Barista Training Academy

A Barista is a person who has the passion for the skill of making coffee. A barista would work in the
hospitality industry and this could mean long hours and shift work. Areas of employment could
include: coffee shops, restaurants and function venues, corporate office spaces, mobile coffee vans.
Barista Training Academy
Registration fee:
R100.00
Total Course fee:
R400.00
Times:
08h30 - 16h30 Mon – Thurs & 08h30 - 15h30 Fri
Duration:
12 weeks full time
Entry requirements: Grade 10 and a desire to work in the hospitality industry (including long hours and
possible shift work).
Modules covered include:
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Understanding of coffee (theory)
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Understanding your equipment
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Milk foaming techniques
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Practical coffee making experience
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Basic food service
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Background of coffee
Speciality beverages
Maintaining & cleaning equipment
Basic Point of Sales
Life Skills
Developing life skills is an integral aspect of Learn to Earn’s mission to develop people holistically. All
students registered for any training at LtE will receive life skills training.
Some of the topics covered in the Life Skills course are:
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Self-Awareness
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Work Ethics
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Conflict Resolution
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Relationships
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Self Esteem
HIV/AIDS
Goal Setting
CV Writing and Job Preparation
An optional Discipleship programme is also offered – based on the adapted version of the Alpha
Course.
seeks to develop people,
especially unemployed people, socially,
economically, emotionally and spiritually
Learn to Earn is a skills development not for profit organisation with campuses in
Khayelitsha and Mount Pleasant Hermanus. Training courses are between 3 weeks and 9
months long and relevant to the community in which they are based.
LtE offers courses in the following:
Khayelitsha Training Centre:
Bake for Profit, Basic Computers, Business Skills, Call Centre, Graphic Design, Office
Administration, Sewing, Sewing Production Line and Woodwork
Hermanus Training Centre:
Bake for Profit, Basic Computers, Catercare, Home Management, Point of Sale, Sewing,
Sewing Production Line and Technical Skills
Khayelitsha Training Centre
30 Sixwayikati Street, Ilitha Park Khayelitsha
Tel: 021 361 5972 E-mail: khaye@learntoearn.co.za
Hermanus Training Centre
Corner Lelie and Angelier Streets, Mount Pleasant Hermanus
Tel: 028 313 0564 E-mail: herm@learntoearn.org.za
Temporary training venue for the Ground UP Barista Academy
79 Belvedere Road, Claremont,
Tel: 021 671 2230 E-mail: info@learntoearn.org.za
www.learntoearn.org.za
Learn to Earn South Africa