Certain classifications in some hospitality awards require an employee to have an appropriate level of training to be classified at that level.

An employee who doesn’t have the appropriate level of training can't be classified at that level, even if their duties fall within that level.

Awards that require an appropriate level of training include:

• Restaurant Award
• Registered Clubs Award
• Hospitality Award.

A Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) certificate doesn’t meet the appropriate level of training requirement for these awards.

Restaurant Award

An employee has the appropriate level of training in this award if they have:

• completed an appropriate training program that meets the requirements of a qualification, or at least one unit from a training package
• been assessed by a skills assessor to have the same skills as someone who has completed a qualification, or
• been working in a particular classification for at least 3 months as at 31 December 2009 (except a Food and beverage attendant grade 2).

Specific requirements for Food and beverage attendant grade 3

The duties of grade 2 and grade 3 food and beverage attendants are very similar. Which grade an employee is depends on whether they have the appropriate level of training.

However, the definition of the appropriate level of training is different for the Food and beverage attendant grade 3 classification.

To be classified as a grade 3, employees must have completed an AQF Certificate II qualification relevant to their grade 3 duties. Completing some, but not all, units of competency for the qualification isn’t enough for an employee to be classified as a grade 3.

Registered Clubs Award

An employee has the appropriate level of training in this award if they have:

• completed an appropriate training program that meets the requirements of a qualification, or at least one unit from a training package
• been assessed by a skills assessor to have the same skills as someone who has completed a qualification, or
• been working in a particular classification for at least 3 months as at 31 December 2009.

Hospitality Award

An employee has the appropriate level of training in this award if they have:

• completed an appropriate training program that meets the requirements of a qualification, or at least one unit from a training package
• been assessed by a skills assessor to have the same skills as someone who has completed a qualification, or
• been working in a particular classification for at least 3 months as at 30 June 2010.

Example

Cliff works in the kitchen of a large hotel and is covered by the Hospitality Award. His job is to supervise other kitchen attendants.

Cliff has no qualifications for his job, and has never been assessed by a skills assessor. He started doing this job in 2012.

Cliff wants to make sure he’s being paid correctly.

He’s being paid as a Kitchen attendant grade 1, but because he supervises other employees he thinks he should be a grade 2

The Kitchen attendant grade 2 level includes supervision of kitchen attendants as part of its description.

As Cliff doesn’t have the appropriate level of training, he’s classified as a Kitchen attendant grade 1 and can’t be classified as a grade 2.