HFT launches hospitality qualification

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The UK Hospitality Training Foundation (HTF) has launched an initiative to develop a higher level of skilled hospitality trainees by working in partnership with industry. The initiative may also be used as part of the governments Welfare to Work campaign. Employers take on a trainee who is then trained both on-site and at an educational establishment, ensuring the employer passes on the skills which they feel are equally important. The educational side deals with hygiene, communication and literacy skills.

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Career break

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There are three main ways to find work in the UK hospitality industry, through a full time course in a an educational establishment, by becoming a trainee or by working in the job. The industry offers a wide range of job opportunities, with over 250,000 outlets employing around 2 million people. There are 5 Modern Apprenticeships and various degree courses relating to the hospitality industry. National and Scottish Vocational Qualifications are also offered in 38 different aspects of the industry.

United Kingdom, Employment, Job qualifications, Vocational qualifications

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Casting the net wide: The UK hospitality industry is leading the world with the launch of a university on the Internet, and the qualifications on offer have been designed to be useful in the workplace, rather than having high academic objectives

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Our University for Industry - Hospitality Worldwide, has launched a new workplace learning programme which allows managers and supervisors in the hospitality industry, to gain qualifications through the Internet. Ufi-hw aims to provide a very different form of education development based on action learning, and each course is tailored to suite existing patterns of work. It is supported by the British Hospitality Association and the Hotel and Catering International Management Association.

Usage, Internet, Practice, Distance education

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