Do you enjoy cooking and would like to make it a career?

Program: Camp Cook

Schools:

Location:

Program length: 12 Weeks

Start date: Contact the Registrar

Credential:

  • Aurora College Record of Participation

Delivery:

  • Classroom
  • Lab
Tuition & Fees Housing Information

Program Description

This 12-week (360 hour) program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to work as camp cooks in a variety of industrial or institutional settings. The program structure is based on the knowledge and skill competencies outlined in the NWT Camp Cook Occupational Standards. The program content focuses on professionalism, nutrition, safety, sanitation, safe food storage, and the preparation of a vast variety of foods typically consumed in a camp setting. These include soups, sauces, meat, poultry, fish, seafood, vegetables, fruits, pastas, grains, salads, sandwiches, appetizers, breakfast foods and a variety of baked goods.

Program Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • Applicants must meet the following criteria:
  • Be 18 years of age or older.
  • Have successfully passed English 10-2 and Math 10-3 or equivalents.
  • Submit a medical clearance form: Be screened by Public Health for T.B. (negative Mantoux test) or present an explanatory letter from Public Health stating they do not have active tuberculosis.

Applicant Assessment

The applicant must meet the eligibility requirements, and also should be:

  • In good physical condition
  • Able to withstand long hours of standing
  • Prepared to work under pressure
  • Able to work a flexible schedule
  • Prepared to deal with being away from home for extended periods of time
  • Self-reliant

Program Admission

Applicants will be admitted to the program based upon program eligibility.

Program Information

This 12 week (360 hour) program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to work as camp cooks in a variety of industrial or institutional settings. The program structure is based on the knowledge and skill competencies outlined in the NWT Camp Cook Occupational Standards. The program content focuses on professionalism, nutrition, safety, sanitation, safe food storage, and the preparation of a vast variety of foods typically consumed in a camp setting. These include soups, sauces, meat, poultry, fish, seafood, vegetables, fruits, pastas, grains, salads, sandwiches, appetizers, breakfast foods and a variety of baked goods.

Program Objectives

Upon completion of the program the students will be able to:

  1. Follow the professional standards expected by employers in the food preparation sector;
  2. Use safe kitchen practices with knives, stoves, ovens and other tools, equipment and appliances;
  3. Follow prescribed personal hygiene, sanitation and food storage procedures;
  4. Describe the importance of nutrition and its role in overall health;
  5. Prepare a variety of baked goods typically consumed in a camp environment;
  6. Prepare a variety of soups, stocks and sauces typically consumed in a camp environment;
  7. Prepare a variety of meat, poultry, fish and seafood typically consumed in a camp environment;
  8. Prepare a variety of vegetables, fruits, pasta and grains typically consumed in a camp environment;
  9. Prepare a variety of salads, sandwiches and appetizers typically consumed in a camp environment;

Completion Requirements

The pass mark for each course is 60 percent and students are required to pass all courses in the program.

Document of Recognition

Aurora College Record of Achievement

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