Category Archives: Hospitality

Apprenticeship EPA approval for hospitality and adult care

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Highfield has been approved to deliver end-point assessment (EPA) for five more apprenticeship standards.

The five standards are:

  • Adult Care Worker
  • Lead Adult Care Worker
  • Commis Chef
  • Hospitality Team Member
  • Hospitality Supervisor

The training sector is currently undergoing some of its biggest changes in over 30 years, and will see new apprenticeship standards – developed by groups of employers known as ‘trailblazers’ – being assessed by EPA instead of continuous assessment.

This means individual apprentices will have their work and competence assessed towards the end of their learning against criteria established by employers.

There will also be the introduction of the apprenticeship levy from 1 May 2017, with larger employers paying into a central fund that must be used for apprenticeship training, while smaller employers will see 90 percent of their costs covered by the government.

For more details, go to Highfield Assessment .

More ‘Introducing Highfield’ events for CIEH centres

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Highfield Qualifications is holding a final series of ‘Introducing…’ events for CIEH centres looking to make the switch.

From this April, the CIEH will no longer be offering regulated qualifications and will be withdrawing its status as an awarding organisation. As a result, Highfield has been holding briefings for those centres that want to continue delivering regulated qualifications and are exploring ways of doing this.

Each breakfast briefing lasts two hours and will provide further information on the benefits of being an approved Highfield centre, our policies and values, as well as guidance on our registration process.

Dates and locations are:

  • Thursday 6 April 2017 – Cheadle
  • Wednesday 12 April 2017 – Maidstone
  • Thursday 13 April 2017 – Taunton
  • Thursday 25 April 2017 – Belfast

What you can expect on the day:

  • details on how to switch from CIEH to Highfield, plus our support during that process and afterwards
  • overview of the qualifications we offer, and are planning to offer
  • information on our FREE centre registration for CIEH customers
  • guidance on moving qualifications over to the Register of Qualifications Framework (RQF)
  • examples of associated training materials from Highfield International
  • the opportunity to network with training providers

And of course, you’ll get the chance to meet the Highfield team and some of our subject matter experts face-to-face, ask questions and give us your views on what you want to see from a responsive awarding organisation in terms of service, qualifications and products.

To book yourself and/or your colleagues on to this event, please visit here .

Alternatively, you can secure your place by calling us on 0845 226 0350/01302 363277 or by emailing events@highfieldabc.net . Spaces will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

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We hope that you can join us for what is sure to be an extremely informative event.

Highfield Chairman at Dubai hospitality conference

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Highfield Chairman Richard Sprenger was one of the main speakers at this year’s Vision Conference , held as part of The Hotel Show 2015 at Dubai World Trade Centre.

The conference, which took place from 17 to 19 September 2015 – and is now in its third year – offers the latest insights, trends and market intelligence across the hospitality sector.  Richard spoke to a packed audience of experts and industry leaders on the importance of improving food safety in hotels, and how it can impact on compliance and reputation.

Richard said, ‘The Vision Conference was a great opportunity to talk to the hospitality sector about the importance of food safety, and how it can impact on everything else you do.  Getting food safety wrong can completely ruin a customer’s experience of your business and risk you falling foul of the authorities.  What’s more, damage to reputation through an entirely preventable incident can be incredibly hard to put right’.

For more on the conference, go to www.thehotelshow.com/Content/Vision-Conference

Last chance to have your say on apprenticeship changes

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APP_Logo_Col_5185 People1st is offering employers the chance to have a final say on proposed new apprenticeships standards.

The first set of apprenticeship standards in a number of sectors covered by People1st – which have been developed by employer trailblazers and include areas such as retail and hospitality and travel – will be submitted for ministerial approval on 19 June 2014.

However, consultations will remain open until 16 June 2014 so that you can contribute and make your views known.

All of the consultations can be accessed here .