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Certificate in Catering and Accommodation Operations (CCAO)

This is a two-year programme that provides students with technical and specialised professional skills to operate in several departments of a hotel like food and beverage service, food production, and rooms. Practical skills are especially emphasised while developing a range of personal qualities and attributes essential in the hospitality industry.

Entry Requirements
A trainee entering this course should have any of the following minimum requirements
UCE Certificate with at least 5 passes obtained at the same sitting two of which must be in Mathematics and English Language.
Examinable Units
Theory
  • Food and beverage production
  • Food and beverage sales and service with home nursing and first aid
  • Catering and accommodation control and mathematics
  • Information communication technology (ICT)
  • Housekeeping and Front office operation
  • Laundry

Practical

  • Food and beverage production
  • Food and Beverage service and sales
  • Housekeeping and Front office operations
  • Laundry
In order to qualify for the award of the Certificate in Catering and Accommodation Operations, the candidate must pass all the modules of the course. Results will be issued in Five classes .Each candidate will receive all records of performance, giving the result in terms of class and grade.
The relationship between classes and grades is
·        Pass with distinction               Grade 1 and 2
·        Pass with credit                       Grade 3 and 4
·        Pass                                        Grade 5 and 6
·        Referred                                 Grade 7
·        Fail                                         Grade 8A