Final Report: Sub-regional Pilot of the APEC Occupational Standards for the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industry in the Pacific Alliance

APEC Human Resources Development Working Group August2024 Final Report: Sub-regional Pilot ofthe APEC Occupational Standardsfor the Travel, Tourism andHospitality Industry in the PacificAlliance APECHuman Resources Development Working Group August2024 APEC Project:HRD 03 2023S Produced byAustralian Government Department of Education ForAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat35 Heng Mui Keng TerraceSingapore 119616Tel: (65) 68919 600Fax: (65) 68919 690Email:info@apec.orgWebsite:www.apec.org ©2024APEC Secretariat APEC#224-HR-01.7 Sub-regional Pilot of the APEC Occupational Standards for the Travel, Tourism andHospitality Industry in the Pacific AllianceFINAL REPORT Table of Contents Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................................5Executive summary.................................................................................................................................61Introduction.....................................................................................................................................81.1Background............................................................................................................................81.2Pilot project aim and objectives.............................................................................................92Pilot project overview...................................................................................................................102.1Methodology........................................................................................................................102.1.1Initiation workshop.........................................................................................................102.1.2Mapping domestic and APEC Occupational Standards..................................................112.1.3Validation workshops with the productive sector............................................................132.1.4Curriculum review workshops with the training sector..................................................142.1.5Evaluation.......................................................................................................................152.2Draft Infection Control Standard.........................................................................................162.3Project Steering Committee.................................................................................................162.4Project consultant................................................................................................................193Key outcomes................................................................................................................................193.1Mapping APEC and domestic standards.............................................................................193.2Validation workshops with the productive sector................................................................233.3Curriculum review workshops with the training sector.......................................................254Lessons learned and recommendations.........................................................................................295Final remarks and next steps.........................................................................................................33Appendices............................................................................................................................................36Appendix A.1 Core APEC Occupational Standards–Cook.............................................................36Appendix A.2 Core APEC Occupational Standards–Housekeeper.................................................46Appendix B.1 APEC Occupational Standards Mapping Spreadsheets, Cook..................................55Appendix B.2 APEC Occupational Standards Mapping Spreadsheets, Housekeeper......................80Appendix C Draft Infection Control Standard................................................................................103 List of Figures Figure 1: Sub-regional Pilot of theAPEC Occupational Standards Methodology...............................10Figure 2: Slide from the PowerPoint presentation used during the Curriculum Update Workshop withthe training sector..................................................................................................................................15Figure 3: Online evaluation survey feedback and total number of responses by workshop conducted inChile and Peru, curriculum review training sector workshops (2023)..................................................26 List of Tables Table 1: Variations confirmed between APEC Occupational Standard and local standard [Cook]–Mexico and Colombia [THHOS17009 Use cookery equipment and tools to prepare food items].......12Table 2: Variations confirmed between APEC Occupational Standard and local standa