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Why Become Professionally Certified?

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emerit Professional Certification programs are designed to help employees improve service delivery and employers enhance their bottom line through a skilled and more effective workforce. An emerit qualification brings a standard of excellence to each occupation and represents a mastery of the skills and standards required.

For employees:

Interested in professional advancement and gaining more confidence at work?

As an employee, it is vital for you to professionally develop your knowledge, experience, and skills on the job. emerit Professional Certification programs provide a nationally recognized industry credential that will do just that!

Benefits:

  • Learner centric, self-study model that can be completed at your own pace
  • Being evaluated by current and relevant Canadian occupational standards
  • Enhancing your personal portfolio with an industry endorsed professional designation

For employers:

Interested in obtaining professional credentials for your employees and enhancing your business?

As an employer, it is not only imperative to stay competitive in today’s business environment, but also ahead of the trends in attracting and retaining an excellent team. emerit Professional Certification programs and business planning tools provide you with effective training options that can increase your productivity and recognition as an industry leader!

Benefits of Professional Certification:

  • Cost effective and flexible training for a variety of job positions
  • Reduced employee turnover rate and an increase in job satisfaction
  • Increase employee skill levels, attitude, and opportunity to become an Employer of Choice!

Benefits of Business Planning Tools:

  • Assists in hiring, training, coaching, and managing employees effectively
  • Self-directed resources for strategic planning and daily operational management
  • Easily customizable content that will complement your in-house policies and procedures

For educators/trainers:

Interested in developing innovative programs and training teams of individuals to achieve the top industry designation?

As educators/trainers, it is of paramount importance to develop programs and courses that continually challenge your paticipants and help them achieve the knowledge and skills required to succeed in the industry. emerit provides industry developed standards, workbooks, and training resources that will facilitate your program development and delivery!

Benefits:

  • Cost effective and industry endorsed training resources in various formats
  • Save time and money on fresh curriculum or course development
  • Access to a nationally recognized assessment model and designation through emerit Professional Certification

emerit® National Occupational Standards

emerit® National Occupational Standards represent the expertise of tourism sector professionals across Canada and are the most demanded occupational standards for more than 50 tourism and hospitality occupations. They are developed and maintained by the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council (CTHRC) in consultation with key industry stakeholders from across Canada.

For more information, or to get involved, contact OTEC's Coordinator, Employment & Skills Development, Jennifer Sifft at 416-622-1975 ext. 226 or jsifft@otec.org. Click here to download your free copy today!