Marriott Maldives launches Apprenticeship Program

Marriott International Maldives has launched an Apprenticeship Program, marking the start of 100 new apprenticeship opportunities under the National Apprenticeship Program. The initiative is aimed at developing local talent for the hospitality market and is the first international hospitality brand to collaborate with the government apprenticeship program. The inauguration ceremony was held at Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa and attended by the Vice President of the Republic of Maldives, the Minister of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment, and Emma Jones, Area Director of Human Resources Singapore, Malaysia & Maldives, Marriott International.

The program provides theoretical training by MIT while participants receive work experience at Marriott International resorts in the Maldives. The program offers selected young apprentices the chance to work across their placed disciplines within the respective resort while theory sessions will be taught to fulfill the requirements of a Maldives Qualification Authority (MQA) approved level-3 certificate. The Marriott International Apprenticeship Program was launched as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on March 7, 2023, between Marriott International Maldives, the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment, and Maldives Institute of Technology (MIT). Upon completion of the program, apprentices will be equipped with skills that will make them highly employable in the hospitality industry, and they will receive the level-3 certificate, which adheres to the Maldives National Skills Development Authority (MNSDA) national competency standards.