Improve and advance your baking skills with the Certificate III in Retail Baking (Combined). If you have a passion for creative work as an artisan baker or pastry chef, you’ll thrive in this fast-paced, dynamic and rewarding industry. Create, create and bake Once you’ve created your masterpieces using our state-of-the-art commercial machinery, you’ll have the opportunity to showcase your creations in our fully operational restaurant, St Georges. We’ve developed this combined Bakery and Commercial Kitchen course to provide you with all the necessary skills to work as a baker in a retail or wholesale bakery, or in a commercial kitchen. Our qualified, experienced teachers are focused on providing you with practical experience while you learn the fundamentals covering bread, cakes and pastries. Course outcomes You should be able to find employment as a baker in a retail or commercial bakery, or in a commercial kitchen. Work placement You may already be in the workplace or industry, but you’ll also have the opportunity to work in our fabulous St Georges restaurant (Preston campus), for real work experience. Apprenticeships and Non Apprenticeships Melbourne Polytechnic offers apprenticeship and non-apprenticeship training at our Preston campus and in the workplace. Workplace training is conducted within your business and is tailored to both the individual and the business’s capabilities and needs. For further information conduct our workplace programs unit. Non-Apprenticeship applicants please be aware delivery is subject to government funding. Modes of Delivery Blended, Workplace, Face-to-face, Flexible, Classroom Pathways to further study Successful completion of this course will enable you to enrol in Certificate IV in Patisserie or Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery. Further study pathways could include the Diploma of Hospitality and the Bachelor of Hospitality Management. Career Pathways You may use this program to develop your career in hospitality.