BRAVO - BE REWARDED AS VET OUTSTANDING
International competition for student skills
Creation and management of events and guests
Catering
Who is this for?
The Catering competition focuses on the essential skills needed within the catering industry. The Foundation Skills competitions have been created to showcase the skills of students with special educational needs and disabilities, additional learning needs, or who require additional support for learning, who are currently undertaking a course with an FE or training provider at Entry level or level 1.
These competitions provide opportunities for students and learners to develop their vocational skills, wider skills for work, personal, social, and independence skills.
The skills you need to demonstrate
- Creativity
- Time management
- Work under pressure
- Hygiene
- Attention to detail
- Safe handling of equipment
- Food preparation
- Communication skills
Pastry
Overview
This WorldSkills ITALY competition BRAVO showcases the values, behaviors, and attitudes required to work in Confectionery and Pastry. This includes carrying out a range of tasks that reflect both modern and traditional patisserie.
The skills you need to demonstrate
- Creativity
- Time Management
- Communication skills
- Understanding of Hygiene
- Attention to detail
- Artistic
- Classical and contemporary hot, cold and iced desserts
- Math Skills (cost production)
Food and drink services
Overview
For a memorable meal, guests often remember the quality of the service as much as the food and drink served.
This BRAVO competition focuses on the role of front-of-house staff in a range of food and beverage operations.
This means that restaurant servers must show extensive knowledge of all types of cuisine and dishes, especially the ingredients and cooking style of the dishes on an a la carte menu. They will need to know and understand the methods of preparation and serving and the tools used.
Competitors in Professional Restaurant Service must also be able to display good social skills, excellent personal presentation as well as safe and hygienic working practices.
Competitors should have practical skills and a good understanding of different styles of food & beverage service; formal & casual dining, table, table theatre, gueridon & silver service, cocktail & mocktail preparation & service, as well as knowledge & appreciation of wines, liqueurs & spirits.
The skills you need to demonstrate.
- Presentation Skills
- Time management
- Customer service skills
- Health, safety & hygiene
- Organizational skills
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork
- Interpersonal skills
Florists
Overview
A florist may work in one of several sectors, in a shop, within an event company, or for different types of retail organizations. A florist is aware of which flowers are available in which seasons of the year and which flowers work well in combination with each other and offer advice and translate a client’s vision into displays that are beautiful and captivating. The Florist’s responsibilities include processing flower shipments, pruning the flowers at periodic intervals, and arranging marketable bouquets. You should also furnish clients with relevant flower-related information. To ensure success as a Florist, you should demonstrate accurate, updated knowledge about flowers’ nutritional requirements. Invariably, a terrific Florist will craft robust packaging solutions to avoid preventable breakages.
Competitors will need to understand how to condition these floral materials and plants, considering irritant or poisonous materials, the variety of stem types, and show appropriate cutting, watering, and feeding methods. They will need to work in a way that minimizes damage to the environment and maintain health and safety codes of practice.
Competitors will be able to apply the principles and elements of floral design and ensure the dominance of botanical materials feature in the designs. They will also be able to interpret a brief and design floral displays interpreting a theme, using dominance, contrasts, and combinations of color effectively to create harmony in design.
The skills you need to demonstrate
- Creativity
- Time management
- Organization skills
- Design skills
- Color matching
- Customer service skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of plant care
Digital Media
Overview
Producers are responsible for facilitating a project from beginning to end. They are involved in every stage of the television program, film or video or social media, overseeing the project from start to finish, both in the studio and on location. They work alongside the director and other creative departments including camera, sound, set design, and post-production to ensure the project is completed successfully, on time, and budget.
The BRAVO competition is largely practical, although competitors will be required to have a thorough understanding of pre-production. It is also expected that competitors have a good working knowledge of camera operation, audio recording, and post-production techniques and software.
This BRAVO competition has been designed to focus on all the essential skills needed for a successful career within the Digital Media industry. Competitors undertake varying creative roles associated with producing a media production and are required to work towards industry standards.
Each team will initially plan and produce a video/media clip/news clip from a given brief. The teams with the winning concept will then have a chance to pitch their concept to panels of judges. During the live heat, and before their pitch, each team will have to complete a task as outlined to them within a given time frame. The competitors will then have to add this to their pitch.
The skills you need to demonstrate
- Creativity
- IT Skills
- Organization Skills (manage edit schedules)
- Research skills
- Pre-production process and materials
- Post-production processes
Graphic Designers
Overview
Graphic Designers have the skills to design and handle images and text across a wide range of commercial contexts from print to digital and UX design, posters to motion graphics and animation.
Competitors taking part in this BRAVO competition should be able to
- Create, analyze, and develop a visual response to communication problems, including understanding hierarchy, typography, aesthetics, and composition
- Create, manipulate, and optimize images for both print and online publishing
- Analyze the target market and the product is delivered
- Create an idea that is appropriate to the target market
- Take into consideration the impact of each element that is added during the design process
- Use all the required elements to create the design
- Respect existing corporate identity guidelines and style guides
- Keep the original design concept and improve the visual appeal
- Adjust and manipulate images to suit the design and technical specifications
- Apply the correct colors to the file
- Use software applications comprehensively and appropriately
The skills you need to demonstrate
- Creativity
- Good IT skills
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Design skills
- Innovative
- Time management
- Accuracy
Web Designers
Overview
Web Designers use coding and software applications to design, construct and implement websites, using both creative and technical skills in a rapidly evolving industry. Web development languages are amongst the most sought-after programming skillsets, with JavaScript currently in the lead as a growing number of traditional applications move to web platforms. Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in producing and maintaining websites, from creative design, scripting and database management. Accessibility remains of any website development project, ensuring that websites are accessible by anyone, on any device, anywhere in the world.
Competitors will receive a professional brief and must build a user-friendly, contemporary website in a live BRAVO competition. The competition includes a range of competencies for web designers and developers.
The skills you need to demonstrate
- Creativity
- IT skills
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Design skills
- Customer service skills
- Programming
- Time management
Hairdressers
Overview
Hairdressers work in a variety of settings to cut or style hair. In addition to technical knowledge of styling and cutting, hairdressers also require good customer service skills and promotion.
This BRAVO competition assesses the skills and abilities of competitors entering the field of Hairdressing.
The skills you need to demonstrate
- Customer Service Skills
- Health and Safety Knowledge
- Creativity
- Attention to Detail
- Team working
- Innovative
- Hygienic
- Interpreting customer requirements
Commercial Makeup
Overview
A Commercial Makeup artist needs to have a broad range of common skills but can specialize in different types of makeup and application techniques to give a polished, flawless finish to any given brief.
They will be expected to demonstrate their skills as makeup artists within dynamic and challenging media environments, working on precise briefs, against demanding time constraints and within limited working space
The BRAVO competition focuses on the role and tasks of a Commercial Makeup Artist, working to a given theme, demanding creativity and imagination, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work well under pressure – that perfectly demonstrates patience, concentration, and good time management.
- The skills you need to demonstrate
- Professionalism
- Health and Safety Knowledge
- Customer Service Skills
- Time Management
- Dexterity
- Creativity
- Attention to Detail.
- Communication Skills
