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QQI Level 4 Professional Bakery Skills

This award winning two year course equips trainees (16-21yrs) with the skills in both bread making and flour confectionery with trainees progressing to employment and/or further education/training.

On graduating from the course a trainee will receive the following:

Certificate in Baking Industries Skills (after 1 year)*
Diploma in Proficiency in Baking Industry Skills QQI Level 4/FDQ Level 2 (On completing two years)*

The course outline includes:

Bread Making, Traditional, Modern and Sour Dough
Morning Goods, Doughnuts, sweet breads, Danish Pastry and Croissants
Chocolate, tempering, handmade and ganache
Scone products, savoury, sweet and griddle
Pastry, pies, biscuit, choux and puff
Almond and Sugar based, meringues, macaroons, frangipane and almond slices
Sponge and Cake, Swiss roll, sandwiches, sheeted products, cupcakes, madeira and fruit cake
Cake Decoration, royal icing, marzipan, sugar paste, decoration and modelling techniques
Theory based products
Food Safety
HACCP
Knife skills
Work experience

ABST

Trainees also have the opportunity to take part in competitions & have enjoyed great success at the ABST Conference in England.

As a member of the ABST, they are invited to an annual conference to compete in bakery competitions against other students in the UK &Ireland, while they also attend classes & demonstrations delivered by leading industry professionals.

Course Duration: Two Years*