- Location
- Langside Campus
- SCQF Level
- 5
- Start Date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Qualification Type
- NQ
- Course Type
- Short Full-Time
- Duration
- 18 Weeks (January to June)
Launching Your Café: Skills for Success is an 18-week course which will help prepare you to open a Café. Alongside culinary skills, you’ll also gain essential insight into food safety, barista and business planning. Whether you’re just starting out or refining an existing business idea, this course equips you with the tools and knowledge to turn your vision into reality.
The course is ideal for creative, motivated and ambitious individuals who want to enhance their knowledge and skills to run their own business within the hospitality industry.
What will I learn?
During the Launching your Café: Skills for Success course you'll develop key entrepreneurial skills needed to start a food business including customer care, food safety, cost management, and profitability - vital for ensuring the success of your venture.
Entry requirements (minimum)
- A relevant qualification at Level 4 or equivalent relevant experience in the catering industry would be advantageous
- Core skills entry Level 4
- If English is not your first lanaguge you should have ESOL Level 3
The Scottish Credit and Qualifications (SCQF) Framework can help you to check if you're choosing the right level of study. Take a look at the SCQF Interactive Framework here.
Employer and industry links
We work closely with industry experts to ensure our courses meet current market needs. By providing up-to-date training on the latest culinary trends, we help you earn qualifications that are highly relevant and valued in today’s job market.
Jobs and further study
By completing this course, you’ll be prepared to bring your business ideas to life and launch your own small food venture, while nurturing and developing your existing skills and talents.
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 in December / January.