Program Competencies

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• Awareness of the variety of career options in lodging/restaurant management.
• Use terminology specific to the lodging/restaurant/food service industry.
• Understand the common supervisory skills required to operate a lodging property..
• Apply federal, state, and local laws and regulations that are specific to the lodging and restaurant industry.
• Be certified in food handling sanitation.
• Knowledge of a wide variety of foods typically served in a lodging or food service establishment.
• Plan and cost a meal for a group.
• Use generally accepted accounting practices to record transactions common to this industry.
• Use financial information to control internal costs and improve operational effectiveness.
• Communicate effectively with employers, employees, customers, vendors and the community in writing and speech.
• Use computer application software to prepare reports and presentations.
• Apply human resource management principles in dealing with employees.
• Use sales techniques common to the service marketing of lodging and food.