U-Bartlett uncoma i-Jamaica Centre ye-Tourism Innovation

Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica Ungqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uncoma i-Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) ngezinga layo lempumelelo elingu-94% lokuthola isitifiketi ngo-2022.

Lokhu kumenyezelwe ngesikhathi sokubuyekezwa kokusebenza kwamaphakathi nonyaka koMnyango Wezokuvakasha kanye nezinhlangano zawo zomphakathi, ebingoLwesihlanu (Agasti 26) endaweni yokungcebeleka iSandals Royal Plantation e-Ocho Rios.

“Ukusebenza kwabasebenzi bethu be-Hospitality e-JCTI kulo nyaka kuyamangalisa ngempela. Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngabasebenzi bethu be-hospitality abaye babeka phambili izitifiketi futhi basebenze ngaphezu kwesilinganiso. Kufakazela ngempela ukuthi i-JCTI iyaqhubeka nokuba yinkundla eyinhloko yokwakha abasebenzi bezokuvakasha abasezingeni eliphezulu abakwazi ukuthola imisebenzi ekhangayo enikeza umsebenzi ohloniphekile, ukuvikelwa komphakathi, kanye nokuhambela phezulu komphakathi,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.

Isimemezelo senziwe uDkt. Carey Wallace, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), ophawule ukuthi kusukela ngo-April kuya ku-August 2022, u-94% wabafundi ababambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni zokunikeza izitifiketi ne-TEF's Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) ukuhlukaniswa kuqinisekiswe ngempumelelo.

Wengeze ngokuthi phakathi nalesi sikhathi, bangu-1262 abafundi ababambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni eziningi zokuqeqesha kanti abangu-1195 kubo baphumelele izivivinyo zabo ngebanga okungenani elingu-70%. 

I-JCTI, okuyingxenye ye-TEF, inikezwe umsebenzi okhethekile wokusiza ukuthuthukiswa kwenani labantu elibalulekile lase-Jamaica kanye nokusekela ukusungulwa komkhakha wezokuvakasha.

"I-JCTI izobaluleka njengoba siqhubeka nokululama emiphumeleni yalolu bhubhane."

“Kufaka isandla enhlosweni yethu yokuthuthukisa umthamo wasendaweni oqinile ngokuzinikela okungapheli kwekhwalithi ngokwenza kube lula ukuthola izitifiketi zabasebenzi bezivakashi,” kusho uBartlett.

“Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba 'Sakha Phambili Ngokuqinile' kulolu bhubhane ngokusebenzisa i-Blue Ocean Strategy yethu, kugxilwe ekuheheni iqoqo lezivakashi ezihlukahlukene ezifuna ulwazi oluhlukile lwase-Jamaica, ukusiza ukuhlinzeka ngendawo kanye nolwazi lwezokuvakasha, nokudala okunye okwengeziwe. ikusasa eliqinile, eliphephile neliqhubekayo.,” enezela.

I-JCTI yasungulwa ngo-2018 futhi yenziwa yaba nokwenzeka ngobudlelwano bamasu ne Jamaica I-Hotel & Tourist Association (JHTA), Human Employment and Resource Training-National Service Training Agency Trust (HEART-NSTA Trust), National Restaurants Association (NRA) abanikazi be-American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) kanye ne-American Culinary Federation ( ACF).

Ihlinzeka ngezinhlelo ezihlukahlukene zesitifiketi sokuphatha kanye nesitifiketi sokuphatha esimaphakathi, okuhlanganisa i-Certified Hospitality Supervisor (CHS), Certified Sous Chef (CSC), Certified Food and Beverage Executive (CFBE), Certified Hospitality Housekeeping Executive (CHHE) kanye noCertified Hospitality Trainer (CHT)

I-JCTI iphinde yethula uhlelo lweHospitality and Tourism Management, okuwuhlelo lwezikole zamabanga aphezulu ngokubambisana noMnyango Wezemfundo Nentsha. Abathweswe iziqu kulolu hlelo bakulungele ukusebenza ezikhundleni ezisezingeni lokungena embonini nakwezohwebo.

Ngesikhathi sokuhlehla, kwavezwa ukuthi ithimba lesithathu lohlelo lwe-HTM lizobandakanya izikole zamabanga aphezulu ezingama-350 ezivela ezikoleni kuso sonke isiqhingi.