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| Name: Andy Taylor |
| Job Title: Human Resource
Manager |
| Company: The Crown Hotel, Bawtry
and The Rutland Hotel, Sheffield |
I would like to thank the team at Doncaster College for their
recent support with some of our NVQ candidates over the past few
months at both The Rutland Hotel Sheffield and The Crown Hotel
Bawtry; Jane Fishwick and Michelle Jackson are a credit to the
college.
We have had three trainee chefs recently complete
their Level 2 NVQ's in
food preparation, not an easy task when all three of them are Polish with, at
the start of their NVQ, little understanding of the
English language.
Throughout the whole process both Jane and
Michelle have been dedicated and hard working having great
patience with all three candidates.
In the past we have used other NVQ
providers who have not seemed to care about the constraints of
working to the business needs and only seemed to be able to assess
students between the hours of 9am - 5pm Monday to
Friday, where as Jane and Michelle have worked around the
business, coming in to assess on weekends and evenings when the
business in house is more relevant to the assessing process. I have
also been informed that Michelle will be visiting one of the
candidates during her week’s holiday to make sure he meets
the deadline for his final assessment.
Jane is also a great support when I have
queries regarding other training issues and often goes out of her
way to find out information for me to be able to assist other
members of the hotels staff.
I would also like to pass on my
congratulations regarding two of your BTEC students who have just
completed 4 weeks placement at the Rutland Hotel: Catherine
Gore and Mark Byrne.
Two years ago we were asked to support
students form Doncaster college at The Crown Hotel in Bawtry on
their placements. Unfortunately this was not successful as none of
the students bothered turning up for their placements and never got
in contact to explain why. Needless to say this left a
bitter taste.
When I was approached by Jane and Michelle to
take Catherine and Mark for their placements I must admit I was a
little apprehensive but with the support they had given our
staff during their NVQ's I thought I would take the
chance.
I am pleased to say I was pleasantly
surprised, and they have both done the college proud. In the past
students have always stood in the back ground just peeling
vegetables for their entire placements, not Catherine and Mark.
Both have been enthusiastic, shown initiative and have asked to
work shifts so that they can experience, I guess you would say
'real life' in a hotel.
The best example of dedication was last
weekend when our Head Chef was on holiday and our Sous Chef was
taken into hospital at short notice and again both the students
rose up to the challenge instead of shying away.
So in summary I would just like to say a big
thank you to the team
at the College, keep
up the good work, the hospitality needs teachers like
yours to inspire people to join our industry and view it as a
career and not something to do until you find a proper job.
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nominate someone for StaffView please email
matt.needham@don.ac.uk
with details.
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