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Become a Restaurant Owner
You will learn: what restaurant owners do, how to run a restaurant, how to develop your skills to succeed in a restaurant owner career, and how to get hired for a job as a restaurant manager. The course also includes information about how to start a restaurant and get customers.
What Happens in the Restaurant Owner Certificate Course Online
The Restaurant Owner Certificate course is an online learning program with suggested readings from the textbook (IAP Career College Guide to Become a Restaurant Owner). This course is self directed, which means you may study and complete assignments at times that are most convenient for you from the comfort of your own home.
This part-time online Restaurant Owner Certificate Course has a recommended completion date of 6 weeks from the start of the program, however, you may choose to complete the course in as little as 4 weeks or as long as 12 weeks, depending on your schedule.
The Restaurant Owner Certificate Course has been created to allow you to complete it without any teaching assistance. However, if you have questions or need assistance, you can receive help from a Faculty Member throughout the 6 weeks of the course. Your Faculty Member is a valuable resource person who can provide you with personal teaching assistance to help you succeed in the course and advice to help you succeed in the career.
Course Topics
The online Restaurant Owner Certificate Course has been developed to meet high academic standards, ensuring that as a graduate you can display with pride the Restaurant Owner Certificate you will earn from the International Association of Professions Career College.
How to Start a Restaurant
In this course, you will learn how to start a restaurant and how to run a restaurant. Topics covered in the online Restaurant Owner Certificate Course include the following:
Preparing for Your Career
- Duties of a Restaurant Manager
- Personal and Professional Skills You Will Need
- Interning, Mentoring, Training
- Learning While You Earn
- Formal and Informal Ways to Hone Your Skills
Running a Restaurant
- Systems for Daily Management
- Tracking Sales and Expenses: Budget for Success
- Menus, Pricing and Accepting Reservations
- Hygiene, Health and Safety Considerations
- Finding, Hiring and Keeping Great Employees
- Dealing with Equipment, Supply and Food Vendors
- Critical Environment Factors Including Lighting, Music, Temperature and Cleanliness
- Advertising, Promotions and Free Publicity
Starting Your Own Restaurant
- Your Business Plan
- Start-Up Budgeting and Funding
- Independent or Franchisee?
- Choosing a Specialty and Developing Your Menu
- Choosing a Name and Location
- Getting Licenses, Permits and Insurance
- Sourcing Fixtures, Equipment, Supplies and Ingredients
- Interior and Exterior Design, Décor and Displays
- Planning Your Grand Opening
What is included in the Restaurant Owner Certificate Course
This all-inclusive Restaurant Owner Certificate Course package consists of:
- Registration for the Restaurant Owner Certificate Course
- Access to a Faculty Member to provide you with personal teaching assistance and organic farming advice
- (Optional) 2023-2024 membership in the IAPO International Association of Professional Restaurant Owners for only $2.99 per month
- Downloadable Restaurant Owner Certificate personalized with your name and the seal of the International Association of Professions Career College which you may print
- (Optional) Opportunity to order official certificates printed on fine linen paper and embossed with the gold seal of the college
- Textbook: IAP Career College Guide to Become a Restaurant Owner (e-book edition)
Register for the Restaurant Owner Certificate Course
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You can have all this for an incredible price. It can cost hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars to take other programs. (We found courses based on old editions of our guides with registration fees of up to $999 and more.) We are able to offer you online courses at a significantly lower cost to you because of our expertise from over 20 years of producing the leading online guides for non-traditional careers.
Our online certificate courses have previously been offered for a registration fee of $297 U.S. and include a textbook and professional membership – a total value of almost $377.
HOLIDAY SEASON SPECIAL: This all-inclusive registration package for the Restaurant Owner Certificate Course is priced as only $149.00 for the December 11, 2023 course.
Register today for the Restaurant Owner Certificate Course. Enrollment is limited and registration is on a first come first served basis, so we recommend that you register early for the Restaurant Owner Certificate Course online to avoid disappointment.
If the course is full, please email support@iapcollege.com to be notified when a new course date is scheduled.
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How Much Does a Restaurant Owner Make?
As a restaurant owner, your income is determined by a number of factors, including: your experience, location, business model and how much revenue your restaurant generates. According to data from PayScale, the average income for a small business owner in the United States is $73,000 - however this can range up to $182,000 or more.
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What Does a Restaurant Owner Do?
When you start your own restaurant, you can have a fun, creative job where you are in charge and where you will never be bored. Along with following trends in food, a restaurant owner needs to choose among a variety of personalized services and differing ambiances. To prepare yourself for this career and to ensure your restaurant is a success, it helps to know as much as possible about the industry.
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How Do You Become a Restaurant Owner?
Earning a certificate as a restaurant owner will equip you with the principles and techniques for starting and running your own restaurant and becoming a professional restaurant owner. A certificate also provides evidence of your expertise, assurance of your professionalism, an important credential for your resume, a competitive advantage when marketing your services and higher earnings (according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
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What is the Restaurant Owner Certificate Course?
In IAP Career College’s part-time online Restaurant Owner Certificate Course you will learn important principles and practical step-by-step techniques for getting started in a career as a professional restaurant owner. This online course has a recommended completion date of 6 weeks, however it may be completed in as little as 4 weeks or as long as 12 weeks. The course has been created to allow you to complete it without any teaching assistance, however as a student you have access to Faculty Members to provide you with personal teaching assistance and career advice.
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What is IAP Career College?
The International Association of Professions Career College (IAP Career College) is a leading online career college offering affordable online certificate courses and professional certifications for non-traditional and "dream" careers. When you take a part-time online certificate course with IAP Career College, you can schedule your learning around your life - you can work at your own pace, at the best times for you and from the comfort of your own home. IAP Career College and affiliated company FabJob Inc (the leading online publisher of guide books on how to get started in a dream career) have served over half a million career changers on six continents since 1999.
