Australia works with Grand Hyatt to boost skills development
The Minister for Tourism, Martin Ferguson AM MP, today launched a flagship training initiative with Grand Hyatt in Melbourne to bolster skills in the hospitality industry.
The Hyatt Pacific School of Hospitality initiative will see Hyatt hotel employees attain nationally-recognised qualifications (Certificate III or IV in Hospitality) whilst working. There are currently 84 employees at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne enrolled in the Hyatt Pacific School of Hospitality and 350 in Hyatt hotels across Australia. It is expected that more than 1000 Hyatt employees will take advantage of this opportunity.
Minister Ferguson today presented workbooks to trainees at the Hyatt Pacific School of Hospitality in Melbourne and congratulated Grand Hyatt for the company’s investment in training.
Minister Ferguson said the program will improve workplace retention in a sector with a traditionally high staff turnover and is an investment which will boost productivity.
“Hospitality is the engine-room of the tourism industry”, Minister Ferguson said. “The Australian Government recognises the importance of hospitality to the nation’s economic prosperity and is working hard to make skills – and the mobility of those skills – central to the industry’s long-term competitiveness.
“If we don’t act, there is a risk that skill shortages will hold the tourism industry back, as they have in the past, which is why the Hyatt Pacific School of Hospitality is so important.”
Minister Ferguson thanked the Hyatt Pacific School of Hospitality for its leadership role, describing the training program as an example of industry and training providers working together to meet the needs of employers and staff.
Minister Ferguson said the Australian Government’s Productivity Places Program was providing strong support for training. Within the tourism, hospitality and events industry sectors, more than 5,000 people have enrolled in the Program while the National Enterprise Pilot Training Project provides almost $3 million to boost the skills of existing workers, including those in tourism and hospitality.
Topics: Australia, Economy, education, Grand Hyatt, skills development, training
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