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

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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. 10/10Yöntem ÖzbilgiYöntem Özbilgi ★★★★★ I completed a Food Safety Supervision Skill Set course with serve it up and it was great, I learnt a lot of new things and the instructor Ash was super helpful throughout the demonstration part.Their back of house admin team were also amazing to assist in signing up and following the process for the course and anything else along the way. The facilities are also really good and the staff are all nice.Thank you so much Serve It Up to giving this opportunity for us with having no stress and issue. Would definitely recommend to everyone who wants get skills.Im planning to have a barista course with you in the future too.Christina NguyenChristina Nguyen ★★★★★ Sophie and Jim great trainer. It’s great experience to know about coffee how it made. I suggest who want to coffee barista jobs your career to this courseNadeem AfzalNadeem Afzal ★★★★★ Great experience learning from Sophie and Jim. This is the place to go if you want to learn everything about coffee.frankiefrankie ★★★★★ Soph was great! Amazingly patient with each individual, and generous with her time. Great explanations and made everyone comfortableLana TancredLana Tancred ★★★★★ Sophie was our instructor for the 4 day coffee course, and she was wonderful. We had a relatively large class, but she manabed us really well. The work is well paced and there are loads of resources for us to use so we can remember integral facts. The facilities are also really good and the staff are all nice. I am neurodivergent and they were well equipped and the course was accessible for me 🙂Qiuhua JiangQiuhua Jiang ★★★★★ Very useful, trainers are super nice, Thank you Sophia, Jim and others!Lucia Haikin HtooLucia Haikin Htoo ★★★★★ Great instructors, friendly staff, very comprehensive courses! Very hands on and I learned lotsZac MaileiZac Mailei ★★★★★ What a fantastic course the two Steph teachers are amazing warm and welcoming they make sure you understand and are clear about what they are teaching they are funny but serious about there job.Cody DaviesCody Davies ★★★★★ 1st day was mainly introduction made everything very clear and showed us everything. Day 2 and 3 we had steph Riley made everything very simple and easy to understand. Showed us procedures and related everything to real life situations to give us more of an understandable perspectivemanav virmanimanav virmani ★★★★★ GREAT !Felix SimpsonFelix Simpson ★★★★★ Have done 2 courses with SIU since 2022 and have found the quality absolutely astounding, great comprehensive courses that come free with skills first funding! Props to Steph A and Steph R for their teaching!!Timur Kaan GuneysuTimur Kaan Guneysu ★★★★★ Great atmosphere and learnt a lot, thanks guys !! Also met this guy called Beau that had the best bartending tips!!Alexander MitchellAlexander Mitchell ★★★★★ Great, fun atmosphere to learn. All the staff were friendly, welcoming and supportive.Sammy KimSammy Kim ★★★★★ 10 out of 10. Great and lively place!Kel O'TooleKel O'Toole ★★★★★ Both teachers were great, some interesting studentsmia maglicicmia maglicic ★★★★★ Amazing, great environment, friendly staff. All the staff and people are legends.- Mia and BeauMinh Giang DoMinh Giang Do ★★★★★ I currently attending the Bar+ Job ready course with Skill first funding, and I can’t highly recommend enough for anybody looking to get a job in hospitality industries. Our mentor Sophie and Jim are both kind, fun and supportive to our study, which makes the lesson more enjoyable! I will definitely came back next time to attend other program!yee yingyee ying ★★★★★ The Espresso Machine course was very informative and we got a lot of time for practice brewing coffee, frothing milk and all barista related stuff. RecommendedThuy NguyenThuy Nguyen ★★★★★ Great teachers ..very supportive..Very knowledgeableI cant recommend enough!!!Matthew BrasacchioMatthew Brasacchio ★★★★★ Serve it up is a fantastic place to do some hospitality training. Special shout out to Jim who took extra care and effort for many in the group who had not previously worked in hospitality to make sure we got all the basics right and made the experience really enjoyable.Would definitely recommend if you want want to touch up on service/ bar skills or are a beginner. All staff are really nice and make sure you are properly prepared to work in industry!MicahMicah ★★★★★ Fun delicious and knowledgeableNatalie TruongNatalie Truong ★★★★★ Thank you for all the team help out for my course. You guys were amazing! Helpful, clear instruction, nice, friendly and professional.ann canhamann canham ★★★★★ thankyou for the optionsShahidullah KhanShahidullah Khan ★★★★★ What a lovely place , I just learned a new skillset and made friends.Gorgeo HaidarGorgeo Haidar ★★★★★ This is was the best course ever 🫶🏻🫶🏻Minh Ngoc PhamMinh Ngoc Pham ★★★★★ T DT D ★★★★★ Rosemary StarkRosemary Stark ★★★★★ Completed my Certificate IV in Hospitality with SIU recently. Amazing staff and training was fantastic.... loads of fund too - Thank you …. Bianca SPeter LandohPeter Landoh ★★☆☆☆ Hello to you all i wish to know if you accepté/enrol international studentsNasreen MohamedNasreen Mohamed ★★★★★ Its been a pleasure to do Coffee courses Food handlings face to face at Serve it Up at Spencer street, Melbourne.It was knowledgeable and hands on.My teachers were approachable. Classes were engaging and teachers made it easy to understand.Tash Rogers, Stephanie Railey and Stephanie. A. Thanks 😊 Alot.LG SeriesLG Series ★★★★★ Amazing team and tutors!!Lubna RajaniLubna Rajani ★★★★★ All the instructors are so knowledgeable and supportive.js_loader