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Project Name and Organisation
Main Contact

Activity & Adventure Tourism: Fast Track to Employment 


West College Scotland, Clydebank Campus

Hugh McCluskey, CQL Hospitality & Tourism
Hugh.mccluskey@wcs.ac.uk

 

Eligibility
Referral Arrangements

No Pre-entry qualifications required
West Dunbartonshire residents 
Open to all age groups
An interest in Scottish tourism

Hugh McCluskey, CQL Hospitality & Tourism
Hugh.mccluskey@wcs.ac.uk

Delivery Location
Programme Timetable

Clydebank Campus, Queens Quay, Glasgow, G81 1BF and Employer Placements

w/b 21 March 2021 - 27 May 2021
3 days per week, 4 hours per day

Pipeline Stages
Age Group

Stage 3/4

All Age Groups

Programme Outline

The programme would be delivered as a blended approach to benefit from and support industry and college-based learning. The programme will be delivered 3 days per week. Initially the first four weeks of the programme would be spent in college developing essential skills to enable the learner to be work ready. College hours would be 4 hours per day for the skills development element to ensure participants can fully focus on their own development.

 
Specific Activities will include:
"    Industry experts involved in course - industry-led sessions included in the course - either F2F or using conference cameras 
"    Practical and personal skills training 
"    Opportunity to apply for job roles and opportunities coming through a Hospitality & Tourism portal for the region 
"    Preparation for a mock-interview with college-based professional staff and/or industry involvement in this process 
"    Specific training on planning itineraries, sustainable tourism, Activity, Wildlife, Ancestral Tourism and Current Developing Markets, customer care skills, self-awareness, and self-confidence/presentation skills
"     Visits to retail Travel agents, Aberfoyle adventure Tourism centre and Realistic tour guiding experiences and tour guiding trips.
"    Practical hospitality skills including event planning, barista training and health and safety in hospitality. Access to online learning materials and personal development activities 
"    Workshops will give participants the opportunity to increase confidence, motivation, transferable skills, increase work ethics and leadership practice allowing progression to education, training, or employment 

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