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HEART TRUST/NTA AND JAMAICA PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE SIGN MOU
The HEART Trust/NTA and the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will seek to improve productivity levels among the Jamaican workforce and to improve the country's economic competitiveness.
The signing took place this morning (May 16) at the c...
Jamaica showed its strength as a world brand recently, winning a bid to host the 2010 General Assembly of WorldSkills International. WSI is an independent agency committed to raising the status and standards of vocational skills and training worldwide.
EMPLOYERS NEED TO INSIST ON CERTIFIED WORKERS - GREGORY
President of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), Robert Gregory has called on Jamaican employers to join their global partners and insist on trained and certified workers for the workplace.
Speaking at the recent launch of the regional Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ) at the Terra Nova Ho...
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and the HEART Trust/NTA today (August 30) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide certification for a range of workers in the industry, and to complement the existing regional professional certification programme, CaribCert.
From the tiny, sleepy district of Crawle River in Clarendon to the cultural and artistic centre of Europe in Vienna, Austria - life has been ultra exciting for Julia Edwards.
The Edwin Allen High alum has just returned to Jamaica from a successful two-year course of study at the prestigious Inter...
HEART TRUST INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR HAILS FROM FALMOUTH
Linda Stewart-Doman, a senior instructor in hospitality at the Falmouth Vocational Training Centre (VTC) in Trelawny is the 2005/6 Instructor of the Year at the HEART Trust/National Training Agency.
Mrs. Doman was selected for the prestigious award ahead of Robert Lindsay of the Kenilworth Aca...
HEART TRUST EMPLOYEE SUCCESSFUL IN 2-YEAR GERMAN HOSPITALITY PROGRAMME
From the tiny, sleepy district of Crawle River in Clarendon to the cultural and artistic centre of Europe in Vienna, Austria - life has been ultra exciting for Julia Edwards.
The Edwin Allen High alum has just returned to Jamaica from a successful two-year course of study at the prestigious I...
The Runaway Bay HEART Hotel & Training Institute is marking its 20th anniversary in 2006 and it has much to celebrate. For starters, it's the only hotel of its kind in Jamaica and it has the unique distinction of being the single-largest trainer of professionals for the local hospitality sector.
THE MOSS FAMILY - TWO GENERATIONS OF ECXELLENCE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
A family that bakes together stays together. At least, this is the case for the Moss Family from the garden parish of St. Ann, where two generations have been making waves in the hospitality industry for eighteen years.
Parents, Donovan and Charmaine Moss, have worked in the industry as pastr...
All he had as a boy was curiosity of how things worked and an opportunity to help his father fix his motorcycle and radios. Today, that curiosity has created a passion for the automotive industry for Alphonso Oliver Grennell, owner and manager of Grennell's Driver Safety Training and Services.
CHARLENE BREVITT-ROSE: HEART TRUST HELPED HER TO LIVE HER DREAM
Many have seen her on television shows and have often admired Charlene Brevitt-Rose's innovative ways of remodeling a room. Her knack for colours and eye for detail have placed her high in her field of interior decorating, but Charlene will tell anyone who asks that she never thought she would be s...
HEART TRUST/NTA IS JAMAICA EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION 'EMPLOYER OF CHOICE'
The HEART Trust/NTA iss the JEF Employer of Choice for 2005. The organization was also named the JEF Large Business Employer of Choice. Other category winners were the Hilton Kingston Hotel which was named the JEF Medium Business Employer of Choice, and 3M Jamaica which emerged as he JEF Small Bus...
NCTVET ACCREDITATION ENSURES QUALITY IN TVET SYSTEM
The National Council on Technical Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET), the certification and accreditation arm of the HEART Trust/NTA, says more Jamaican institutions are realizing the benefits of being accredited for training and are eager to comply with the standards set by the Council.
HEART GIVES EMPLOYERS HEALTHY RETURN ON INVESTMENT
The HEART Trust/National Training Agency is giving Jamaican employers good value for money. This, according to a Return on Investment (ROI) Study recently done on the Trust by Jamaican Dr. Rosalea Hamilton and Trinidadian Vanus James.
Commenting on the study, Executive Director of the HEART T...
The Runaway Bay HEART Hotel & Training Institute is marking its 20th anniversary in 2006 and has much to celebrate. It is the only hotel of its kind in Jamaica and it has the unique distinction of being the single-largest trainer of professionals for the local hospitality sector.
HEART/IMAJ TO CONDUCT 'SAFE HOUSE' BUILDING CLINICS
Several communities in St. Elizabeth, Clarendon, St. Catherine and Manchester which have been adversely affected by the ravages of Hurricane Ivan are to become the focal point of a 'safe house building' project by the Heart Trust/NTA and the Incorporated Master Builders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ)...
RUNAWAY BAY HEART HOTEL & TRAINING INSTITUTE COPS INTERNATIONAL AWARD IN PARIS
The Runaway Bay HEART Hotel and Training Institute in St. Ann has been selected as the 2005 recipient of the prestigious Carl Fabergé Award in the field of Housekeeping. The award was presented at a grand gala held in Paris on Tuesday, December 20, 2005.
WORLD-CLASS WORKERS WITH HEART CERTIFICATION HEAD TO TRINIDAD
Six employees of the Cigarette Company of Jamaica, a member of the Carreras Group, are headed to Trinidad and Tobago shortly to take up technical positions at the West Indies Tobacco Company (WITCO).
The employees - Fitzroy Johnson, Orville Russell, Winston Castle, Clive Reid, Michael Ewan an...