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NRAEF develops first-ever Food And Beverage Service Competency Model

The model provides a framework for understanding career opportunities within the industry, and aligns with other industry models to demonstrate common transferable skills and competencies.

January 16, 2015

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) announced today the debut of the Food and Beverage Service Competency Model, a roadmap for profiling employability and technical skills needed for career advancement in the industry.

The Food and Beverage Service Competency Model is now represented as part of U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration’s Industry Competency Model Initiative. The interactive model is hosted on the U.S. Department of Labor’s CareerOneStop website among 22 other high-growth industry competency models including construction, energy, health care, retail, and advanced manufacturing.

The model provides a framework for understanding career opportunities within the industry, and aligns with other industry models to demonstrate common transferable skills and competencies.

Over a five-month period beginning in June 2014, the NRAEF collaborated with members of the National Restaurant Association (NRA) and State Restaurant Association representatives, alongside allied industry partners and the U.S. Department of Labor, to form a workforce industry advisory panel to devise and validate the competency model. The panel’s mission was to ensure the competency model aligned with the skill sets, values and career pathways within the industry.

The creation of the Food and Beverage Service Competency Model was funded through a collaborative partnership between the NRAEF and the ACT Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Joyce Foundation and Lumina Foundation.