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Do you enjoy serving, hosting, and creating great experiences in cafés, restaurants, or hotels?
(20 weeks)
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Meals
What You'll Learn
You’ll explore cafés, restaurants, hotels, and customer service roles, building skills in food service, communication, and teamwork.
Real-World Connections
You’ll connect with local venues and hospitality organisations, with possible micro-credentials or hands-on industry experiences.
Who This Is For
Ideal for participants who enjoy working with people, are interested in fast-paced environments, and want to explore practical roles in hospitality.
Designed for your future
It is not a certified course, but a practical and engaging pathway for young adults genuinely interested in exploring a future in the hospitality industry.
Co-Hive Learning Journey
Module 1
Build Core Skills
Industry Knowledge & Skills: Explore all the key elements of café and hospitality operations, learning how to work safely, efficiently, and as part of a team.
Technology & Innovation: Discover how technology continues to reshape the Hospitality Industry and what that means for your future career.
Financial Literacy: Gain an understanding of the financial side of working in hospitality and learn how to manage your own income responsibly.
Module 2
Prepare for Employment
Volunteer and Community: Learn about volunteering in hospitality and how it builds valuable experience and community connections.
Project: Buzz Cafe - Take ownership of running the Buzz Café, Co-Hive’s on-site pop-up café operated by participants for staff and peers.
Industry Insights & Excursions: Visit hospitality venues and connect with professionals to learn directly from their experience.
Work Experience & Workplace Confidence: Take part in practical work experience placements, learning directly from hospitality professionals. Build the confidence, skills, and tools you need to enter the workforce successfully.
Module 3
Explore Future Pathways
Open Employment: Explore how your interest in hospitality can lead to real job opportunities or even self-employment. Co-Hive will support you through the whole journey — from preparing your résumé and applying for roles to interviewing and working towards gaining and maintaining a job.
Cater and serve at events like Co-Hive's Open Day, applying your hospitality skills.
Co-Hive Employment Pathways Stages
Co-Hive Employment Pathways Stages
Co-Hive Employment Pathways Stages
Hear from our participants
Real settings. Real service. Participants share how hands-on hospitality training helped them feel job-ready and proud.
Get In Touch"I learned about customer service, how to communicate with people, and how to carry and serve food and drinks safely. I practised all of this during the Co-Hive Open Day, and now I feel really confident serving different people at the weekly Buzz Café."
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“I understood more about the hospitality and tourism industry. I also have made some good connections who will support more work experience in the future.”
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"I completed my RSA and RCG, and Food Safety Certificate. And then during my three days of work experience at a hotel I got to put it all into practice. I tied everything from housekeeping and ironing to working on reception and serving drinks to real customers."
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"Co-Hive helped me learn employment skills and they also helped me find a job. After my work experience at the Mercure Hotel, I finally got a job at the Moxy Hotel as a Food and Beverage All-Rounder. I also got my RSA. I finally did it and I’m really proud of myself!"
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