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Management apprenticeships introduced at hotel group

One of the UK’s leading hotel management companies has introduced management apprenticeships for the first time.

Legacy Hotels and Resorts, which operates and manages hotels across the UK and southern Spain, is starting the Qualification and Credit Framework management advanced apprenticeships at the Legacy Falcon Hotel in Chapel Street, Stratford.

Charles Anderson (head chef ), Asthon James Wilson (reception manager), Cristina Valentine (sales office manager), Karl Edwards (senior chef de partie), Andy Edwards (sous chef), Lloyd Halliday (food and beverage manager) and Michal Gajdos (night /day manager) will start the level three courses next month while Mary Homans (sales) will undertake a level two apprenticeship in business and administration.

Legacy Hotels and Resorts has teamed up with one of the UK’s leading independent vocational work-based training organisations, Intec Business Colleges, to introduce the courses which could be rolled out to staff at the Legacy Preston International Hotel and the Legacy Rose and Crown Hotel in Salisbury.

Helen Parrett, director of human resources and development at Legacy Hotels and Resorts, said the qualification is estimated to take between 12 to 18 months to complete.

“This is an exciting development for Legacy Hotels and Resorts as we invest in providing structured apprenticeships programmes for staff, initially at the Legacy Falcon Hotel, who want to take the step into management or have formal qualifications for their skills,” she said.

“It is particularly aimed at those who manage a team with responsibility for how everyone performs and those who have a wider managerial role which may include being in charge of recruitment and budgets.

“It is the first time we have offered management apprenticeships and we are pleased with the response we have had from our team in Stratford. “All the core elements to the qualification will be supported with a training course from Legacy Hotels and it is great that this is a work-based course so all the different units which make up level three will be assessed at the hotel.

“We are looking to roll it out to the rest of the company, starting with our two hotels in Preston and Salisbury, because we believe that providing this kind of scheme will lead to greater skills, knowledge and performance of our workforce which will benefit our guests as well as raise standards in the hospitality industry.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Legacy Hotels and Resorts .