Restaurant Management

The Diploma in Restaurant Management is designed with industry partners (IHF, Restaurant Association and Fáilte Ireland) to provide a professional career route for two specific groups of individuals, staff building a career in the restaurant sector or career changers. The programme also seeks to attract existing staff working in the sector who wish to gain a qualification and begin a management career. The course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to achieve a Level 7 Major Award in a single year (2 days per week). The South East Regional Skills Forum “Hospitality Skills Report 2021” specifically calls for this type of course “to actively target specific cohorts who may be interested in employment in the sector including returners to the workforce, mature persons seeking new opportunities and persons seeking a career change and persons seeking consistent quality work”. The aim of this programme is to provide learners with the knowledge, practical skills and competence necessary for a career in a modern ever-changing restaurant environment. This will be achieved by developing modern food and beverage skills in various different styles of food service. Combined with practical skills students will also upskill in human resource management; costing and productivity in financially challenging environment; Leading and motivating colleagues; digital marketing techniques; Excel in customer service; and interpersonal skills through taking initiative and applying flexibility and creativity in problem solving. The combination of these skills will make the graduates attractive employees in the marketplace.

Delivery

The course will be delivered both online and on site at SETU in Waterford. Students will be online on Mondays 10am-4pm and on site in SETU on Tuesday only from 9am-6pm. This schedule will run for 12 week semesters. Students will be required to have use of laptop for the duration of the programme. Students will also complete a 12-week work placement. The majority of assessment will be via continuous assessment and students will be required to attend for one on site exam in the sustainability module. Students are afforded the opportunity to complement college based-learning and skills with a structured placement under the guidance of an industry mentor. This placement can be with their existing employer in a new role or with a new employer in a management role. The placement element is essential as it allows students combine experience, skills and competencies developed on the diploma to make their first step forward in their restaurant management career following completion of course.

Cost

Fee (payable by employed people): €575

Qualification

Diploma in Restaurant Management (60 credits, Special Purpose Award, Level 7)