Industry Focus: Culinary and Hospitality
Location: 94 Sabra Street, Cranston
Phone: 401-223-1120 Email: laurie@rihospitality.org
Website: https://www.rihospitality.org/riha/About_RIHEF (click on Education/Training)
Trainings: Entry Level Cook Training is a three-week training, two weeks in the classroom and one week hands on experience in the kitchen. RIHEF has other culinary and hospitality trainings listed on their website, not all of which are free.
Fee: Free (Entry Level Cook Training is free but other trainings offered have fees.)
Application: apply online
Entry requirements: Interest in culinary with no prior experience
Industry Focus: Food Service/Culinary
Location: 200 Niantic Ave, Providence
Phone: 401-942-6325 Email: ckapps@rifoodbank.org
Website: https://rifoodbank.org/what-we-do/food-bank-programs/community-kitchen/
Training: Community Kitchen is full-time, 14-week culinary course with possible internship at a local restaurant. Learn about the industry, work readiness skills, and hands-on experience. Class sessions are scheduled several times each year. Call to find out when the next class starts.
Application: online (classes fill up quickly, you may be put on a wait list)
Fee: Free
Entry requirements: State ID or drivers’ license; social security card; current BCI; health insurance; high school diploma or GED; interview.
Apprenticeship is a special type of employment where you learn the skills of your occupation through on-the-job training and related classroom instruction. You are paid as a worker but also learn necessary skills as you work beside those who are advanced in their trade. The benefits of apprenticeship are you don’t have to have skills to enter employment as a first year apprentice and you are earning a wage while you learn the skills of your trade.
The two partner agencies, Building Futures and RINLA, offer pre-apprenticeship programs that could lead to employment as apprentices in construction (Building Futures) and landscaping (RINLA).
Rhode Island also has apprenticeship programs in manufacturing, commercial fishing, information technology and more.
For a list of apprenticeship programs and more information go to the Department of Labor and Training website at: http://www.dlt.ri.gov/apprenticeship/ or contact ApprenticeshipRI at 401-919-5919.
