SCA Certificate Programs
Coffee Careers Start Here
SCA Certificate Programs are built on decades of knowledge, research, and real-world experience designed to help you create a successful career in the coffee industry. Our focus on is not only on the quality of our curriculum, but how that curriculum prepares learners to achieve their goals and directly utilize their certificate or diploma to find a successful, rewarding career. SCA certificates are recognized and sought out by employers around the world, making your resumé stand out.
How It Works
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SCA develops learning objectives and exams for certificate program courses.
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More than 1,800 Authorized SCA Trainers located around the world offer these courses according to their own schedule and pricing.
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Learners enroll in courses and a Course Enrollment Fee is collected for each learner.
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Courses are delivered through a variety of methods based on the learning objectives of the course.
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Following the course, each learner takes an online, written exam available in 14 languages and, in many courses, an in-person practical exam.
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Successful learners receive a digital certificate.
Learn More About Our Programs
Coffee Skills Program
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 and Roasting. 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.
Coffee Sustainability Program
Sustainability must be embraced by all actors in the value chain if the specialty coffee industry is to survive. The Coffee Sustainability Program is designed to explore what “sustainability” means and the challenges of acting sustainably across the coffee value chain through three stages of learning (Foundation, Intermediate, and Professional). Through the program, students can expect to build skills that include: the ability to articulate broad sustainability challenges across the value chain, lead others in discussion and practice of these issues and ultimately identify, develop, and carry out and assess a sustainability effort that fits within their own organization.
Coffee Technicians Program
A first of its kind, internationally recognized and standardized education program for people seeking to be better prepared to maintain or repair coffee equipment.
“The distance learning provides learning to people that live in other countries where there are no ASTs teaching SCA courses.”
— Andres Lopez, Distance Learner
Learner Guide to SCA Courses
Learn about exams, appeals, prerequisites, certificates and more.
Find a Course
Our courses are taught by Authorized SCA Trainers (ASTs) all around the globe, with some courses including Distance Learning. View the course calendar to find course details and contact information for ASTs near you.