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Company: Edge Training
Location: South Africa
Hospitality Training
The hospitality industry is highly customer-focused, making it one of the best sectors to launch a stable career. The Edge Training Hospitality Learnership is specifically designed to give unemployed youth the essential skills needed to succeed in customer service, communication, and professional teamwork. This fully-funded program helps you gain real-world experience while earning a qualification.
Hospitality Learnerships
Hospitality is an industry that is constantly changing. That’s why it’s important to make sure South African youths are consistently acquiring new knowledge, trends, and best practices to stay on top. By investing in hospitality training you can stay up to date with trends, come up with innovative solutions, adapt to changing needs and initiate growth.
SGS YES Learnership
Learnership Programme Available
- Accomodation Learnership
- Food and Beverage Learnership
- Professional Cookery
The Edge Training hospitality portfolio offers three comprehensive, accredited pathways registered under the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and fully endorsed by CATHSSETA. Each stream is mapped out to target a distinct department within the tourism and hospitality sector, ensuring that learners graduate with specialized, highly practical skill sets.
1. National Certificate: Accommodation Services
- Qualification Level: NQF Level 2
- National SAQA ID: 14110
- Total Credits: 138 Credits
- Minimum Education Required: Grade 10 or Grade 11
This entry-level qualification is perfectly suited for individuals who want to master the foundational mechanics of hotel, lodge, and resort management. It focuses heavily on the rooms division, guest relations, and core housekeeping infrastructures. Learners are trained to uphold premium international hospitality cleanliness and presentation standards.
Core Training Modules & Focus Areas:
- Guest Environment & Room Servicing: Professional preparation of guest bedrooms, master cleaning procedures for bathrooms, and handling specialized linen and premium coverings.
- Stock Control & Supply Logistics: Managing the receipt, safe storage, inventory tracking, and systematic issuing of guest goods and cleaning materials.
- Health, Safety & Environment: Implementing strict waste disposal regulations, chemical storage handling, and maintaining general hygiene standards within public-facing facilities.
- Customer Care Foundations: Processing incoming and outgoing telephone calls professionally, handling guest complaints, and maintaining excellent workplace relationships.
Future Career Pathways:
Graduates from this stream can confidently apply for permanent employment positions such as Executive Housekeeping Assistants, Guest Room Attendants, Stock Inspectors, Front Desk Assistants, or Receptionists within boutique guesthouses, major hotel chains, or safari lodges.
2. Further Education and Training Certificate: Food and Beverage Services
- Qualification Level: NQF Level 4
- National SAQA ID: 14113
- Total Credits: 133 to 138 Credits
- Minimum Education Required: Grade 12 (Matric) preferred
This intermediate qualification shifts focus directly to the operational front-of-house customer experience within food establishments. It is designed for charismatic individuals who possess strong communication skills and want to learn how to manage restaurant service floors, bars, and corporate functions.
Core Training Modules & Focus Areas:
- Advanced Table & Drink Service: Preparing and setting up elegant dining areas, executing correct table layout protocols, and serving multi-course meals seamlessly.
- Beverage & Wine Etiquette: Comprehensive instruction on how to clean and handle delicate glassware, restock high-end beverage machines, and professionally serve bottled wines, spirits, and local liqueurs.
- Point of Sale (POS) & Financials: Operating a commercial payment point, processing digital card transactions, managing cash registers, and tracking refunds securely.
- Basic Supervision & Event Execution: Learning how to manage food stations, supervise buffet or carvery systems, run automated banquets, and conduct basic on-the-job coaching for junior team members.
Future Career Pathways:
This qualification prepares you directly for roles such as Head Waiter, Restaurant Supervisor, Assistant Function Coordinator, Food Production Assistant, Corporate Banqueting Lead, or Bar Manager across fine-dining establishments, cruise liners, and casino resorts.
3. National Certificate: Professional Cookery
- Qualification Level: NQF Level 4
- National SAQA ID: 14113 (Culinary Art Sub-category)
- Total Credits: 120+ Credits
- Minimum Education Required: Grade 11 or Grade 12 (Matric)
This stream is tailored explicitly for creative individuals who are deeply passionate about the culinary arts and dream of working inside a high-volume, professional kitchen environment. It transitions learners away from home cooking and introduces them to the rigid discipline, speed, and safety standards required by commercial executive chefs.
Core Training Modules & Focus Areas:
- Fundamental Food Preparation: Mastering industrial knife skills, understanding cold larder preparations, and setting up daily kitchen “mise en place” (ingredients placement).
- Culinary Arts & Cooking Methods: Learning exact preparation and cooking methods for stocks, classical sauces, proteins, poultry, seafood, and hot/cold starches.
- Kitchen Hygiene & Safety Laws: Mastering strict Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) safety frameworks, preventing cross-contamination, and managing high-temperature equipment safely.
- Food Storage & Cost Controls: Understanding bulk stock rotation, running safe hot and cold food holding units, minimizing kitchen ingredient wastage, and managing storage temperature controls.
Future Career Pathways:
Upon successful completion, learners can enter the commercial culinary workforce as Commis Chefs, Line Cooks, Kitchen Section Supervisors, Catering Assistants, or Cold Larder Operators within industrial catering firms, private hospital kitchens, restaurants, or cruise ships.
Minimum Requirements to Apply:
- South African Citizen with a valid ID
- Minimum Grade 10, 11, or 12 (Matric)
- Clear criminal record and a passion for customer service
Core Skills You Will Learn:
- Effective communication in-person and on calls
- Effective food preparation and professional storage laws
- Servicing bathrooms, guest suites, and general hospitality areas
- Maintaining a safe and secure corporate working environment
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How to Apply for the Edge Training Hospitality Learnership
Applications must be directed to the specific regional office handling placements in your province. Submitting multiple applications across different regions or using commercial “Request a Quote” forms will result in immediate automatic rejection.
You can apply online via the official Edge Training Student Applications Portal or submit your complete PDF application pack directly via email to your closest regional processing desk listed below:
- Gauteng / Johannesburg Intake: Submit your complete document pack via email to: [email protected]
- KwaZulu-Natal / Durban Intake: Submit your documents to: [email protected] or hand-deliver directly to 12 Radar Dr, Durban North, 4051.
- Western Cape / Cape Town Intake: Submit your documents to: [email protected]
For further verification or to double-check active intakes, you may consult the official portal at www.edgetraining.co.za or call their student assistance desk at +27 87 135 5543.
Note: Verification of active intakes can be confirmed directly via the official portal at www.edgetraining.co.za.
