- Location
- Langside Campus
- SCQF Level
- 4
- Start Date
- 25 Aug 2025
- Qualification Type
- NQ
- Course Type
- Short Full-Time
- Duration
- 18 weeks (August to January)
Applications open 15th January 2025
Start your professional journey in an exciting industry with lots of career opportunities with this National Progression Award (NPA) in Bakery. Throughout the 18 weeks you will learn to use professional equipment to develop your practical bakery skills in craft baking, bread making, cake decoration and pastry making. If you are interested in pursuing a career in the bakery or catering industries, but do not necessarily have any prior experience - this is the course for you.
What will I learn?
Taught by experienced chef lecturers with a wealth of industry knowledge and experience you will be guided through 18 weeks of training in the following.
- Bread making: An introduction
- Pastry
- Craft baking
- Cake decoration: An introduction
- Food hygiene for the hospitality industry
- Assist with an event
- Safety in the professional kitchen
- Healthy cookery
- Guidance.
Entry requirements (minimum)
- No formal entry qualifications are required
- You must have an interest in the catering and hospitality industry
- An interview will be part of the selection process
- References may be required
- Proof of residency and ESOL Level 2 will be required.
Entry requirement equivalency table
- If you do not meet the entry criteria for your chosen course, you may be offered an alternative course in the same subject area.
Employer and industry links
You have the opportunity to gain part-time employment while attending college through our links to industry.
Jobs and further study
If you successfully complete this course, you may progress to:
- NPA Professional Cookery (Level 4)
- NPA Professional Cookery (Level 5)
- Jobs and apprenticeships in the hospitality industry.
Take a look at the course progression map for hospitality and catering courses.
Making an application
For courses starting in August, you can make up to two applications.
Applications are made to a course and a first choice of campus. If the course is oversubscribed at your first choice you will be automatically considered for alternative sites and may be made an offer without a further application.
I've applied — what happens next?
When you apply
You will receive an automated email confirming that we have received your application (remember to check your SPAM folder).
Your application will be reviewed by the admissions team and you will either be:
- Made a direct offer (unconditional or conditional)
- Invited to book an interview session
- Advised that your application is unsuccessful – you have not met the entry requirements for this course and are advised to contact the College Student Advice Centres to discuss alternative options which may be available to you.
- We aim not to reject an application and if you don’t meet the entry requirements you may be referred to a different course or level.
If you are invited to interview, you will be informed of the outcome of your interview by email within 14 working days. The outcome will be one of the following:
- Unconditional offer of a place – you have met all the entry requirements and your place is guaranteed. You will be required to accept this offer to secure your place.
- Conditional offer of a place – your place is secured pending you meeting the entry requirements. This may mean achieving school or college qualifications which you may not be able to provide to us yet. You will be required to accept this offer to secure your conditional place. Once your conditions are met this will change to an unconditional offer of a place which you must accept before you can enrol on the course.
- Waiting list – you have met all entry requirements, and have been interviewed however, the course is now full so you have been placed on a waiting list. If any spaces become available you may be contacted, usually around the course start date. We would advise that you also consider other application options.
- Reserve list – following your interview, you have unfortunately not been successful in this round of recruitment. We have placed your name on a Reserve list and your application may be reconsidered at a later date. This could happen any time up to the start date of the course but it is very possible that you will not be offered a place. We would advise that you also consider other application options.
- Unsuccessful – your interview has been unsuccessful. You may be offered a place on a course at a different level, or advised to contact the College Student Advice Centres to discuss alternative options which may be available to you.
Once an offer is received, you must reply within 14 working days or risk losing your place, as the system will automatically decline your offer after 14 days.
Once you have accepted your offer, you will be sent out instructions about student funding, joining instructions and induction date. This will normally be sent out within three weeks of accepting your offer.
