Hospitality Review December 2018

ARTICLE Stephen Long

• • THA’S HOSPITALITY AWARENESS PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS IT’S COMING IN 2019! • •

Where do I start?

What do I need to know about the industry before I figure out what role I should be looking for?

What training do I need?

Where can I work once I am experienced enough?

Morning Session Ambassadors will inform and inspire students with short video presentations and interactive discussion about real life experiences from Industry to support the message of the diversity of roles and career opportunities that are available here in Tasmania, and around the world. Hospitality venue tour Students will be given the opportunity to see and hear firsthand, a working hospitality venue and the varied roles that they can undertake. They can talk with hospitality staff at a venue and ask questions about their roles. “It’s not all about the chefs and wait persons” Afternoon Session - Lunch Students will sit down to a restaurant quality lunch and experience some of the required skills of front of house staff, see their customer service skills, plate carrying capacities, how to pour drinks etc. Venue operator/staff member will chat to students about industry standards and what they look for in their staff. This could be your venue's opportunity to host one of our Hospitality Awareness Days and have first pick of the best of the students that attend. If your venue would like to host one of our Hospitality Awareness Days for schools in your region or you feel that you would like to give back to the industry by being one of our Hospitality Industry Ambassadors, please contact Peter Handy: Phone: 0404031004 Email: peter@tha.asn.au

The Tasmanian government has provided the Tasmanian Hospitality Association with funding to positively promote the Hospitality Industry within all schools throughout Tasmania. One thing that we in the Workforce Development Department have learnt over the last couple of years with our interactions with schools is, we need to be promoting the industry in the best possible light by sending young, vibrant, successful hospitality professionals that are generationally relatable that will bring relevant, firsthand accounts of what it takes to work in our industry and to engage students with a program that focuses entirely on all aspects of the Hospitality Industry. What type of person do you have to be and what skills and attitude are required? "This is about “reality reality”, not tv reality." During fourth term this year, we will be working with clusters of schools in targeted areas of Tasmania to deliver our intensive, Hospitality Awareness Program. The THA’s own Hospitality Awareness Program has been designed to be an engaging, informative and interactive way for the Tasmanian Hospitality Association to approach grade 8 through to 12 students in Government and Non-government schools. The Hospitality Awareness Program will raise awareness of the opportunities that are available for students within the hospitality industry, and inform them of the variety of career opportunities within the industry. Including some discussion about Australian School Based Apprenticeships. Students can attend a free all day Hospitality Awareness Day Program, where a young energetic and experienced hospitality professional ambassador, will engage with the students to promote the industry and all its concepts, careers and options, with a raw and realistic insight as to what it really takes to work in the fast paced, energetic world of hospitality.

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