Health Care Cook Certificate
Nipawin, Canada
Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Cumberland College's Health Care Cook Certificate prepares cooks for hospitals, long-term care, personal care and private facilities. You'll combine hands-on cooking with online theory to adapt textures and nutrition for medical needs, plan menus, run kitchen operations and apply food-safety measures. The programme covers general cooking, nutrition, special diets, event planning, communication and health-care systems to give practical experience for care kitchens.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as health care cook, institutional cook, dietary aide, menu planner, or kitchen supervisor in hospitals, long-term and private care settings. Skills transfer to culinary services, nutrition support, menu development and foodservice management.
Cooks in health care are in demand. The Health Care Cook program is designed to prepare cooks for work in health care settings, such as hospitals, long-term care homes, personal care homes, and private care facilities. You will interact with patients and residents, modify diets to meet specific texture and nutritional requirements related to medical conditions. You will combine hands-on cooking skills with online theoretical knowledge to flexibly gain valuable health care cooking experience.
You will gain experience in:
- General cooking skills
- Menu planning
- Nutrition
- Special diets
- Special event planning
- Communication skills
- Kitchen operations
- Safety and sanitation
- Health care systems
You’ll have the knowledge and skills for a wide variety of jobs in the health care sector, and work full-time in hospitals, long-term care homes, personal care homes, and more.
