Hospitality Courses

BAR SERVICE COURSE - DISTANCE LEARNING

One of the best ways to work around the world!

Learn how to manage a bar studying at home.

• Learn the skills and knowledge you need to work anywhere in the world
• Gain great employment skills
• Study at home in your own time and pace
• Start your own bar

This course provides foundation knowledge for those attending a bar or working as a bartender/drinks waiter or waitress. In this course you will:

• Become familiar with alcoholic drinks such as wine, spirits, beers and cocktails
• Learn how to make non-alcoholic drinks including cappuccinos, chai lattes and other specialty teas
• Learn how to provide quality service to bar customers
• Mix a range of cocktails and other drinks and
• Learn the fundamentals of wine appreciation

BED AND BREAKFAST MANAGEMENT COURSE - STUDY ONLINE

• Start a Bed and Breakfast or Guesthouse
• Improve an Existing Business
• Build your knowledge, networking and insight into career and business opportunities in Tourism and Hospitality

A Bed and Breakfast or Home Stay business can be lucrative if you have the facilities and plan to develop properly. This type of business is suitable for many kinds of people, and is both convenient and affordable to start up - whether the aim is to supplement your regular income, or to achieve something more ambitious.

As with any business, your chance of success is greatly enhanced if you plan and prepare properly before launching. Through this course you will learn about all of the important things you need to know about setting up and/or managing a guest house or Bed and Breakfast operation - from the facilities you need to provide, to decor, equipment, customer service, supplying meals, financial management, marketing and more.

Learn Cleaning Skills

Understand the Cleaning Industry

Work as a cleaner, cleaning service manager or provider of products or equipment in the cleaning industry.

Study Event Management and learn more about the skills and planning required to organise events, exhibitions and festivals.

This course is a sound foundation for working in a restaurant, catering or other food service enterprise. Topics covered vary from kitchen and food management to planning a menu, restaurant staffing and table waiting and customer service skills.

Comment from one of our Food and Beverage Management students:

"I have enjoyed the course and would study with ACS again" D. Hennessy

Learn how to prepare and cook food.  This is core life skill. In a health conscious world with increasing costs of food, we need to know how to cook and prepare food safely. 

Understand the principles for selecting, cleaning, cutting, preserving, flavouring, mixing, cooking ....and everything else involved in preparing food for consumption.

Become a better cook at home, socially, or for work. 

Are you?

• health conscious 
• feeding a large family 
• on a budget 
• a food lover 
• keen to develop your culinary skills
• need to understand how nutrition is affected by food 
• working in meal planning
• affected by a specific diet 
• work with people 
• consider a career in catering or the food service industry 

This course complements other studies and courses offered such as Food and Beverage Management, Event Management and Self Sufficiency. It features in our larger courses certificate and diplomas in food management. Enrolling in a course like this depends upon why you need to learn food preparation. Some may wish to become more self sufficient, others may wish to work in a restaurant, catering services, culinary supplies (e.g. a kitchen shop) or hospitality services.

Learn the fundamentals of food technology

Understand how food is prepared, packaged, presented and stored in a infomercial situation -

• small scale or large 
• factory , cafe or cottage industry

LEARN ALL ASPECTS OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT!

Do you want to take the next step in your career ? Or expand your current hospitality skills?  This course can help you get there! For a successful career in the Hotel Management industry, you must:

• Understand the nature and structure of the hospitality industry
• Be aware of the contemporary issues relevant to the industry
• Develop generic business skills that are required in today’s business environment (eg. Communication, management, marketing, planning)

You will learn about all aspects of managing a hotel and the sections within it.  Find out how to organize staff to work efficiently and effectively as a team.  Learn about managing areas such as food service, front desk, building and maintenance, servicing rooms, activities and staff. This course provides a very solid foundation for anyone in the hotel industry. 

A broad based and basic training to work in hospitality, accommodation, hotels, motels or resorts. A popular and substantial starting point for anyone in the hotel industry, at 100 hrs duration.

HUMAN NUTRITION ONLINE COURSE 

This course provides a broad and in depth understanding of the make up of foods and how the human body utilises those foods.

It is ideal for either:

• People working or seeking to work with food or nutrition, or

• Individuals seeking a sound practical and scientific understanding of how to improve their own nutrition.

• As a first step toward a specialised Certificate or higher qualification

LEARN TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR FOOD

This course teaches you how to develop a well balanced diet. Topics covered include how cooking and food processing affect nutrition, recommended nutrient intakes, assessing nutritional needs, planning a balanced diet, timing of meals, needs for special people/groups.

HOME STUDY COURSE IN HUMAN NUTRITION  

This course deals with the management of foods to optimize health. Learn about eating and nutritional disorders including food toxicity and sensitivity, dental problems, fiber and bowel diseases, different ways to eat, detoxification, and more.

Start an exciting and rewarding career in wedding planning right here!

Make other people happy by planning a meticulously planned and well organised occasion! 

A wedding planner will have a range of tasks from hiring the band, talking to the photographer, finding a caterer, negotiating lower prices and above all be VERY well organised.  They are normally self employed and understand all aspects of the wedding industry, and are continually cultivating a network of contacts within that industry. Don’t worry if you are unfamiliar with the wedding industry, or for that matter, basic business practices NOW: that’s what the course will help you with!