Professional training of future specialists in hotel and restaurant business: definitive analysis

Abstract

Definitions of «professional training», «professional training of future hotel and restaurant professionals», «specialist», «hotel and restaurant specialist», «readiness», «readiness for professional activity», «readiness of future hotel and restaurant specialist to professional activity» are considered.
Readiness of a future specialist of hotel and restaurant business for professional activity is considered as a result of training in establishments of professional pre-higher and higher education of various forms of ownership, educational service customers’ mastery of professionally oriented knowledge, abilities, skills and competences which establish his correspondence to requirements for giving various services to clients of hotel and restaurant enterprises; is based on conscious abilities to the chosen profession, reflection, provides the ability to scientific research and innovation, continuous self-development and self-education throughout life. It is emphasized that the disadvantage of training future specialists in hotel and restaurant business is predominance of theoretical not practical training, and therefore, practical orientation of the educational process with the possibility of implementing the best world standards is actualized; taking into account employers’ requests, qualification requirements for specialists’ profile; application of modern information and educational technologies; construction of individual educational trajectory, continuality and multileveledness of programs; certification of programs based on international quality standards.
It is stated that the professional training of future specialists in hotel and restaurant business can be provided through the development of bases of professional and practical training; involvement of practitioners in teaching professional disciplines; setting connections between pre-higher and higher professional education and the labor market; improving the quality of teaching and management staff; access to studying experience in the world's leading universities; conducting specialized competitions, contests; monitoring and analysis of the results of the educational process and employment.