Gingko College of Hospitality Management was Approved as a Pilot Unit for Vocational Skill Level Certification for College Students in Sichuan Province

According to the relevant requirements of the Notice on Launching the Pilot Work for Vocational Skill Level Identification of College Students by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, Gingko College of Hospitality Management actively carried out the application for this pilot work.

Recently, the Sichuan Vocational Skills Appraisal and Guidance Center organized experts to apply for a third-party vocational skill level certification pilot work record technical assessment for the school. The evaluation expert group believes that the Gingko College has the conditions to carry out the third-party vocational skill level certification pilot work. After the review of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, it is agreed that Gingko College of Hospitality Management can conduct vocational skills certification for current students as a pilot unit for college students’ vocational skills level certification. Three vocational skill levels are recognized for front office attendant, room attendant, and western-style pastry chef.

As an application-oriented university, Gingko College of Hospitality Management has always attached great importance to running schools in keeping with the needs of society and industry. "Industry-education integration, school-enterprise cooperation" is the national and local economic and social development requirements for talent training, an effective way to train applied talents, and it also conforms to the goal of Gingko College's talent training. Industry companies are the judges of the training quality.The application-oriented talent training process should have the deep participation of industry companies. During the entire process of talent training, students should be involved in industry practice as much as possible, so that they can perceive the industry as soon as possible and continue to understand contacts. Industry, in terms of awareness, knowledge, ability and other aspects to adapt to the dynamic needs of the industry.

For this reason, Gingko College has made the following efforts in recent years: First, the integration of teaching and industry needs, industrialization of course settings, practical teaching content, and scene-oriented teaching mode. The second is the integration of education and industry resources. Domestic and foreign experts and entrepreneurs in related fields are invited to join the teaching steering committee, participate in college education and the teaching guidance, and provide consulting opinions for the training process, professional construction, curriculum setting and other decisions. The third is to actively select key teachers to carry out substantive enterprise training or take off their posts in the enterprise, participate in the actual operation of the enterprise, strengthen the actual work experience of the teachers, improve the teachers’ ability to integrate theory with practice and practice, and build a team with theory, professionalism, and industry knowledge. "Dual teachers and dual abilities" faculty. The fourth is to build a teaching resource platform with industry companies, integrate resources from the government, schools, and industry companies, and build a practical resource platform for collaborative education.

The approval of the pilot unit for the vocational skill level certification of college students in Sichuan Province not only represents the recognition of the society’s characteristics of Gingko College’s running schools, but also creates new conditions for the school to further deepen the reform of the application-oriented talent training model, which has a positive impact to the development of the industry.