Training and Skills Development

Businesses demonstrating training and skills development are providing commitment to investment in skills to Scotland. It celebrates individuals and teams which demonstrate outstanding personal and business success through investment in training and skills development. Open to tourism and hospitality businesses in Scotland that could demonstrate the tangible benefits they have achieved as a result of genuinely effective training and skills development and being recognised for their innovative approach to workplace development challenges. Evidence of company culture and clearly defined structures that encourage staff training and support staff in their own personal developments is a benefit of the business as a whole.

This category celebrates people development and individual or team excellence within specific disciplines. The category is open to any organisation who wants to recognise the contribution of their people to the success of their business.

This category is open to tourism businesses working to professional standards within the tourism industry by delivering tourism training and skills development

Businesses that can demonstrate success through effective leadership, training and skills development.

Entry Information

1. Briefly outline the culture of your business. Why do you think training and development is important to your business? (10 points)
2. Describe the key features of your training and development plan, covering objectives and strategies. Provide 2 examples of how this impacts on the results of your business? Do you use formal training schemes or do you employ a more informal, job related method. (10 points)
3. Describe how you identify and provide specific needs to your staff. Provide examples of training skills and development courses you offer your staff and how do you measure the effectiveness? (10 points)
4. Explain how your staff training supports your businesses sustainable policies? How have you approached developing staff awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption? How do you measure the effectiveness? (10 points)
5. Outline your future plans for the development of training and skills. How do you assess the future needs of your business and translate into effective staff development programmes? Do you look outside of your business for support in training and development? (10 points)