FRESH OLIVES
Our Award-Winning Apprentice Programme
Creating our talent pipeline
One of Entier’s key strategic objectives is to continue to provide our people with the highest standard of training and development opportunities in our sector in order to maintain our exemplary retention rates.
As part of this strategy, we are very proud to have created a credible talent pipeline for tomorrow through our ‘Fresh Olive’ Apprenticeship Programme, an exciting and realistic first-class experience into the catering industry and our business - all earning while learning.
Our Management Training Programme
In the catering industry, we are very aware of an ever-increasing ‘skills gap’. To tackle this, we have developed a unique Management Training Programme which will provide our Fresh Olives with a first-class and exciting experience. Through this programme, they will gain real insight into the catering industry and various parts of our business.
The key objective of our Management Programme is to develop our Fresh Olives - both culinary and office support - into becoming confident, competent and professional individuals who will become our managers of tomorrow.
We believe it is important to educate all of our apprentices on the importance of understanding how our business and supply chain works. This is why we host experiential activities and trips for all of our Fresh Olives.
Key areas of learning within the 3-year Management Programme
YEAR 1 - The 'front line'
All Olives attend and support the events side of our business, fostering an understanding of the importance of teamwork and communication on the 'front line.' Our apprentice chefs will spend time gaining work experience in a local high-end restaurant or hotel, providing them with insights into different types of kitchen work.YEAR 2 - A different perspective
We 'swap' some of our Olives around, for example, moving one from our Perthshire operation to our Aberdeen operation, allowing them to see the differences in various sides of our business. Our chef apprentices will spend several nights away from home at high-class establishments throughout Scotland, learning the ropes from other experts in our field.YEAR 3 - The next step
Olives will be exposed to further training and managerial responsibilities as a way for them to decide on the next step in their career with Entier. They will also undertake work experience at local businesses to gain insight into how different companies and sectors operate. Our chef apprentices will undergo a full week's work placement at a high-class establishment nationally to gain an understanding of how other businesses in our sector operate in high-pressure environments.Fresh Olive Activity programme
In addition to the planned activities within the 3-year programme for our chefs, all of our Fresh Olives will also participate in several experiential activities as well as being allocated group tasks and social events including the following -