About Us

The Apprenticeship in Hospitality Scotland's (AHS) vision is to create a world class, industry led, hospitality apprenticeship programme aimed at young people to encourage them into the world of work in Hospitality & Tourism and this is exactly what has been created. Our purpose is to ensure that our programme will inspire, nurture and develop the next generation of highly skilled talent for the Scottish hospitality industry.

The Apprenticeship in Hospitality Scotland is an award winning programme which began in 2014 as a partnership between hotels across Scotland.

Each apprentice is paid the national minimum wage as the programme was designed to remove the stigma of the hospitality industry as a career path and the course is supplemented with masterclasses and learning journey's to enhance the learning of the apprentices.

Developed to offer an alternative to university, AHS is designed to encourage young people to enter the hospitality industry and start a lifelong career in one of the most rewarding industries - not to see the industry as a means to an end whilst studying for something else. The original four hotel partners recognised a need for an industry-led apprenticeship that would inspire, nurture and develop the next generation of highly skilled talent.

The continental model of hospitality training was identified as an ideal, particularly in the success it has for the attraction of young people into hospitality as a career.

What makes AHS is unique is its bespoke approach to learning and the apprentices being able to access a series of masterclasses and learning journeys, all of which are unique to their year group and what is current in industry at the time to aide their development and allow them to build a network.

The apprentices are based all over Scotland and their qualification is delivered with a blended learning approach where by the end of their two years they are awarded their Modern Apprenticeship with the view of being able to continue on to an optional third year.

AHS offers two routes to training, the Hospitality Services and Professional Cookery Apprenticeship.

For more information on the course download our prospectus.