Professional Cook 1 (PC1)
SD43’s TRAIN in Trades Program means that students have an amazing opportunity to gain level 1 technical training while still in high school. All the training programs are dual credit, meaning students gain high school and post secondary credits (with some gaining a third/industry credit with the ITA towards trade certification).
Professional Cook 1 (PC 1) Youth Training in Trades
Professional Cook Level 1 is a tuition free trades training program that provides dual credit for high school courses and a Level 1 certificate towards an Interprovincial Red Seal in Professional Cooking. This post-secondary training opportunity is a partnership between the Industry Training Authority (ITA) and the Coquitlam School District’s Training in Trades program.
This PC1 program is offered at Centennial during the second semester and requires four blocks of classes, which include three practical training blocks and one block of theory training each day. Training in this program will prepare students to handle the day to day demands of working in the culinary industry.
Areas of study for PC1 include applications in the preparation and presentation of vegetables, soups, sauces, meats, fish and poultry, cold kitchen items; desserts, baking and pastries. This program will also include basic menu planning/costing as well as advanced study in safety, and sanitation procedures. Students will learn classical French cooking methods mixed with modern international cooking techniques, under the direction of a Red Seal Teaching Chef. Students can register for Professional Cook Level 1 upon completion of grade 10 or equivalent literacy and numeracy skills courses.
The application for this program can be found here.
Course Fees: 250.00 mandatory fee for textbooks, learning guides and uniform.
Foundation: Culinary Arts 12