SIT20416 Certificate II in Kitchen Operations (Release 2) (SUPERSEDED BY SIT20421)

$7787.00 AUD Price excludes GST

Qualification Mapping Information

Superseded by SIT20421 Certificate II in Cookery

Qualification Description

This qualification reflects the role of individuals working in kitchens who use a defined and limited range of food preparation and cookery skills to prepare food and menu items. They are involved in mainly routine and repetitive tasks and work under direct supervision. This qualification does not provide the skills required by commercial cooks, which are covered in SIT30816 Certificate III in Commercial Cookery.

This qualification provides a pathway to work in kitchen operations in organisations such as restaurants, hotels, catering operations, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops; and institutions such as aged care facilities, hospitals, prisons, and schools.

Possible job titles include:

  • breakfast cook

  • catering assistant

  • fast food cook

  • sandwich hand

  • takeaway cook.

No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.



Package Rules

13 units must be completed:

  • 8 core units

  • 5 elective units, consisting of:

    • 3 units from the list below

    • 2 units from the list below, elsewhere in the SIT Training Package, or any other current Training Package or accredited course.

The selection of electives must be guided by the job outcome sought, local industry requirements and the complexity of skills appropriate to the AQF level of this qualification.