RASA TRAINING REPORT

Training and Workplace Deployment
Through its business partners and associate members, RASA promotes the restaurant industry as an employer of choice .RASA works together with outside Agencies to develop top quality training courses and recognisable qualifications in food service management. Currently the RASA Taining Academy offers short courses in four major Areas: Waiter; Barman (Mixologist); Barista: Cook (Food safety Training).
The RASA training Academy also offers courses in restaurant management, child minding and first aid. And is in close co-operation with supplier members, new product training.

Training Academy’s Business Partners.

Quintessential Development Culture (QDC)
Recommended by CATHSETA as the Industry’s key role player and contracted to partner with the Restaurant Association of South Africa in Organising the Industry’s Framework of Occupations according to the National Qualifications Framework Act 67 of 2008 and the Work Place Skills Plan. The Project was To ensure the reporting of WSP’s are more accurate the government implemented the organising framework for occupations (which can be found on the website www.nopf.org.za) .This website site called the National Occupational Pathway Framework is captured and managed by DOE (previously managed by DOL) with the assistance of a company called GTZ.

The project has been a success and was submitted to CATHSETA and the Department of Labour. RASA has also partnered with QDC to assist with Restaurant Management training Learnerships and also submit proposals to CATHSETRA regarding the training of unskilled and skilled labour.

CATHSETA- Culture Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA)
THE Training Academy has developed a strong relationship with the Department of Education and Tourism that is THETA now CATHSETA in developing training projects that will assist with the upgrading of skilled and unskilled labour within the Industry. The Restaurant Assocaition of South Africa has complied with submitting and working closely with THETA on the Restaurants Work Place Skills Plan, the Framework of Occupations according to the National Qualifications Framework Act 67 of 2008 also that the current THETA Qualifications and unit standards meet the RASA’s workforce .The Restaurant Association of South Africa’s has also submitted its proposal  on the SUB SECTOR training programmes and Learnerships to be developed which are :

The Restaurant Association of South Africa has worked tremendously with CATHSETA on the aim to capacitate and support small levy paying enterprises through coaching and workshop sessions that covered topics such as successfully completing and submitting the WSP’s (Workplace Skills Plans) and ATR’s (Annual Training Reports), address the processes of applying for Mandatory and Discretionary grants and the policies surrounding it amongst others. We further aim to recapture the details of these clients to update our records so that our restaurants can be further advised on the future capacity building and support initiatives. Workshop sessions were held targeting   owners and senior managers of the company’s or establishments and this was in preparation for the 2010/2011 WSP/ATR submission in June 2011.The workshops were held in Western Cape ( Cape town ), Western Cape (Knysna ), Gauteng (JHB) ,KZN , Free State , and Eastern Cape .RASA   also obtaines the registered  Learnership documents and in the process of registering as  Accessor for the Industry .

Gauteng Tourism Authority – (GTA)
Adopt a Tavern Initiative RASA has partnered with the Gauteng Tourism Authority on the Adopt a Tavern with the intention of turning this into a long term and an ongoing project.  The Goal of this project is uplifting and educating Tavern Owners and Staff Members. The main role of the Adopt a Tavern Project is to uplift the Standards of Taverns into Semi Small Restaurant type of Business in local Community Areas. In accordance to the business standards, the Restaurant Assocaition has adopted strategic initiatives to better define and prioritize its activities going forward. From the 18th of February to the 1st of March 2011 Gauteng Tourism Authority, Regional Officials, TEP and including RASA visited 6 Regions. The surveys were conducted in the following areas.

RASA TRAINING Academy managed to train 3000 Restaurants   that is Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, Muldersdrift and groups trained included   Franchise Groups, Individual Restaurants, Hotels, and B&BS.

RASA TRAINING REPORT
PREPARED BY WENDY ALBERTS AND NTANDO DUBE
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