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Career Opportunities in
Tourism in Pakistan |
Tourism and
Hoteling jobs... an attractive
career option
If you would like to work in
an active and people-centered role, the career in travel and Tourism is
suitable for you. courses in this field will equip you with the
skills valued by employers in this field.
Hospitality and entertaining
guests is an old custom and tradition of every society of the world.
Today Hotel management becomes a very attractive profession. Hoteling
basically is a service sector profession. The main responsibility of
the Professionals in this field are to care, provide comport and
facilitate guests. When hospitality and entertainment guests are done on
commercial basis that become art and profession like customs. These
professions are among world oldest ones. Those who are looking for a
career in this field are to work in places like Hotels, cafeterias,
restaurants, snakes bar, guest houses, rest houses, motels and hostels.
One can starts a career as manager, house keeper, Schiff cook, kitchen
assistant, waiter, receptionist, room attendant, hotel porter.
Good managerial skills,
eloquence, facile, courteous, civilized, and well-mannered gorgeous are
the qualities required for this profession. Besides these, having
administrative and managerial qualities in this field further prove very
successful in Hoteling, Tourism and Traveling industry.
Working environment:
People in this profession
have to work in different environment. A Manager in a hotel,
restaurant, mess, club, guest house or hospital is responsible to look
after the administration. His job is to monitor the preparation of food
and snacks, arrangement of residential facilities and looking after it.
He is also to take care of employees’ problems and their work. Monitor
the working of persons in charge of deferent sections under him. A house
keeper is also known as domestic services manager or bursar. His
responsibilities are to look after the residential affaires of hotels,
clubs and hostels of educational institutions. Cleanliness and maintain
hygiene of residential rooms, buildings are the key responsibilities in
this trade. A Schiff is to supervise activities in the kitchen of hotels
and restaurants. There are more than one Schiff in big hotels and their
boss is called head Schiff. A kitchen assistant assists Schiff. A
waiter serves food from kitchen to dining table. All the arrangement of
a dining hall of the restaurant or hotel is the responsibility of a
waiter. A counter service assistant works where there is a self-service
and guest has to take there food themselves from the counter. A hotel
receptionist works on the information desk of a hotel.
Remuneration, earning,
salaries:
There is no basic pay scale
in this field. Normally salaries and remuneration are decided through
mutual negotiation as most of the openings in this sector are created in
the private sector.
Tourism Courses, Pakistan Tourism
Development Corporation Courses
PAKISTAN Institute of
Tourism and Hotel Management offers training in 17 different fields
including 12 in hotel management and 5 in tourism. Syllabus for these
courses comprises one week to one year. Courses for hotel management are
as follows:
Elementary Hotel Management:
This is a one year
comprehensive diploma course in which every aspect of hotel management
is taught and trained. Students are given opportunities to visit famous
hotels to gain practical experience and exposure. Entry level for this
course is intermediate or A-level.
House Keeping Supervisory
Course:
This diploma course is of
one year duration and the entry level is intermediate or A-level.
Students are get familiarized with the basic principles and procedure of
house-keeping in hotels, rest houses, hospitals and hostels. Practical
training is provided in the house keeping departments of different
hotels of Pakistan. The course syllabus includes fundamental
administrative theory, personal and environmental hygiene, relation with
guests, precautionary measures etc.
Basic House keeping course:
This is a six month
practical course. Practical training includes taking care of hygiene of
rooms, beds, toilets, and other related areas, preparation and folding
of beds. Candidates are given opportunities to get training in the big
hotels of the country.
Food and Beverage Operation
course:
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Advance Food Production
course
-
Food and Beverages
Production and service training
-
Basic Food Production
training
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Food and beverages Service
training
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Fast food technique and
sales course
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Rest house/resort attendant
training
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Rest house/resort supervisor
training
-
Hotel front office course
PIHMT also offers following
courses in the field of travel and tourism:
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Travel Agency Management
Course
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Counter Supervisory Course
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Counter Course for Air
Lines/Travel agency
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Travel agency sales and
marketing
-
Tourist Handling Techniques
The aim of all the above courses is
to build academic knowledge alongside the skills that help develop a
career in the Tourism and Hoteling Industry, as there has never been a
more exciting time to be involved in this industry. You will learn
through listening, taking notes, observing, undertaking extensive
research and by carrying out practical activities.
Future prospects:
Hotel industry is a
progressive sector and it is continuously progressing in every part of
the world. In Pakistan too, the sector is making headway. More and
more skilled personals are in great demand these days and the need is
further increasing. According to Pakistan Institute of Hotel Management
and Tourism, there are more then fourteen hundred hotels in Pakistan
including one star and five star hotels. In these 15 hundred hotels
there are facilities for More than 50 thousand beds. On the lover level,
restaurants, snakes bar, and catering services are fast growing fields
in which there are employments as well as personal business
opportunities.
Job opportunities
in Tourism:
There are lots of
career
opportunities in tourism. Hotel industry in Middle East countries
are growing very rapidly and great job opportunities in tourism and
hoteling are creating for
skilled youth. Besides this, local industry is also providing great
employment opportunities. Personal business is another opportunity for
those who have financial resources. One can find exciting career
opportunities in the following fields:
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Resort Management
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Tour Operator Management
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Tourism Information
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Tourism Management
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Conference and Event Management
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Customer Services Management
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Heritage Centre and exhibition
Management
For further information
please contact:
Director, Pakistan Institute
of Hotel Management and Tourism
55, Old Clifton, Karachi
Ph: 5830830; 5830012
