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TAILOR-MADE                                       Incoming Tourist Operations; Travel Agency,       body language, telephone etiquette, guest
                                                              Travel Consultant, Airport Operations, Cruise
                                                                                                                satisfaction, greetings and farewells, guest
            Courses                                           ship Operations, Super Yacht services             information, handling guest concerns,
                                                              Tourist Guiding; Tourist Guides, Tour Leaders,
                                                                                                                complaint handling, protocol, crowd control,
                                                              Docents
                                                                                                                Hard Skills, including;  kitchen and larder,
            Apart from preparing its students to join         OTHERS                                            pastry and baking, food and beverage service,
            and contribute to the ongoing success of          Retail Operations                                 bar service, mixology, checking-in, operating
            Malta’s tourism and hospitality industry, ITS     Call Centres                                      booking systems…
            also offers training for those already in the     Office / Venue Reception                          What is the difference between and
            industry.                                                                                           Accredited and a  Non-Accredited

            This is done by offering various training         LANGUAGES                                         programme?
            programmes, in an accredited and non-             English for Tourism                               Accredited: programme is pegged to the
            accredited format, or custom designed to          Maltese for Tourism                               Malta Qualification Framework, which
            meet the respective customer needs                German for Tourism                                ranges from levels 1 to 7. By the end of
                                                              French for Tourism
            This type of training provision targets various   Italian for Tourism                               the programme the trainee would obtain
            operations and offers training in;                                                                  European Credit Transfer System (ECTS),
                                                                                                                which translated to having a Minimum
                                                              CUSTOM DESIGNED                                   possible of 1 ECTS for 25 hours of learning.
            HOSPITALITY & CATERING                            PROGRAMMES may be held at any
            OPERATIONS                                        of the ITS campuses or the client’s property      Non- Accredited: a programme that does not
            Rooms Division; Front Office and                  and may be prepared in a way that reflect the     meet the above criteria, whereby the learner
            Housekeeping                                      specific Brand Standards and Values, and be       is awarded a certificate of attendance or
            Food & Beverage;  Kitchen and Service             focused on every departments need.                performance.
            Food Safety; Food Handlers License
            Wines; Wines and Spirits Education Trust          These programmes may include a structured         SUPPORTING SCHEMES
            (WSET), UK                                        or unstructured Assessment, as well as be         Get Qualified Scheme
                                                              engineered in a way that makes them either
            TOURISM OPERATIONS                                Accredited or non-Accredited.
            Events and Leisure; Destination Management        Training type examples may include;
            Organizations (DMOs),Conference &                 Soft Skills, including; communication skills,     Training Pays (Jobsplus)
            Banqueting, Visitor Attractions                                                                     Investing in Skills (Jobsplus)



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