Nutrition
  • International Cuisines
  • Producing a Culinary Event
  • Gastronomy
  • Culinary Food Safety Management
  • Hospitality Business Management
  • Pastry, Baking and Desserts

ACCREDITATION

  • QQI

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Successful candidates may pursue careers in the hospitality industry eg kitchen, restaurant or beverage service. They can progress on to Higher Education.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Colaiste Ide College of Further Education

A word of theylcome to Colaiste Ide College of Further Education It is always a difficult decision to know what area of study one wishes to pursue after completing one's full-time education. It is even more difficult, if having left full-time education many years ago to make that decision to return again and to take up where one left off. Coming up to the Leaving Certificate they are presented with so much choice and pressure to make a correct lifetime choice that it is difficult, if not impossible, to know what is the correct option to chose. Post Leaving Certificate ctheirses have been developed with a view to providing students with options to study in their areas of interest and to either pursue those interests in Higher Education or to move directly to the workplace. They also provide mature students with a route that enables them to avail of a second chance education system that allows for the acquiring of new skills and re-acquaintance with skills acquired at an earlier stage in life.
The system of assessment used by the FETAC Accreditation system enables students to be assessed on a continual basis rather than solely on an end of year examination which can give a more accurate reflection of a student's work and results. Colaiste Ide has been providing ctheirses at this level since the mid 1970's and has developed a reputation for delivering effective and relevant career related ctheirses. Over the years, students have achieved successfully achieved what they have come to the college to study and have moved on directly into employment or on to Higher Education Institutions.
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