Sugarcraft qualifications and training courses

Last Updated: 13 Jul 2021

Our certificates and diplomas in Sugarcraft cover a wide range of skills from cupcakes and cake pops, royal icing techniques, creating a botanical sugar floral study through to techniques using chocolate couverture.

This qualification is ideal for anyone interested in working or wanting to work in cake decoration, from complete beginners to those wishing to develop their skills and knowledge.

Available to deliver in the following:

England
Wales – please check QiW website for available funding
Northern Ireland
Ireland
International

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form.

General Information

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

If your Centre is approved to offer the Award/Certificate/Diploma in Creative Techniques - Sugarcraft you can apply for the new qualification in Sugarcraft approval using the fast track approval form, available from the City & Guilds website.

Centres should use the fast track form if:
• there have been no changes to the way the qualifications are delivered, and
• they meet all of the approval criteria in the fast track form guidance notes.

Fast track approval is available for 12 months from the launch of the qualification. After 12 months, the Centre will have to go through the standard Qualification Approval Process. The centre is responsible for checking that fast track approval is still current at the time of application.

To offer these qualifications, new centres will need to gain both centre and qualification approval. Please refer to the Centre Manual - Supporting Customer Excellence for further information.

Centre staff should familiarise themselves with the structure, content and assessment requirements of the qualifications before designing a course programme.

Level 1

They allow learners to cover and use sugar as a creative medium to develop and practise Sugarcraft and cake decoration skills required for career progression.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

They allow learners to progress onto the following City & Guilds qualifications:

City & Guilds Level 2 Award in Sugarcraft (7159-02)
City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Sugarcraft (7159-12)
City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma Sugarcraft (7159-22)

Level 1 Award in Sugarcraft (7159-01)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2023

Level 1 Award in Sugarcraft (Sugarpaste Techniques)

Accreditation No: 600/7397/4 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 4 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 30 - 30 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 40 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2025 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £47.10 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 1 Certificate in Sugarcraft (7159-11)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2023

Level 1 Certificate in Sugarcraft

Accreditation No: 600/7407/3 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 14 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 115 - 121 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 140 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2024 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £71.20 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 2

They allow learners to cover and use sugar as a creative medium to develop and practise the Sugarcraft and cake decoration skills required for Employment or career progression.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

They allow candidates to progress onto the following City & Guilds qualifications:

City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Sugarcraft (7159-03)
City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Sugarcraft (7159-13)
City & Guilds Level 2 Award/Certificate/Diploma for Proficiency in Baking Industry Skills (1285)

Level 2 Certificate in Sugarcraft (7159-12)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2023

Level 2 Certificate in Sugarcraft

Accreditation No: 600/7425/5 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 20 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 117 - 128 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 200 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2025 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £85.80 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 3

They allow learners to cover and use sugar as a creative medium to develop and practise the Sugarcraft and cake decoration skills required for Employment or career progression.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

They allow candidates to progress into employment or self employment as a designer maker.

Level 3 Certificate in Sugarcraft (7159-13)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2023

Level 3 Certificate in Sugarcraft

Accreditation No: 600/7677/X This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 29 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 186 - 194 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 290 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2026 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £140.00 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Here you can find all documents related to this suite of qualifications.

By clicking on the section headings below, you can access a variety of documents such as the qualification handbooks and assessment materials, Statements of Purpose, and recognition letters from industry and employers.

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