Goal 4 – Careers that are Successful and Lifelong TASMANIAN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY 2030 PLAN
FIRST CLASS TRAINING SERVICES ARE IN PLACE TO MEET THE INDUSTRY’S NEEDS. In order for Tasmania to continue to provide a contemporary and attractive hospitality experience, it needs staff that are well trained to deliver this service. If not, then the graduates themselves are not being well served, as they will not have been prepared for the career for which they aspire. While on-the-job training is equally crucial in any business or industry as part of the overall learning process, the system will fail these students if their initial training does not provide them with the grounding and the fundamental skills that are needed. For these reasons, it is essential that hospitality training services and training facilities look to provide the skills sets that the industry needs. In a modern and evolving hospitality industry, the training
must also be responsive to these changes, and work towards ensuring the graduates have the best chance of success when they enter the workforce in their chosen career. If this is not the focus, then the drop-out rate of graduates entering and then leaving the industry will always be high, and the industry will always struggle with access to well qualified and capable staff. The new industry led Visitor Experience Training (VXT) provides an important opportunity to meet the industry’s training and careers development needs. But VXT is not the only training institution and provider servicing the hospitality industry in Tasmania. It will be critical that the Tasmanian Government, training institutions and the industry work collaboratively to ensure all those aspiring to a career in hospitality have access to the training they need to be successful.
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