Hospitality

Mikayla’s sister encouraged her to try the Trades course at NMIT and Mikayla’s really glad she did. In fact, since starting the Hospitality Year 1 course Mikayla’s been telling others at her school how good it is and that they should think about doing it themselves.

“I’m a practical, get up and do it learner, rather than learning from writing and reading. Here at Trades the tutors show us what to do and then we get to do it ourselves. They’re very patient and good at passing on their knowledge to us."

Mikayla also enjoys spending her Fridays on the NMIT campus. “It’s always an adventure walking around here. There’s lots of different types of students, from all different backgrounds and cultures which is really cool.”

Paris is in the second year of the Hospitality programme, completing Level 3 unit standards as part of her NCEA Level 3 qualification. “I really enjoyed the programme when I did it last year. We had the opportunity to learn about both Front of House and cooking. This year we spend all our time in the kitchen”.

A particular highlight for Paris has been developing her team communication skills which are vital when working in a busy professional kitchen. She’s also able to put into practice all the cooking and front of house skills she has in her part time work at a local restaurant.

Paris would rate the Trades Hospitality programme as 10 out of 10! “I like the learning style at NMIT”.

Paris would like to study at NMIT fulltime in the future. Her aim is to complete the Diploma in Culinary Arts and then travel, where she knows her chefing skills will always be in demand.