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Nitec in Western Culinary Arts


Do you enjoy creating delicacies in the kitchen? Are you thrilled when others enjoy your culinary creations?

Join this course and you will learn to whip up a wide range of stocks, sauces, soups, starch, egg, meat and seafood dishes, as well as cold foods, desserts and alcoholic beverages according to recipe specifications.

Acquire knowledge and skills gained which are highly relevant to the industry

  • Store raw, cooked, fresh, dry and canned food.
  • Carry out basic butchery work.     
  • Prepare raw food (mise-en-place) for cooking.
  • Prepare stocks and gravies.
  • Prepare basic sauces.
  • Prepare a range of soups.
  • Cook and present a specified range of vegetable, starch and egg dishes.
  • Cook and present a specified range of meat, poultry, fish and seafood dishes.
  • Prepare and present cold food.
  • Prepare a range of sweet and savoury desserts.
  • Handle guest enquiries on food-related concerns.

Gain valuable first-hand experience

  • Opportunity for real-work exposure through a 6-month industry attachment


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Entry Requirements

To apply for the Nitec in Western Culinary Arts course, you need to have:

Subject
Grade
GCE ‘O’ level grades in any 2 subjects
1 - 8
or
  
GCE ‘N’ level passes in English Language and 2 other subjects
A - D or 1 - 5


Note: Applicants applying for this course must undergo pre-course interview and clear a pre-entry medical check-up .This course comprises full-time campus training and company-based training.

Duration and Venue

This is a two-year course and is available at :

Progression Opportunities

Nitec in Western Culinary Arts graduates with a GPA of 2.8 and above may also apply for progression to related Higher Nitec courses offered by ITE.

Career Prospects

Nitec in Western Culinary Arts graduates are employed by establishments in restaurants and food and beverage outlets in hotels.

There are excellent opportunities for career advancement to supervisory positions and beyond. The challenge is for students to upgrade their technical skills and knowledge by taking higher-level courses.

Course Structure

To obtain theNitec in Western Culinary Arts certification, you need to accumulate at least 62 credits.

Core Modules
46
Life Skills Modules
10
Elective Modules
6
Total
62


Core Modules (Click on title to view module description)

Credits

4

4

Accompaniments and Side Dishes

4

Main Course Preparation

5

4

4
5
4
4
8

Life Skills Modules

Credits

8
4
Sports and Wellness I

1
Sports and Wellness II

1

Electives

Course-specific

Credits

3

3
3
3
Inter-disciplinary Credits
2

General

Credits
Mathematics (Level 9)

3
Mathematics (Level 10)

3
Mathematics 'O' I to II

2 or 3
English Language 'O' I to II
 2 or 3
2 or 3

Note: The offer of electives is subject to the training schedule of respective ITE Colleges. Students are advised to check with their Class Advisors on the availability of the elective modules they intend to pursue.

For more information

For general queries on the course, please email training@ite.edu.sg.

Last updated on 29 Nov 2010