The Hospitality industry is a vibrant and exciting world, with a huge range of jobs available. The New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 3) is a fantastic entry-level programme that will set you up for employment in a café, bar, restaurant or at events/functions.
Get a qualification that can take you anywhere in New Zealand or overseas!
We will guide you through learning about topics like front-linecustomer service, food handling and safety, and communication.
There’s loads of hands-on experience at our teaching restaurant and café, supported by our passionate and experienced tutors who will help you learn skills such as table service in casual and fine dining environments, barista skills, cocktail mixology, bar service, and food preparation.
17 weeks full-time
This programme is eligible for the Zero Fees Scheme.
International Fees can be found here.
The NZ Certificate in Food and Beverage Service focuses on delivering the core skills required for anyone wanting to make a career, or secure seasonal employment, delivering hospitality services, products and experiences to customers.
Gain the skills you need to become a valued member of a café, restaurant or functions team. You'll learn to serve food and beverages offered at cafés and functions and develop the professional communication skills to serve customers and deal with any customer service issues. You'll also learn to work safely and to regulations in hospitality environments and when serving and handling food and beverages.
SIT's training facilities are well equipped and the tutors are very passionate about their craft. At SIT you will get the advantage of real-world experience as you operate the Bungalow Restaurant (alongside Cookery students) for several periods during the year.
4646 Demonstrate knowledge of the Sale of and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and its implications for licenced premises
16705 Demonstrate knowledge of host responsibility requirements as Duty Manager of licenced premises
26308 Provide restaurant service in a hospitality establishment
27927 Apply health, safety and security practices to service delivery operations
27928 Interact with other staff, managers and customers to provide service delivery outcomes
27929 Apply standard operating procedures and the code of conduct to a work role in a service delivery organisation
Graduates will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to serve food and beverage, apply and maintain health and safety, food safety and security practices to ensure safety, communicate effectively when serving customers and behave in a professional manner with colleagues, managers and customers and follow standard operating procedures in cafés and restaurants or in a functions team.
Graduates will gain the skills to work in cafes, restaurants, function centres and licenced premises in an entry level position, or move onto further training in the hospitality industry.
Further study options
Graduates of this programmes can progress to more advanced programmes in Hospitality such as:
Entry into the New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service, will be granted to applicants who:
All enrolments in the New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service are approved at the discretion of the programme manager in consultation with the head of faculty and teaching staff, as required.
English Language Requirements
Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following:
NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or
an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or
Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL); or
Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of a Bachelor ‘s Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or
Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment.
Certificate at Level 3
For students to be considered to have satisfactorily completed this programme, and be eligible for award of the qualification “New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 3)”, they must have:
(Please note: students failing to engage for 80% of timetabled programme hours will forfeit Zero Fees entitlement.)
Classes are held Monday to Saturday, 9.00am-5.00pm at SIT's Invercargill campus.