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Accelerated Chefs

Accelerated Chefs Apprenticeship

Tourism & Hospitality Skills (ACT & Region) (THS) is an industry training advisory body established to provide tourism and hospitality training advisory services to Government and industry organisations. Many industry representatives are involved on the THS Committee including:

  • Australian Hotels Association (ACT Branch);
  • Restaurant & Caterers Association (ACT Branch);
  • Liquor Hospitality & Miscellaneous Union;
  • ChefsNetwork; and
  • Tourism Industry Council (ACT & Region).

In response to the critical skill shortages currently affecting the hospitality industry, the THS Committee examined the formal report “A Recipe for Change: The Future of Commercial Cookery in Australia”, and subsequently convened several industry forums to discuss the outcomes. Using the industry feedback from these forums, the THS Committee has developed an Accelerated Chefs Apprenticeship that will commence in July 2006.

This initiative will allow apprentices to reduce the length of their training from four years to two years through a more controlled and structured program.

  • The first stage involves six months of intensive off the job training.
  • The second stage involves eighteen months of combined industry placement and off the job training. This stage will require certain competencies to be achieved on the job and completion of the Certificate 3 in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery).
  • The third and final stage of the program, which is crucial to the quality of the training outcome, will be a trade equivalency test that each participant must satisfactorily complete before being certified trade qualified and given early release from their training contract.

The Accelerated Chefs Apprenticeship aims to produce trained chefs/cooks who have a clearer understanding of the industry and its positive aspects as a career. It also aims to increase the number of trained chefs/cooks over a shorter timeframe, who are more likely to remain in the industry.

If you are interested in being involved in the Accelerated Chefs Apprenticeship, please contact Tourism & Hospitality Skills (ACT & Region) on (02) 6283 5242.