Course structure

WJEC Level 1 / 2 Award is split into 2 mandatory units. Through the two units, learners will gain an overview of the hospitality and catering industry and the type of job roles that may be available to assist them in making choices about progression.  Students starting Year 10 in 2022 will be starting the new specification, those in Year 11 will be completing the legacy spec.

Unit 1 (40%) : The Hospitality and Catering Industry

Learners apply their learning by considering all aspects of the vocational sector. They should acquire knowledge of all aspects of the industry and be able to propose new hospitality and catering provision for specific locations. Learners will be able to use their learning of different types of establishment and job roles to determine the best option. They will then apply their learning in relation to front of house and kitchen operations to determine how the proposed hospitality and catering provision will operate efficiently legally and financially viable whilst meeting the needs of their potential market. This unit provides a broad introduction to the vocational sector in a way that is purposeful and develops a range of transferable skills.

This unit will be externally assessed, with both short and extended answer questions that are based around applied situations. Learners will be required to use stimulus material presented in different formats to respond to questions.

Unit 2 (60%) : Hospitality and Catering in Action

Learners apply their learning to safely prepare, cook and present nutritional dishes. They will draw on their learning of different types of provision and kitchen and front of house operations in Unit 1, as well as personal safety in their preparations. The content is relevant not only to employees within food production, but also those with a responsibility for food safety in the industry, nutritionists and managers and owners. This extends the learners appreciation of the whole vocational area beyond the kitchen environment.

This unit is internally assessed. For internal assessment, WJEC has produced model assignments for each unit however, there are three stages of assessment that will be controlled:

• Task setting
• Task taking
• Task marking
• Task evaluation (for 2022 spec only)