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New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 4) (Restaurant Service strand)

This course is available

On-Campus

Level of Study

Certificate

Duration

3 days

Next start date

Expected Feb 2027

Campus

Ōtara campus

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Summary

People spend millions every year at cafés, restaurants, bars and other hospitality businesses. This demand leads to job opportunities for skilled hospitality workers.

Build on your front-of-house knowledge while gaining the skills required to practice advanced food and beverage service across the wider hospitality sector.

Designed to be accessible to people already employed in the industry who are looking to gain a qualification while continuing to work.

Or to other learners by using embedded work experience alongside the on-campus workshops in our purpose-built facility.

Entry criteria

General

To be admitted to this programme, applicants must hold one of the following:

  1. 40 credits at NCEA Level 1, including 10 Literacy credits and 10 Numeracy credits, or

  2. New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 3), or

  3. a relevant qualification at NZQF Level 2, or

  4. a recognised equivalent

English language requirements

All applicants (international and domestic) for whom English or te reo Māori is not a first language need to provide evidence that they have the necessary English language proficiency required for the programme.

International applicants are required to have an IELTS (General or Academic) score of 5.5 with no individual band lower than 5 from a single test taken in the preceding two years, or an equivalent described in the NZQA Rules.

Give yourself credit with Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

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Your previous work experience and on-the-job skills, volunteering, professional development, and other providers’ qualifications can be recognised as prior learning, matched against credits in our courses, and put towards your qualification – potentially saving you money and possibly helping you to complete your qualification faster Learn more.

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