Bangaphezu kwamashumi amathathu abakhokeli babakhenkethi eGrenada abagqibe isigaba sokuqala soqeqesho oluququzelelwa yi Iziko leAkwila lokuGqwesa ngeCruise, iqabane loqeqesho elisemthethweni leFlorida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCA). Ixhaswa nguGunyaziwe wezoKhenketho waseGrenada (GTA), ikhosi yoqeqesho yeentsuku ezine ibe lithuba lokuba abakhenkethisi babe ngababalisi bamabali ababalaseleyo malunga namava kwilizwe labo ngelixa beba ngabokuqala ukufumana ithuba lokufumana isatifikethi esamkelwa kumazwe ngamazwe.

Ikhosi yaququzelelwa nguClaudine Pohl, uMphathi, uPhuhliso loShishino lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye noQeqesho e-Aquila. Izihloko ekwaxoxwa ngazo ziquka, ubugcisa bokubaliswa kwamabali, inkonzo egqwesileyo yabathengi, ukulungiselela imihla ngemihla kunye nokusombulula iingxaki. Abakhenkethisi babezibandakanye kakhulu kwaye babekuvuyela ukufumana ithuba phambi kweXesha leNqanawa laseBusika lika-2019/2020.

UNksz Pohl ubonise ukuba abakhenkethi ngoku baya kufuneka baphumelele iimvavanyo ezimbini ngaphambi kokuba bafumane isatifikethi sabo. Olunye uhlolo luvavanyo lokhetho oluninzi apho baya kufuna ukukhusela ireyithi yokupasa eyi-70% okanye ngaphezulu elandelwa licandelo levidiyo apho baya kubonisa izakhono zabo ezisanda kufundwa.

Ngaphandle kwabathathi-nxaxheba babulela i-GTA kunye ne-Aquila Inc. ngoqeqesho olufike ngexesha, uMququzeleli weMfundo yobuGcisa kunye noQeqesho (TVET) kwiKholeji yoLuntu yase-TA Marryshow (TAMCC) uNksz Yvette Payne uthe, " Inkqubo yayinokuqonda kwaye ebanzi. Ngokuqinisekileyo siya kudibanisa imiba yolu qeqesho kwinkqubo yoqinisekiso lweeteksi kunye nesiqinisekiso sabakhenkethi esiyinikezela kwi-TAMCC.”

Njengenxalenye yoqeqesho, uNkskz.Pohl uqhube izifundo ezimbini ezincomekayo zokhenketho kunye nabafundi benkqubo yeHospitality kunye nenkqubo yeZifundo zoKhenketho esandula ukuqaliswa kwi-TAMCC. Ekupheleni kweentetho, uNkskz.Pohl unike abafundi abahlanu izifundo zezatifikethi ze-intanethi zasimahla ezivela kwa-Akwila.

UMphathi woPhuhliso lweNautical kwi-GTA u-Nikoyan Roberts uvuyisene nabathathi-nxaxheba esithi, “Eli lithuba lenu lokuba ngowokuqala eGrenada ukunikwa iziqinisekiso kumazwe ngamazwe. Sijonge phambili kuphononongo olungcono oluvela kwiindwendwe zethu emva kokufumana inkonzo yakho esemgangathweni. "

Ethetha nabathathi-nxaxheba, iCEO yeGTA uPatricia Maher ukhuthaze abakhenkethisi ababekhona ukuba benze umbutho. Uthe, “Ukuseka uMbutho kuya kubaluleka kuphuhliso lwakho nakwisakhono sakho sokusebenzisa amathuba oqeqesho kunye nesiqinisekiso. Ukusebenza kunye njengeqela kuya kuba nobuchwephesha kwaye xa sibambisene somelele.”

Olu qeqesho beluqhutyelwa eNational Stadium ukusukela ngomhla wethoba ukuya kwelishumi elinesibini kweyoMsintsi.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

Sponsored by the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), the four-day training course was an opportunity for the tour guides to become master storytellers about the experiences in their country while becoming the first to have the opportunity to receive internationally recognized certification.
One assessment is a multiple choice exam in which they will need to secure a 70% pass rate or higher followed by a video component in which they will display their newly learnt skills.
Nautical Development Manager at the GTA Nikoyan Roberts congratulated the participants saying, “This is your opportunity to become the first in Grenada to be internationally certified.