Sustainability in Professional Kitchens (7019)

Last Updated: 09 May 2017
City & Guilds, alongside WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), PACE (Professional Association for Catering Education), People 1st and Academy of Culinary Arts, have developed 6 award sized qualifications looking at Sustainability in Professional Kitchens.

These can be delivered as stand alone awards, as CPD or as part of enrichment activities alongside existing cookery qualification to increase the chef/learner’s awareness around sustainability including sustainable practice and waste prevention and management within professional kitchens.
These qualifications are aimed at chefs/learners who want to further develop their awareness around sustainability within professional kitchens including issues such as waste management and food sourcing.
Available to deliver in the following:
  • England
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland

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 In Studying This Course?
You'll cover things like: 
  • Sourcing and purchasing sustainable commodities
  • Sustainable practice
  • Waste prevention and management.

Level 2 assessment will be through multiple choice paper and level 3 short answer questions. 

What Careers Can This Lead To?
These qualifications can help you to progress within the industry as a chef.
What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?
In order to offer this award you will need suitably qualified staff to carry out training and assessment.

You will also need suitable facilities to carry out the required training to enable learners to achieve industry standards.
Centres may design course programmes of study in any way that best meets the needs and capabilities of their candidates and satisfies the requirements of the qualification.

When designing and delivering the course programme, centres might wish to incorporate other teaching and learning that is not assessed as part of the qualification. This might include the following:
  • literacy, language and/or numeracy
  • personal learning and thinking
  • personal and social development
  • employability
To find all the resource requirements for assessment and delivery, download the qualification handbook.

Centres can gain fast track approval, onto the 7019 qualifications, if currently offering any of the following: 7100-82, 7100-12, 7132-07, 7132-08, 7100-83, 7100-84, 7133-01, 7133-02, 7133-03.

There are no eligibility requirements.

Level 2

These awards can be delivered as stand alone awards, as CPD or as part of enrichment activities alongside existing cookery qualification to increase and develop the chef/learner’s knowledge around sustainability within professional kitchens.
What Careers Can This Lead To?
These qualifications can help you to progress within the industry as a chef.
Level 2 Award in Principles of Sourcing Sustainable Commodities for Professional Kitchens (7019-20)
Last Registration Date: 31 Oct 2017

Level 2 Award in Principles of Sourcing Sustainable Commodities for Professional Kitchens

  • Accreditation No: 600/9228/2 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: 2 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: 17 - 17 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/10/2019 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Level 2 Award in Principles of Sustainable Practice in Professional Kitchens (7019-21)
Last Registration Date: 31 Oct 2017

Level 2 Award in Principles of Sustainable Practice in Professional Kitchens

  • Accreditation No: 600/9232/4 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: 1 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: 7 - 7 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/10/2019 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Level 2 Award in Principles of Waste Prevention and Management in Professional Kitchens (7019-22)
Last Registration Date: 31 Oct 2017

Level 2 Award in Principles of Waste Prevention and Management in Professional Kitchens

  • Accreditation No: 600/9229/4 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: 2 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: 11 - 11 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/10/2019 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued

Level 3

These awards can be delivered as stand alone awards, as CPD or as part of enrichment activities alongside existing cookery qualification to increase and develop the chef/learner’s knowledge around sustainability within professional kitchens.
What Careers Can This Lead To?
These qualifications can help you to progress within the industry as a chef.
Level 3 Award in Principles of Purchasing Sustainable Food Commodities for Professional Kitchens (7019-30)
Last Registration Date: 31 Oct 2017

Level 3 Award in Principles of Purchasing Sustainable Food Commodities for Professional Kitchens

  • Accreditation No: 601/0227/5 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: 2 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: 12 - 12 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/10/2020 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Level 3 Award in Principles of Responsible Waste Prevention and Management in Professional Kitchens (7019-31)
Last Registration Date: 31 Oct 2017

Level 3 Award in Principles of Responsible Waste Prevention and Management in Professional Kitchens

  • Accreditation No: 600/9230/0 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: 2 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: 16 - 16 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/10/2020 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Level 3 Award in Principles of Sustainable Practice in Professional Kitchens (7019-32)
Last Registration Date: 31 Oct 2017

Level 3 Award in Principles of Sustainable Practice in Professional Kitchens

  • Accreditation No: 600/9231/2 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: 2 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: 13 - 13 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/10/2020 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued

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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. 

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