Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Hon Edmund Bartlett i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pūnaewele manuahi no nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ka hoʻolālā, e alakaʻi ʻia nei e ka ʻO Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI), ʻO kahi mahele o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), ua mākaukau e kōkua i nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma muli o ka pani ʻana o nā hōkele i ka wā maʻi maʻi COVID-19.
Ma lalo o ka papahana, hāʻawi ʻia nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi he 11 mau papa manuahi o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pūnaewele no nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko lākou mākaukau a hoʻomaikaʻi i ko lākou mau pono.
Ke hōʻike nei ke Kuhina i kēia manawa, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa nā mea hoʻohana 2,279 mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papahana i ka ʻauinalā i nehinei, me ka nui o nā moho i waiho i kahi papa inoa kali, no ka koi nui ʻana i nā papahana kikoʻī (e like me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke alakaʻi hui hoʻokipa, nā mea lawelawe hale ʻai, ka luna hoʻokipa a me Kepania).
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā kikohoʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett, "Haʻaheo mākou no ka hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ʻana o ka papahana e kā mākou limahana hoʻokipa. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hāʻule ka portal i kekahi mau manawa ma hope o kā mākou hoʻokuʻu ʻana, ma muli o ke komo ʻana o ka hoihoi, akā hauʻoli wau i ka hōʻike ʻana ua hoʻoponopono ʻia kēia mau pilikia ʻenehana. No laila, paipai wau i nā limahana hoʻokipa āpau e hoʻohana i kēia manawa kūpono. "
Ua hoʻohui ke Kuhina he mea koʻikoʻi kēia hana no ka mea makemake ʻo ia e ʻoi aku ka mākaukau o ka limahana ma hope o ka manawa o kēia maʻi maʻi, ma mua o ka wā i hoʻomaka ai.
"Ua paʻakikī ka pilikia COVID-19 i kā mākou wahi mākaʻikaʻi. ʻOiai ua pani ʻia nā hōkele a me nā mea hoihoi i nā hana a ua pani ʻia nā palena āpau o nā limahana 160,000 i hana pololei ʻia i ka mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻopilikia ʻia i kekahi ala a i ʻole. He kanaha tausani e noho nei i ka hana a he 75% [120,000] i hoopauia.
"No laila, hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana e hāʻawi mākou i kā mākou limahana mākaʻikaʻi i kahi laina ola. ʻAʻohe manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kēia manawa no lākou e hana hou a hoʻonui. He waiwai akamai ia i ka noho kūpaʻa ʻana, e uku ana i nā ʻāpana maikaʻi ke hoʻi hou ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ka maʻamau.
Ke lawelawe ʻia nei ka papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa pūnaewele no nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka laulima ʻana me kā mākou mau hoa nui. E hāʻawi manuahi ʻo HEART/National Service Training (HEART/NSTA) Trust i nā moho a me ka uku ʻana i nā kumu aʻo.
E hāʻawi ana ka National Restaurant Association (NRA), nā mea nona ka American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), i kā lākou pūlima ServSafe Certification, a ʻo ka Universal Service Fund (USF) e kākoʻo i nā poʻe pono e komo i ka Pūnaewele.
"He hoa koʻikoʻi ka USF i ko mākou ʻimi ʻana e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe i loaʻa ʻole ka ʻenehana ma ka home. Ua loaʻa i ka USF he 193 Community Access Points (CAPs) ma Jamaica, kēlā me kēia me 25 kamepiula me ka ʻike pūnaewele, "wahi a Kuhina Bartlett.
Ua hoʻohui hou ʻo ia, "E hui pū ana ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), me ka USF e hoʻohana i nā CAP i koho ʻia ma Trelawny, St. James, St. Ann a me Westmoreland i hiki i nā haumāna ke komo ʻole i kahi atamai ke hoʻohana i nā CAPs. i loko o kēia mau pākana e komo i nā papa a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea papa.
Aia ka JCTI i nā palapala hōʻoia pūnaewele manuahi he 11, e hōʻoia i ka holomua o nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi kūloko ʻoiai nā kūlana paʻakikī.
ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pūnaewele no nā papa hana hana mākaʻikaʻi penei: Luna Laundry, Guest Room Attendant, Kitchen Steward Porter, ServSafe Training in Food Safety, Certified Hospitality Supervisor, Introduction to Spanish, Public Area Sanitation, Hospitality Team Leader, Certified Banquet Server, Certified Restaurant Server, a me ka palapala hōʻoia DJ.
He mau papahana hōʻoia kēia, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo nā moho wale nō me ka ʻike hana maoli ke kūpono.
E loaʻa i nā papa a pau nā hōʻike hōʻoia a e loaʻa i nā moho kūleʻa nā palapala hōʻoia mai nā hui hōʻoia, me ka National Restaurant Association, ka American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute a i ʻole HEART Trust/NSTA.
Ke hoomau nei ke kakau inoa ma www.tef.gov.jm/jamaica-centre-of-toursm-innovation
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO ka hoʻolālā, e alakaʻi ʻia nei e ka Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI), kahi mahele o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), i mea e kōkua ai i nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma muli o ka pani ʻana o nā hōkele i ka wā ʻO ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.
- Ann and Westmoreland so that students without access to a smartphone will be able to utilize the CAPs in these parishes to participate in the courses and access course material.
- E hāʻawi ana ka National Restaurant Association (NRA), nā mea nona ka American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), i kā lākou pūlima ServSafe Certification, a ʻo ka Universal Service Fund (USF) e kākoʻo i nā poʻe pono e komo i ka Pūnaewele.
