TRAINING Industry “must act now” to reform sector


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Continued from front cover One of the signatories of the letter, 1Life managing director Neil King, said the industry must act now to put its house in order and reform the sector’s skills pathway. “T is is a huge opportunity to rectify a con-


fusing and vague system by bringing all of the industry’s learning and development needs under the umbrella of the Chartered Institute,” he told Leisure Opportunities. “Industry learning and development should


be employer-led and everybody behind the Apprenticeships Trailblazer feels that CIMSPA would be best suited to facilitate this. SkillsActive are a government creation not owned or overseen by the employers. T ey no longer serve a role overseeing learning and development in our industry.” SkillsActive CEO Ian Taylor is due to meet


with his CIMSPA counterpart Tara Dillon in the next couple of weeks. Taylor said his organ- isation had been delighted to attend the Active Training Conference last week and support the growth ambitions of CIMSPA. “SkillsActive is fully committed to


working collaboratively whenever possible with CIMSPA to achieve their ambitions to professionalise the management and lead- ership across our industry,” he said. “We are already working with a wide range of partners,


Neil King believes the sector’s pathway is confusing


collaborating to professionalise the sport, fitness, physical activity and outdoor sectors on behalf of a wide range of employers and will continue working to improve skills, learning and professional development in the sector.” For her part, Dillon, who was recently


appointed CEO of CIMSPA, has committed to decisive action in the pursuit of progress. “From CIMSPA’s perspective, the sector has


made it clear that it wants to take control of skills and so it’s now time to get on with making this happen,” she told Leisure Opportunities. “The forthcoming meeting with SkillsActive is about action and outcomes. CIMSPA pledges to maintain momentum and to act with pace to embed the agreed ‘guiding principles’ into workforce devel- opment norms.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=Y7b3T


Chef shortage threatens UK tourism


Despite celebrity chefs being ubiqui- tous, take up on cheffing courses is falling and hospitality businesses are struggling to recruit skilled chefs. According to fi gures from the UK


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Commission for Employment and Skills, nearly half (47 per cent) of chef vacancies are diffi cult to fi ll due to a lack of skilled applicants. Shortages are particularly bad in London, with up to 66 per cent of vacancies being hard to fi ll. Added to this, according to People 1st, 51 per cent of colleges off ering full time programmes have seen a fall in numbers since last year. The UK’s growing foodie reputation is


Chefs like Tom Kerridge have boosted food tourism


becoming a major driver of English tourism, which is predicted to become one of the biggest sources of economic growth over the next decade.Already worth £106bn (9 per cent of the GDP), the value of tourism is expected to double to £216bn by 2025, providing one in 10 jobs. However, according to VisitEngland, a lack of skilled chefs does jeopardise these pro- jections and the tourism body has called for a drive, across the industry, to encourage more


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young people to consider a career as a chef. “We are proud of England’s growing foodie


reputation which relies heavily on skilled chefs delivering quality across the many fan- tastic restaurants, pubs and hotels across the country,” says James Berresford, chief execu- tive of VisitEngland. “We need to ensure there is enough being done at grass roots level to inspire young chefs to enter the industry and fill the skills gap, if we are to meet visitor demand.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=s4h9E


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