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TrainingIn this section you will find all articles on training, giving you an easy route to all the information and news about training issues on Caterersearch. For subject overviews take a look at Caterersearch’s expert guides that provide 'everything you need to know' on popular subjects like training, Gordon Ramsay, Compass or Michelin-starred restaurants. Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Previous | Next Brown's training plan welcomed by BHAThe British Hospitality Association (BHA) has welcomed Chancellor Gordon Brown’s plan to offer training to workers with few or no skills or qualifications. Who needs the lottery
Hospitality bosses urged to use apprenticeships to plug skills gapsHospitality bosses should make better use of apprenticeships to tackle the ever-widening skills gap in the industry, claims the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). How to go from IT consultant to chef?I am currently working as an IT consultant and am considering a complete career change to become a chef. I am interested in taking a private course, but is this a respected route within the industry? Put it in writing: How to improve your business writingAlthough you didn’t join the hospitality industry to spend time writing beautiful prose, there are times when it is necessary to put pen to paper. The ability to write good letters, reports and e-mails is important for business. Good written communication says a lot about you and your organisation. Poor writing says even more. Companies urged to take a more active role in vocational trainingHospitality and catering firms must play a more active role in designing vocational training if they are to solve their staffing problems, concludes a new survey commissioned by Foundation Degrees. Cocktail Academy Professional cocktail course runs five days a week for six weeks and includes practical training in over 100 classic cocktails and extensive product and service
knowledge in wines, champagne, spirits and Havana cigars, food hygiene and licensing law. Price of this course is £695.00. Basic and tailor-made courses and seminars also available. Contact: Tel 020 7281 7928 or e-mail info@cocktailacademy.co.uk
Mentor safety training
Ensuring safety at work is a legal responsibility for employers under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998. Workplace transport training company Mentor is offering a one-day Safety Awareness course for 12 readers (worth £50 per person), which teaches site managers the legal and safety implications for staff using transport equipment such as forklift trucks. www.mentortraining.co.uk Click here to enter the Great Giveaway
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Free training session Hospitality training boost for LondonHospitality training programmes in London will receive a £3.5m boost over three years, following a new initiative by the London Development Agency (LDA). Passing the baristaEight 16- to 25-year-olds graduated from the Gaggia Caffé Academie last week following a seven-day course learning about coffee making - specifically, how to make a range of coffees, and how to use and maintain coffee-making equipment. In briefSpringboard seeks chefs to be mentors Free DDA training for small firmsThe Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) is offering small businesses free disability awareness training ahead of implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) in October. HCIMA management coursesThe Hotel & Catering International Management Association (HCIMA) has teamed up with recruitment and training consultancy Learnpurple to offer a series of intensive management courses. How can I take a chef course?I am a 20-year-old South African travelling in the UK. I would love to do a chef course while I'm here. Where do I go, and what would be the cost? In BriefPrime cuts from Brakes, Skills programme backed
Education and Training AwardSponsored by Portfolio International SSC sounds a warning over NVQsPeople 1st, the new Sector Skills Council charged with recommending changes in hospitality training to the Government, has given the clearest indication yet that the NVQ qualification could be scrapped. Academy pulls 80% into full-time coursesEight out of 10 schoolchildren who took part in a cookery academy sponsored by contract caterer Compass have been inspired to join full-time hospitality courses.
Kitchen convertsThe Hoxton Apprentice restaurant, the new venture from charity Training for Life, has been open for six weeks, getting media attention, good reviews and plenty of customers. Question is, can they keep it up? We went to find out Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Previous | Next |
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