Food and Beverage Person
A tourism apprenticeship in the trade of Food and Beverage Person is available to Food and Beverage Servers and Bartenders.
A Food and Beverage Person is an attendant who provides food and beverage service using interpersonal skills, product knowledge, and sales techniques to meet and exceed customers’ expectations.
A tourism apprenticeship as a Food and Beverage Person will lead to a Journeyperson certificate. To become a Food and Beverage Person Journeyperson you must:
- have 3,600 hours of work experience as a Food and Beverage Server and Bartender.
- be certified as a Food and Beverage Server and Bartender.
- be certified in Food Safe or equivalent.
- be certified as a Workplace Trainer by attending the Workplace Trainer workshop series and successfully completing a 100-question multiple choice exam.
- successfully complete Service Best, Standard First Aid, CPR “A”, WHMIS, and Serve It Right Saskatchewan.
Click here to see the Food and Beverage Person Journeyperson Training Plan.
You must currently be working as a Food and Beverage Server or Bartender to register as a tourism apprentice and pursue Journeyperson certification as a Food and Beverage Person Journeyperson. Achieving this status usually takes two to three years.
For more information, contact us.
Apprenticeship is not entirely new to the tourism trades in Saskatchewan. The Cook trade has been around for over 100 years, but Guest Services Representative and Food and Beverage Person were not developed by tourism sector operators until the mid-1990s.
You never know what the future holds. [...] There are so many jobs in the hospitality industry right now. Take any training that is offered to you. Never give up! 
Claudia Keewatin
Tourism Certified Professional Lounge Manager
Park Town Hotel Saskatoon
2006 Outstanding Journeyperson
Food and Beverage Trade
Tourism Certified Professional Lounge Manager
Park Town Hotel Saskatoon
2006 Outstanding Journeyperson
Food and Beverage Trade
