Launch your career as a chef and learn the skills needed for entry into the hospitality and cookery industry. This qualification reflects the role of cooks who use a wide range of well-developed cookery skills and sound knowledge of kitchen operations to prepare food and menu items. Using discretion and judgement, they work with some independence and under limited supervision using plans, policies and procedures to guide work activities. Completion of this qualification contributes to recognition as a trade cook and provides pathways to work in restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes, and coffee shops.