The IHI’s focus on supporting career progression and advancement through Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and Mentoring underscores a strong commitment to the growth of hospitality professionals at all stages of their careers. By emphasizing the importance of these tools, the IHI ensures that its members have access to the resources, guidance, and opportunities they need to continually develop their skills, knowledge, and leadership capabilities.
A key objective of the IHI is to support the career progression and development of our members. We recognise that mentoring is a valuable tool to support this objective and as the professional membership body for the industry, it was important for the IHI to lead the development of an industry mentor programme.
The programme is being delivered through a bespoke platform, PLD, which will make creating and managing mentoring relationships a smooth and practical experience.
Since its launch, we have received a very high level of interest and commitment from IHI members eager to participate. If you are interested in being a mentor or mentee, please click here to start the process.
Or if you have a developing team member or members you feel would benefit from the IHI Mentors Matter programme but are not currently IHI members, I am pleased to confirm we are offering a special membership rate of €90 (T&Cs apply). To learn more, please contact Tina.maree@ihi.ie
The Restaurant & Hospitality Skillnet was established in 2017 by the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) to provide training to those working in restaurants and the wider hospitality industry, from owners to managers, head chefs to commis chefs, and front of house service staff.
Restaurant & Hospitality Skillnet focuses on supporting those in employment within the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry. The Restaurant & Hospitality Skillnet also participate in the Skillnet Ireland Skills Connect programme. This initiative is designed exclusively for unemployed people and includes free training in skills in demand by companies combined with direct access to employers through meaningful work placements.
These courses help members up-skill their current workforce and train those new to their business. This allows each member company remain competitive, retain staff and ensure they have the necessary tools to stay relevant and deliver quality product and customer service in a very competitive industry.
For 2024, our goal is to continue to provide training courses to meet the needs of the Restaurant & Hospitality Industry. These training programmes include Professional Kitchen Management, Customer Care, Restaurant & Hospitality MDP, Food & Beverage Skills, Certified Hospitality Programmes and many more.
We also provide in-house Food and Beverage Skills training, Supervisory Skills training, Coaching Skills, Management Development Programmes and many more.
To date, the Restaurant & Hospitality Skillnet has trained over 17,890 trainees from over 2,421 member companies.
The Restaurant and Hospitality Skillnet is funded by Skillnet Ireland and member companies. Skillnet Ireland is funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. For further information on Skillnet Ireland please visit: https://www.skillnetireland.ie/