Barista Course Melbourne

Espress Yourself

Course Details

Serve It Up’s “Espress Yourself” barista course in Melbourne will provide the skills and knowledge to enter Melbourne’s coffee elite. This is more than just a coffee making course because it may very well be the best barista course in Melbourne. This government funded barista course is based on the Nationally Accredited Espresso Machine Operation Skill Set including espresso coffee training, coffee machine essentials, coffee art/latte art, customer service, your food handlers’ certificate, and POS training.

Looking for work as a barista in some of Melbourne’s best cafes? Or maybe you want to learn to make high quality barista coffee at home.

No matter what your goals are, our “Espress Yourself” barista course is perfect to give you the skills and confidence you need to excel behind the coffee machine. This barista course is based on the Nationally Accredited Espresso Machine Operation Skill Set. On successful completion of the barista course we can help with job matching.  

Course

SITSS00080

Espresso Machine Operation

Combo Deal – No fees if eligible for funding for our Dual Skill SetCoffee + Job Ready Tickets

Location

39/617-643 Spencer St, West Melbourne, Victoria, 3003

Fees

Concession: $50

Government Funded: $250

Fee for Service $400

 

 Duration

 4 x consecutive days 

Student have up to 1 month to complete the skill set. 

 

Where you can Work

This course will enable participants to gain the skills and knowledge to work in the areas of coffee service within:

  • Cafes
  • Restaurants
  • Bars
  • Bakeries
Outcomes

This course will give students the skills and knowledge to:

  • Food handlers certificate (Food Handlers Level 1)
  • How to make and serve espresso coffee
  • Coffee machine set-up and cleaning, using the grinder and extraction techniques
  • Using the Point of Sale (POS), processing payments and competing reconicilation
  • Providing quality customer service to internal and external customers, tips to exceed customer expectations handling complaints

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Course Structure

 

SITXFSA005 Use hygienic practices for food safety – Food Handlers certificate

SITXCCS014 Provide service to customers

SITHFAB025 Prepare and serve espresso coffee – * Pre-requisite SITXFSA005 Use hygienic practices for food safety

SITXFIN007 Process financial transactions

The assessment model is a combination of:

  • Observation of performance and simulated service
  • Oral questioning
  • Theory questions; including short answers, matching questions, multiple choice and case studies.
  • Access to online theory from Session 1 
  • 4 x full days of practical skills and assessment  
  • Self-paced learning throughout course which includes learning content, videos, articles and zoom presentations. The students are expected to do on average 8 hours of self-study per week 

      Government Funding

      This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding. The course fees/costs depend upon eligibility for a Government subsidy, via the Skills First Funding Program.  Using a funded place can affect your access to future funding. If you are not eligible for funding the course fees will be the “Fee for Service” rate.

      Detailed fees and funding information can be found here.

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      Where Our Students Have Gone To Work

      Our nationally accredited Hospitality courses are available to everyone in Melbourne and surrounds. Here are a few suburbs to name a few where some of our students have come from:

      WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT SERVE IT UP

      Serve It UpServe It Up4.9 Based on 158 reviews fromSee all reviews review us onJack JohnsonJack Johnson ★★★★★ ZZ ★★★★☆ Good class and nice LunchMight GaiMight Gai ★★★★★ It was a good experience got to make a lot of coffeesJosh HillJosh Hill ★★★★★ Did a bar course there recently. Great experience; Jim Sophie and Steph are all great instructors. Would recommend if you're looking for somewhere to get trained.Cha LaCha La ★★★★★ jim was grateCorbin LivingstoneCorbin Livingstone ★★★★★ Jim was great, Steph was better and Sophie was the best. Would recommend.elara yauelara yau ★★★★★ Hugo MarshallHugo Marshall ★★★★★ Bar course was great. Steph, sophie and jim were terrific. Highly recomendKevin GeorgeKevin George ★★★★★ Soph, Jim and Steph were all great for 3 days I was with them. I definitely recommend!Mark TaylorMark Taylor ★★★★★ James GiasoumiJames Giasoumi ★★★★★ This was such an amazing experience. We took the short 4 day coffee course and had such a pleasant experience. Sophie and Steph were such great teachers and we learned so much. Also Steph R. Looks like Arianna Grande!!!Emilie KuhnellEmilie Kuhnell ★★★★★ Sophie, Lynn and Steph R are amazing teachers, this course is fun, and the teachers are super helpful and are receptive to questions and asking for assistance with making your drinks and the theory workDeadringer 15Deadringer 15 ★★★★★ The coffee course was amazing and very insight few. Sophie and Steph.R were awesome teachersJonathan MuscatJonathan Muscat ★★★★★ Sophie and Steph R are amazing very knowledgeable and very helpful with the class workThe only thing I would suggest is more teachers so when the students need help they are enough teachers to go around and smaller classesTishani G GrioliTishani G Grioli ★★★★★ Serve it up offers an excellent range of courses , the trainers are all fantastic and are so accomodating to accessibility needs.Teng TeeTeng Tee ★★★★★ Did the Coffee Job Ready course. Thanking the trainers Sophie & Steph R for all your guidance & encouragement. I learnt a lot & had fun doing it. Thanks again....Ray PattawattanayothinRay Pattawattanayothin ★★★★★ Sophie and StephR are rock. They have knowledge and passion with what they do! Fun! 😀🥳Li in MelbourneLi in Melbourne ★★★★★ Took the Coffee Job Ready 4 day course at Serve It Up. Sophie and Steph R were excellent! So patient with the group and made the few days of learning everything about coffee very fun! Thanks!Tyrone PalmerTyrone Palmer ★★★★☆ Sophie and Steph R were very informative and patient throughout the course. Making it easy and fun to learn!Shanthi NadarajaShanthi Nadaraja ★★★★★ Kaye TangKaye Tang ★★★★★ Fantastic staff and a great place to learn hospitality. They were very helpful, I'm over 55 and I learned a lot. They included lunch, which delicious. A great location, only a couple of blocks away from North Melbourne train station, making it easy to get there. Thanks to everyone who works there.Charlotte SimcicCharlotte Simcic ★★★★★ I did the coffee 4day courseIt was the best thing I ever did if your look for a course with coffee go hereThe staff there were wonderful at teaching the classes and they were good at explaining on what to doThank you for everythingPS Sophie if your reading this is a shout out to you the best teacher ever and hope to see you again in the futureLouis MurdochLouis Murdoch ★★★★★ I did Serve It Up's Barista course and it was great! Was very clear and organised and I feel pretty confident in making Coffees after the four days. Both Sophies and Ben were great teachers, super friendly and engagingfaisal ahmedfaisal ahmed ★★★★★ Save It Up is an excellent organization for a barista course. The teaching skills of Sophie, Ben, and Stuff are of a high standard, which provides confidence to students to work professionally.Ann KavinAnn Kavin ★★★★★ Thank you to all the staff & the teachers, they are friendly and helpful.Erin WilliamsErin Williams ★★★★★ Great experience, all of the instructors were so lovely and so helpful! the course was also very thorough and well designed.CharlieCharlie ★★★★★ Serve it up is an excellent school. I've been doing the barista course available and all of the trainers were excellent in teaching me the basic skills for being a barista. Ben, sophie, steph and jim were all great in teaching and giving the adequate skills. Would highly recommend if you would like to become a barista.Shannon FeeneyShannon Feeney ★★★★★ Gives heaps of practical experience, staff was very helpful and friendly !!MS (MIMI)MS (MIMI) ★★★★★ Had a great time learning how to make coffee with Sophie, Ben, Steph and Jim.Matilda LilfordMatilda Lilford ★★★★★ Barista course was lots of fun with a lot of useful information!mike oxlongmike oxlong ★★★★★ amazing barista course.maddy mccmaddy mcc ★★★★★ Amazing I love serve it upAlessio TeohAlessio Teoh ★★★★★ Currently doing a CERT IV course in hospitality aka “The Full Serve”, my trainer Sophie is full of knowledge and knows exactly what she’s doing. She answers everyone’s questions with a positive learning attitude.strawberryangelduststrawberryangeldust ★★★★☆ Sophie is the best!!! Attending her class is so much funTuanky VoTuanky Vo ★★★★★ Excellent experience. 10/10. Sophie was the best teacher everKylie ShengKylie Sheng ★★★★★ everyone here is very nice and the course is very informative for learning how to make coffees and cocktailsKaysha MallinsonKaysha Mallinson ★★★★☆ Sophie is pretty swaggy as a teacher nglKatie DriffieldKatie Driffield ★★★★★ super cool team & great learning spaceVivian TranVivian Tran ★★★★★ lovin itAshlea FullerAshlea Fuller ★★★★★ great trainers! would recommend 😊Sabrina R. ConnellySabrina R. Connelly ★★★★★ A great place with an amazing courses I highly recommend to anyone who loves hospitalityDebra MilesDebra Miles ★★★★★ I totally enjoyed every minute of the course I did. Amazing staff that are always willing to help. I would recommend serve it up to anyone who wants to do any certificate in what is offered at serve it up.Keep up the great work you are doing at serve it up.Akira MarieAkira Marie ★★★★★ I had the most wonderful week here learning how to make coffee properly and although I had the experience, there is so much more to learn and practice. The teachers here are AMAZING and it does make me want to keep studying 💕 I recommend 1000%!!!Sebastian HSebastian H ★★★★★ sharyn kosankesharyn kosanke ★★★★★ Very happy they very helpful and a delight to do any course through good luckMxHunttMxHuntt ★★★★★ lovely staff, very easy to learn 👍Georgia GoodrickGeorgia Goodrick ★★★★★ I did the bar and cocktail course. Staff is fantastic and it’s a great environment. I will be recommending this to people for sureTyler MarshTyler Marsh ★★★★★ Steph.R was an absolutely amazing teacher, she was very knowledgeable and friendly. I was able to learn lots during my course and would highly recommend her services 10/10LeeLee ★★★★★ Steph R is an amazing teacher, very knowledgeable and has an amazing grasp on making coffee and passes it on perfectly. Id highly recommend this class to anyone looking for experience in coffee!MarkMark ★★★★★ Miss Rye was a fantastic teacher. I would highly recommend her services, as she is very knowledgeable. 10/10js_loader