Stage One Modules
Licencing Laws: This module aims to introduce apprentices to the licensing laws in Ireland that exist for the bar trade within which a compliant business must operate.
Bar Operations - Bar Environment and Equipment: The aim of the module is to provide apprentices with the necessary operational knowledge, skills, and competencies to work in the bar industry in a professional manner.
Communication Skills: This module aims to enhance an apprentice’s verbal, written and reporting communication skills so that they become competent communicators at all levels.
Food and Beverage - Food Safety: This module aims to provide the apprentice with the knowledge and skills required to maintain a safe bar food operation.
Food and Beverage - Products and Service: The aim of this module is to provide apprentices with the product knowledge required to operate an effective bar trade.
Personal and Professional Development: The aim of this module is to increase apprentices’ self-awareness, to encourage self-development and the implementation of reflective skills and processes. It also aims to provide apprentices with the necessary team-working skills to effectively manage their teams.
Customer Service Skills: This module aims to provide the apprentice with the knowledge and skills required to work with their team to consistently deliver a high-quality customer experience in their bar trade.
Bar Operations - Occupational Health and Safety: The aim of this module is to provide apprentices with the necessary occupational health and safety knowledge required to operate a safe and effective bar trade.
Bar Operations – Stock Management: The aim of this module is to provide apprentices with the necessary knowledge, skills, and competencies in managing necessary business and stock management processes required in the bar trade.
Accounting Fundamentals: This module aims to provide the apprentice with the necessary book-keeping knowledge and skills required to manage the finances of the bar trade.
Stage Two Modules
Principles of Marketing: This module aims to provide the apprentice with the required skills to effectively market their bar trade brand.
Managing People: This module aims to provide apprentices with the people management skills required to manage and motivate a team of staff in the bar trade.
Food and Beverage - Menu Management: This module aims to provide the apprentice with the evaluation skills needed to analyse market trends, their customer profile, and to be able to design and implement menus to match those needs.
Retail Marketing and Merchandising: This module aims to provide the apprentice with the required skills to effectively apply retail marketing and merchandising processes in their bar trade.
Bar Legal and Regulatory Environment: This module aims to introduce apprentices to the legal and regulatory framework that exists for the bar trade within which a compliant business must operate.
Management Accounting: This module aims to provide apprentices with the knowledge, skills and competency to implement and apply financial forecasting and margin management to their business.
Bar Management: This module aims to show the apprentice how to work effectively and use best practice to manage their bar trade business processes including the development of policies and procedures to ensure standards are consistently met.
Business Development Skills: This module aims to promote the use of business development skills for the generation of new business and up-selling.
Event Management: This module aims to provide the apprentice with the required skills to effectively manage and deliver quality events in their bar.
Stage Three Modules
Leadership and Management Skills: This module aims to explore the apprentice’s leadership style, to provide them with alternative models and how to apply these in the workplace.
Food and Beverage - Management: The module aims to provide the apprentice with a comprehensive knowledge of the products and skills required to create standard operating procedures for the serving of food and beverage.
Human Resource Management: This module aims to provide the apprentice with an in-depth understanding of managing human resources within the bar trade.
Effective Procurement: This module aims to provide the apprentice with the research, evaluation and negotiation skills required for effective, sustainable, and ethical procurement in the bar trade.
Marketing Management: This module aims to develop the apprentice’s marketing skills in the areas of market analysis, planning and digital marketing.
Business Development Project - Capstone Module: This module aims to consolidate the programme learning into a project which benefits the bar trade business.