Specialist Training
If you are joining with little or no catering experience , you will need to complete specialist training at the Food Services Training Wing at Worthy Down . This 12-week course will train you to maintain excellent standards of personal , food and kitchen hygiene whilst using specialist kitchen equipment to produce a variety of dishes . You will also undertake a 10-day Introduction to Deployed Operations with No 3 Mobile Catering Squadron ( 3 MCS ) where you will be trained to set up field kitchens under tentage , this skill will enable you to provide catering support to deployed operations worldwide as well as supporting exercises both based in the UK and abroad .
( Qualified ) Specialist Training
If you have the relevant qualifications and experience in professional cookery you will be offered the opportunity to undertake a diagnostic test at Food Services Training Wing at Worthy Down prior to attestation . Applicants are required to achieve a minimum 80 % pass in both the Theory and Practical elements to ensure eligibility for accelerated promotion thereafter . Successful applicants ( after completion of BRTC ) will automatically progress to the last 4 weeks of the chef course where they will complete familiarisation training and the 10-day introduction to Deployed Operations with 3 MCS .
Additional Qualification Opportunities
All Chef entrants , where eligible , are offered the opportunity to enrol on to the Production Chef Intermediate Apprenticeship . The Apprenticeship is completed during your first tour of duty following an Independent End Point Assessment The Chef training programme includes the following elements :
· Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering
· Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
· Level 2 Award in Nutrition
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