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NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule, Okthoba 21, 2022, Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica UNgqongqoshe uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett wethule ngokusemthethweni i-Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) Database of Certified Persons, eyenza laba bantu bakwazi ukuxhumana nabangase babe abaqashi embonini ngempumelelo kakhudlwana.

I-database, eyasungulwa ngokubambisana iyatholakala nge- iwebhusayithi, ibisebenzisana ne-Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA). 

Ekhuluma ngokubaluleka kweDatabase, UMnu. Bartlett uthe Isizindalwazi ngeke sifake kuphela abasebenzi abathole izitifiketi nge-Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) kodwa futhi nochwepheshe nabathweswe iziqu ze-HEART Trust NSTA, namakolishi, kanye nabantu abanezitifiketi ezingasekelwa yi-JCTI.

Ukwengeza, abantu abagunyazwe nge-JCTI abafuna imisebenzi nezikhungo ezidinga abaqashi bazokwazi ukusebenzisa Isizindalwazi ukuze bahlangabezane nezidingo zabo.

UMnu. Bartlett uthe le Database yabasebenzi abanezitifiketi ibalulekile ikakhulukazi ngalesi sikhathi njengoba lo mkhakha ulahlekelwe abasebenzi ngenxa yokuvalwa kwezokuvakasha ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Ubalule ukuthi abanye abasebenzi badale amathuba amasha futhi waqhubeka wathi “Lokho kusho ukuthini,” esho, “ukuthi kufanele sibheke, kufanele sicabange kabusha izinhlelo zethu zemakethe yezabasebenzi ukuze sikhange kakhudlwana kulabo bantu isatholakala kithi.”

Ungqongqoshe uBartlett uthe, esebonile ukuthi "ngeke sibuyise labo esibalahlekele," i-JCTI yakha abadlali abasha. Uthe ukuqeqeshwa kumele kusheshiswe wathi kuhlelwa uhlelo lokuthi intsha ebalelwa ku-5,000 XNUMX izoqeqeshelwa ukulungela imisebenzi, ukusiza amakhasimende namakhono okuphepha kokudla emasontweni ayisithupha kuya kwayisishiyagalombili azayo. Lokhu kwakuzokwenziwa ngaphesheya kogu olusenyakatho, kusukela ePort Maria kuya eNegril.

I-JHTA kanye ne-HEART NSTA Trust izobambisana ne-JCTI kulolu hlelo olukhethekile lokuqeqeshwa nezitifiketi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi iqembu labasebenzi lizotholakala ukuze liqashwe ngokushesha lapho kuqala inkathi yezivakashi zasebusika.

UBartlett uthe isinyathelo esilandelayo ngemuva kokuthola izitifiketi kuzoba ukuhlukaniswa kwabasebenzi kwezohwebo kanye nokumiswa kwezilinganiso zamaholo ezigabeni ezahlukene. Uthe ukwamukela indlela yokuthuthukisa ikhono labantu yokuqinisekisa, ukuhlukanisa, kanye nokuholela ngendlela efanele “kuzoba yizinyathelo ezintathu eziya enguqukweni yemakethe imboni yezokuvakasha eyidingayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi sihlala siheha.”

UMongameli ophumayo we-JHTA uClifton Reader uphinde waphawula ukuthi i-COVID yenza abantu abaningi bacabanga kabusha ngezimpilo zabo futhi abaningi bangena emabhizinisini akhulela emakhaya futhi benze kahle kakhulu, kuyilapho abanye bekhangwe “amadlelo aluhlaza eNyakatho”. Uthe maduze kuzokwenziwa ucwaningo ukuze kubonakale ukuthi bangaki abasebenzi abalahlekelwe ngumkhakha.

UMnu. Reader waba nomuzwa wokuthi imboni ingaqhudelana kodwa waveza ukuthi ukuthengwa kwempahla nesidingo kwakubeka ingcindezi emahhotela nasezindaweni ezikhangayo “ukungabheki amaholo kuphela kodwa namaphakethe ezinzuzo.” Waba nomuzwa wokuthi ngemva kokuhlola izinqubo ezingcono kakhulu embonini yamahhotela waqiniseka ukuthi uhlelo olunenjongo lokuboleka imali, “oluthi uma luqaliswa ngendlela efanele, lunyuse umholo wabasebenzi ngamaphesenti ayi-100.”

UMnu. Reader uthe imali yabantu kufanele ivikelwe ngazo zonke izindlela, ephawula, “ihhotela alilona ihhotela kuze kube yilapho usuqeqeshe abasebenzi abanekhono kulo futhi kumelwe, njengesithembiso, siwunakekele lowo mthombo obalulekile esinawo.”

Selokhu yasungulwa eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, i-Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) isiqinisekise abasebenzi bezokuvakasha abangaphezu kuka-10,000, kusukela ezingeni lokungena kuya ezingeni labapheki abakhulu. Umqondo kaNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett, i-JCTI wasungulwa ngaphakathi kwenkonzo ngo-2017 ukuze unikeze isitifiketi kubasebenzi bemboni kanye nabafundi abafundela izivakashi, ezokuvakasha, nobuciko bezokupheka.

Yabe isihlanganisa izinhlelo zokunikeza izitifiketi zabaphathi be-hospitality, abaphathi be-spa, ochwepheshe be-ServSafe, i-Hospitality Information Analytics, Ochwepheshe Besevisi Yamakhasimende, kanye Nohlelo Lokuphathwa Kwezivakashi Nokuvakasha lwabafundi bezikole zamabanga aphezulu.