The Chinese Cooking Professional Qualification Certificate is divided into five levels according to level***.

1. Elementary level

Those who meet one of the following conditions are national vocational qualification level five

(1) Those who have received the required standard number of hours of formal training at the elementary level of this occupation , and obtain a graduation (completion) certificate.

(2) Work as a trainee in this profession for more than 2 consecutive years.

(3) The apprenticeship period in this profession has expired.

II. Intermediate level

Those who meet one of the following conditions are national vocational qualification level 4

(1) After obtaining the primary vocational qualification certificate for this profession, continue to Have been working in this profession for more than 3 years, have received intermediate formal training in this profession for the required standard number of hours, and obtained a graduation (completion) certificate.

(2) After obtaining the primary professional qualification certificate of this profession, work in this profession continuously for more than 5 years.

(3) Obtain a vocational graduation certificate from a secondary vocational school or above that is approved by the labor and social security administrative department and has intermediate skills as the training goal.

3. Advanced

Those who meet one of the following conditions are national vocational qualification level 3

(1) After obtaining the intermediate vocational qualification certificate for this occupation, continue to engage in Have worked in this profession for more than 4 years, have received advanced formal training in this profession for the required standard hours, and obtained a graduation (completion) certificate.

(2) After obtaining the intermediate professional qualification certificate for this occupation, work in this occupation continuously for more than 7 years.

(3) College graduates or above who have obtained the intermediate professional qualification certificate in this occupation and have been working in this occupation continuously for more than 2 years.

(4) Obtain a vocational graduation certificate from a senior technical school or a vocational school that has been reviewed and approved by the labor and social security administrative department and has advanced skills as the training goal.

4. Technicians

Those who meet one of the following conditions are national professional qualification level two

(1) After obtaining the senior professional qualification certificate for this profession, continue to engage in Have worked in this profession for more than 5 years, have received formal training as a technician in this profession, reached the required standard hours, and obtained a graduation (completion) certificate.

(2) After obtaining the senior professional qualification certificate for this profession, work in this profession continuously for more than 8 years.

(3) Senior technical school graduates who have obtained the senior professional qualification certificate for this profession and have been working in this profession for 2 consecutive years.

5. Senior technician

Those who meet one of the following conditions are national professional qualification level 1

(1) After obtaining the professional technician professional qualification certificate, Have been engaged in this profession for more than 3 years, have received formal vocational training as a senior technician in this profession, reached the prescribed standard hours, and obtained a graduation (completion) certificate.

(2) After obtaining the professional qualification certificate of this professional technician, he has been working in this profession continuously for more than 5 years.

Extended information:

1. Introduction to chefs:

A chef is a person who takes cooking as a profession and cooks dishes as his main job. The profession of chef appeared very early. Around the time of slave society, there were already full-time chefs.

With the continuous improvement of society’s material civilization, the chef profession has also continued to develop, and the team of full-time chefs has continued to expand. According to relevant statistics, at the beginning of the 21st century, the world’s chef team has grown to tens of millions, and China Known as a culinary kingdom, its chefs are second to none in terms of strength and number of chefs.

Chefs are to a certain extent the second parents of human beings---NGOs around the world have agreed to designate October 20 as Chefs' Day.

2. Professional quality:

The professional quality of a chef includes many contents, the main aspect of which is superb technology. Specifically, as a qualified chef, you must have fine knife skills, proper control of heat, and accurate and palatable seasoning.

Must have good cultural knowledge. It is necessary to master the basic theoretical knowledge of modern nutrition, hygiene and other aspects of cooking science, to understand the history of cooking culture of the motherland, and to know certain knowledge of folk customs and etiquette.

It is necessary to have a certain degree of aesthetic accomplishment and artistic innovation foundation. In addition, they should also have the spirit of daring to create and boldly innovate, and have certain organizational management capabilities and the flexible use of 5S.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Chef