WJEC Hospitality and Catering

Exam Board: WJEC

This structure has been designed to develop your knowledge and understanding related to a range of hospitality and catering providers; how they operate and what they have to take into account to be successful. There is the opportunity to learn about issues related to nutrition and food safety and how they affect successful hospitality and catering operations.

In this qualification, you will also have the opportunity to develop some food preparation and cooking skills as well as transferable skills of problem-solving, organisation and time management, planning and communication.

Through the two units, you will gain an overview of the hospitality and catering industry and the type of job roles that may be available to assist you in making choices about progression. Successful completion of this qualification could support entry to qualifications that develop specific skills for work in hospitality and catering.

Successful completion of this qualification could support entry to qualifications that develop specific skills for work in hospitality and catering, such as:

Assessment

Unit 1: Hospitality and Catering Industry
(externally-assessed)

Unit 2: Hospitality and Catering in Action
(internally-assessed)

Where can it lead?

Possible career paths include: dietitian, kitchen assistant, nutritionist, personal trainer, chef, caterer, life coach, cake decorator, scientist, butcher, food hygiene inspector, restaurant host and more.

You will develop a range of transferable skills including teamwork, leadership, organisation, self-discipline, creativity, productivity, cookery and communication. 

Find out where studies in Hospitality and Catering can take you on Unifrog:

Food Subject Profile

Hospitality Subject Profile