Participation bonus available for fully funded Hospitality Supervision Modern Apprenticeships!

Success Training Scotland are making available a large financial incentive to tourism employers who enrol candidates on a fully funded Hospitality Supervision Modern Apprenticeship with them before mid-March. To find out more about this unmissable opportunity, please contact Anneliese on 0845 1300074

Confirmed Course Dates in St Andrews 2010

We’ve had a few changes to our course dates and venues since we published our course calendar back in September. The St Andrews Standard courses will now take place at the Best Western Scores Hotel. To book any of these courses, or for more details please visit our website, or contact us directly.

January 15th – Emergency First Aid at Work (9am-5pm, Rufflets Hotel) £84 (ex VAT)

January 22nd – St Andrews Standard (full-day, Scores Hotel) £70 (ex VAT)

February 9th – Scottish Certificate for the Responsible Sale of Alcohol (10am-1pm, Rufflets Hotel) £62.50 (ex VAT)

February 25th – St Andrews Standard (full-day, Scores Hotel) £70 (ex VAT)

March 4th – REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene Certificate (9am-5pm, Golf Practice Centre) £80 (ex VAT)

March 9th – St Andrews Standard (full-day, Scores Hotel) £70 (ex VAT)

Rare Opportunity: Practical Training Certificate – 3-day course coming to St Andrews

The St Andrews Skills Academy is hoping to run a Practical Training Certificate course in St Andrews from the 1-3 September 2009. There are still four places available for this excellent, nationally-recognised and accredited course, which teaches attendees to deliver practical workplace training to an exceptionally high standard, and is ideal for experienced chefs and waiting staff .  Trainer Jenny Lambie (considered to be one of the top hospitality trainers in Scotland) calls this course the ‘Rolls Royce of trainer training courses’; this opportunity should not be missed!

Visit the Stonebow website for more course information.

The training investment will be just £450 plus £50 accreditation fee.

To book, head to the Skills Academy website and click on ‘Practical Training Certificate’ under ‘Featured Courses’.

For more information, please leave a comment below, or contact the Skills Academy.

100K Welcomes course running in St Andrews on 1st July

Following the response to our 100k Welcomes course taking place on the 11th June, we are running another 100k Welcomes course on the 1st July. The ‘100k Welcomes: Delivering Service Excellence’ course is intended for front-of-house staff in the tourism and retail industries, and is an ideal introduction to customer service for your summer staff.

Taking place in the Golf Practice Centre, just down the road from the Old Course Hotel, this one-day course runs from 9.30-4.15 and costs just £64.70 per person (including all catering, but excluding VAT).

Please leave comments here if you are interested in learning more about this highly-regarded course, and we will contact you directly.

**** We now have only two places remaining for this course, so please respond quickly to avoid disappointment ****