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Specialty Coffee Association
Coffee Skills Program
Your Coffee Career Starts Here!

The SCA Coffee Skills Program is a modular, skills-based training program designed to prepare learners to gain more success in their career while contributing to the progress and evolution of the specialty coffee industry. SCA certificate programs, known throughout the industry as job relevant, internationally recognized, and accessible, are the top-choice of coffee professionals.

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SCA Coffee Skills

Knowledge for Every Stage of Your Career

The SCA’s Coffee Skills Program consists of education in the following specialties within the coffee industry:

  • Introduction to Coffee

  • Barista Skills

  • Brewing

  • Green Coffee

  • Sensory Skills

  • Roasting

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Together these modules of learning are known as the SCA Coffee Skills Program. Students can take advantage of learning through three stages of knowledge and skills in each module: Foundation, Intermediate and Professional. 

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Modules & Levels

 

The Coffee Skills Program consists of six different modules: Introduction to Coffee, which is available at one level, and five specialist modules; Barista Skills, Brewing, Green Coffee, Roasting and Sensory Skills, Each of the specialist modules is available at three different levels, with points attached at every stage. You may choose the modules that fit your interests and needs. Once you have achieved 100 points, you will be awarded the SCA Coffee Skills Diploma.

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6 Modules

Introduction to Coffee: 10 Points

Barista Skills Module

Brewing Module

Green Coffee Module

Roasting Module

Sensory Skills Module

 

3 Levels

Foundation Level: 5 Points

Intermediate Level: 10 Points

Professional Level: 25 Points

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SCA Introduction to Coffee

Introduction to Coffee

 

Introduction to Coffee is an ideal course for anyone who is new to the coffee industry or just has an interest in this wonderful drink. It charts coffee’s journey from its origins in Ethiopia to the major commodity it is today, enjoyed by millions of people around the world. From coffee process, roasting, brewing to tasting, this course gives a general overview of coffee’s supply chain. This half day course also includes a “coffee cupping” which allows you to taste the various flavors of coffee.

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SCA barista Skills

SCA Barista Skills

 

Learn the practical skills you need behind the espresso bar: learn how to set your grinder, milk techniques and latte art, health and safety, customer service, and basic business practices.

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SCA Brewing

SCA Brewing

 

Learn about the variety of methods for brewing coffee and the brewing variables that affect quality. The Brewing module provides hands-on learning on grind profiles, brewing methods, measuring coffee strength and charting a coffee’s extraction.

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SCA Sensory Skills

 

Learn about the variety of methods for brewing coffee and the brewing variables that affect quality. The Brewing module provides hands-on learning on grind profiles, brewing methods, measuring coffee strength and charting a coffee’s extraction.

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SCA Coffee Diploma Skills

SCA Green Coffee

 

Green coffee courses cover concepts and skills relevant to the evaluation, trade, and handling of green coffee. Content of these courses include applicable aspects of botany, coffee farming, processing, grading, storage, transport, markets, certifications, contracts, and more.

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SCA Coffee Roasting

 

Learn about the roasting process, including roast cycle, roast levels, identifying defects, the physical changes that beans undergo during the roasting process, as well as workspace management and lean production.

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Meet The Trainer

A. Erhan Dizbay

Authorized SCA (Specialty Coffee Association) since 2016

 

Achivment:

  • 2nd Place National Barista Championship 2023

  • 2nd Place National Barista Championship 2022

  • World Barista Championship Competitor Melbourne 2022

  • Semi Finalist at National Aeropress Championship 2022

  • Semi Finalist at National Cup Tasters Championship 2022

  • 2nd Place National Barista Championship 2021

  • 2nd Place National Barista Championship 2020

  • 2nd Place NNBK Barista Championship 2019

  • 3th Best Coffee Bar Dutch Hospitalty Award 2018

  • 1st Best Coffee Bar of the State Dutch Hospitalty Award 2018

  • 1st Best Coffee Bar in a Hotel Dutch Hospitalty Award 2018

  • Top 5 Entree Best Barista Competition of the Netherlands 2018

  • 1st place North Netherlands Barista Championship 2017-2018

  • 4th place National Barista Championship 2015

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Specialty Coffee Association

Coffee Skills Program

Dependable, fully functioning equipment is critical at every step of the specialty coffee supply chain. The Coffee Technicians Program (CTechP) is designed for those who want to be better prepared to maintain or repair coffee equipment.

Specialty Coffee Association
Coffee Sustainability Program

Sustainability must be embraced by all actors in the value chain if the specialty coffee industry is to survive and thrive. The Coffee Sustainability Program is designed to explore what sustainability means and the challenges of acting sustainably across the coffee value chain.

Specialty Coffee Association
Coffee Technicians Program

Dependable, fully functioning equipment is critical at every step of the specialty coffee supply chain. The Coffee Technicians Program (CTechP) is designed for those who want to be better prepared to maintain or repair coffee equipment.

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