Restaurant and Bar on the job

On-The-Job Courses - Access with the 11th or 12th Grade

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The Restaurant and Bar on the job Course prepares students for the exercise of technical and service functions in food establishments, integrated or not in hotel units.

This training allows the acquisition of solid knowledge and technical skills in the area of Food and Beverage Service, developed in a dual training context at school and in companies in the food and beverage sector, in a growing approach to the needs and expectations of the market.

Reasons to take this course

Access to the best classrooms for technical and pedagogical training - with state-of-the-art equipment and a teaching staff with high technical, pedagogical and human qualifications.

It guarantees a job in the best national and international hotel and catering establishments.

Attend this course and access for free:

  • Curricular design adapted to new profiles and skills
  • Type of training developed in alternation between school and companies
  • Learner-centred learning / learner accountability
  • Incorporates socioemotional components (soft skills) of business, management and leadership
  • Fine dinning room and bar service
  • Unique selling proposition units (USP) of curriculum enrichment
  • Food
  • Study material
  • Transport and/or Accommodation (*)
  • Study visits
  • Application Hotels and Restaurants, to practice your occupation
  • Merit-based Grants  
  • International exchanges
  • National internships in large companies in the sector
  • International internships (Erasmus +)
  • Participation in major international competitions
  • Participation in national and international fairs and events
  • Support in career management (Talent Spot)
  • (*) Consult the Social Support Regulations
Employability
94%
  • Merit Scholarships
  • International internships

Who can attend the course?

  • Text and/or List of markers Holders of the complete 11th grade or legally equivalent qualification
  • Holders of the complete 12th grade or legally equivalent qualification
  • Preference for young people up to the age of 25
  • 1 academic year + 1 curricular internship
  • The Restaurant and Bar on the job Course has a duration of 1 year (full-time), divided into 4 semesters, including 1 curricular internship.
  • The 1st Quarter lasts 3 months and is done exclusively at the school; the 2nd and 3rd Quarters last 6 months and are done alternating between the school and the company; finally, the 4th Quarter corresponds to the curricular internship lasting 2.5 months and is done exclusively in the company.
  • The conditions for carrying out the training in the company (in alternation regime and during the curricular internship) are defined by tripartite agreement between the stakeholders. Students have the opportunity to select reference restaurants, hotel chains and resorts in Portugal and abroad.
1st Quarter – 3 Months
Component Module Hours
Quarterly Introduction – 5 days  
Sociocultural training Portuguese 22½
Citizenship and Society 37½
Occupational Hygiene, Health and Safety 15
Total 75
Scientific Training Mathematics 45
Foreign Language I – English 45
Total 90

Technological Training

Foreign Language II – German, French or Spanish I 45
Communication Techniques 15
Computer Applications I – Word and PowerPoin 15
Entrepreneurship I 15
Career Management I 15
Food and Beverage Service Theory I 45
Food and Beverage Service I – Buffet Service 45
Food and Beverage Service II – Cafeteria Service 45
Bar I 15
Cost Control I 15
Customer Service and Sales 15
Total 285
Total Global 1st Quarter 450
2nd and 3rd Quarters – 6 Months
Component Module Hours
Sociocultural training Portuguese 22½
Citizenship and Society 37½
Occupational Hygiene, Health and Safety 15
Total 75
Scientific Training Mathematics 45
Foreign Language I – English 45
Total 90

Technological Training

Foreign Language II – German, French or Spanish II 45
Business Rules and Protocol 15
Computer Applications II – Excel 15
Entrepreneurship II 15
Career Management II 15
Food and Beverage Service Theory II 45
Food and Beverage Service III – Brasserie Service 90
Food and Beverage Service IV – Classic Service 90
Bar II 45
Cost Control II 15
Total 390
Practical Training in the Workplace 364
Grand Total for 2nd and 3rd Quarters  754
4th Quarter – 2½ Months
Component Module Hours
Practical Training Final Stage 385
1st Quarter – 3 Months
Component Module Hours
Quarterly Introduction – 5 days  
Sociocultural training Citizenship and Societ 37½
Occupational Hygiene, Health and Safety 15
Total 52½

Technological Training

Foreign Language I – English I 45
Foreign Language II – German, French or Spanish I 45
Communication Techniques 15
Computer Applications I – Word and PowerPoin 15
Entrepreneurship I 15
Career Management I 15
Food and Beverage Service Theory I 45
Food and Beverage Service I – Buffet Service 45
Food and Beverage Service II – Cafeteria Service 45
Bar I 15
Cost Control I 15
Customer Service and Sales 15
Total 382½
Total Global 1st Quarter  435
2nd and 3rd Quarters – 6 Months
Component Module Hours
Sociocultural training Citizenship and Society 37½
Occupational Hygiene, Health and Safety 15
Total 52½
Technological Training Foreign Language I – English II 45
Foreign Language II – German, French or Spanish II 45
Business Rules and Protocol 15
Computer Applications II – Excel 15
Entrepreneurship II 15
Career Management II 15
Food and Beverage Service Theory II 45
Food and Beverage Service III – Brasserie Service 90
Food and Beverage Service IV – Classic Service 90
Bar II 45
Cost Control II 15
Total 435
Practical Training in the Workplace 364
Grand Total for 2nd and 3rd Quarters 851½
4th Quarter – 2½ Months
Component Module Hours
Practical Training Final Stage 385
  • Plan and prepare the restaurant/bar service, according to the hygiene and safety standards;
  • Prepare and serve simple and complex beverages and cafeteria food and beverages
  • Run the restaurant, wine and other beverage services
  • Carry out room and fruit art
  • Plan and execute the various special services
  • Control food costs and beverage costs
  • Collaborate in the preparation of restaurant, bar and wine menus

Where can you take this course?

Career Opportunities

  • The Restaurant/Bar Technician is a professional qualified to plan, coordinate and carry out the restaurant and bar service, respecting hygiene and safety standards, in food and beverage establishments, integrated or not in hotel units.

This training offer allows the continuation of studies towards the Technological Specialisation Courses of the network of Schools of Turismo de Portugal and towards higher education in a related area, establishing the connection between the training of intermediate staff, recognition of knowledge and skills and the respective conclusion of a cycle of higher studies.

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At the end of the course, the students obtain the equivalence to the 12th grade and a level 4 qualification diploma, which gives access to the occupation of Restaurant/Bar Technician.

Own training offer in the framework of the Joint Order no. 453/2004, of 27 July

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