Crossfields Institute · RQF Level 3
CFI Level 3 Award in Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits12
- Guided learning72 hours
- Units in this qualification10
Awarded by Crossfields Institute · on the Ofqual register
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CFI Level 3 Award in Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality
These are the units Crossfields Institute registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
'Think Global, Act Local' (The UN Sustainability Goals and Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions and the place of Accreditations, Awards and Certifications)Real unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
- Describe the foundations of Scope 1 emissions.
- Describe the foundations of Scope 2 emissions.
- Describe the foundations of Scope 3 emissions.
- Give an overview of the key accreditations and their relevance to the hospitality industry.
- Give an overview of the key certifications and their relevance to the hospitality industry.
- Give an overview of the key awards and their relevance to the hospitality industry.
- Give an overview of the key audits and their relevance to the hospitality industry.
Business PlanningReal unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of business planning.
- Understand macro factors to consider when creating a sustainable and ethically-driven business plan.
- Understand micro factors to consider when creating a sustainable and ethically-driven business plan.
- Understand the key points to include in a business action plan.
How to make your Bar GreenReal unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the environmental impact of alcoholic beverage production.
- Describe how bar products are used within the hospitality industry.
- Describe how bar products are transported within the hospitality industry.
- Describe how bar products are distributed within the hospitality industry.
- Describe how bar packaging (e.g. glassware) is used within the hospitality industry.
- Describe how bar packaging (e.g. glassware) is transported within the hospitality industry.
- Describe how bar packaging (e.g. glassware) is distributed within the hospitality industry.
- Evaluate bar stock in terms of sustainability.
- Explain how to source organic product options.
- Explain how to source regenerative product options.
- Explain how to source local product options.
- Explain how to source bulk product options.
Introducing the Triple Bottom Line - Planet, People, ProfitReal unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the concept of the Triple Bottom Line.
- Explain the meaning of 'Planet' within the Triple Bottom Line.
- Explain the meaning of 'People' within the Triple Bottom Line.
- Explain the meaning of 'Profit' within the Triple Bottom Line.
- Understand how to record data related to regenerative business practices.
- Understand how to record measurements related to regenerative business practices.
- Understand how to record data related to sustainable business practices.
- Understand how to record measurements related to sustainable business practices.
Managing Resources - How Equipment Technology Can Help and HinderReal unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate an understanding of how energy is measured in terms of its efficiency and environmental impact.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how energy is managed in terms of its efficiency and environmental impact.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how resources are measured in terms of their efficiency and environmental impact.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how resources are managed in terms of their efficiency and environmental impact.
- Explain the concepts of “Cradle to Grave” resource management.
- Explain the concepts of “Cradle to Cradle” resource management.
Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain - Supplier-Led Menus and Waste No FoodReal unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Explain how to create a regenerative network of fresh food suppliers.
- Explain how to create a sustainable network of fresh food suppliers.
- Explain the risks involved in sustainable supply chains.
- Explain the benefits involved in sustainable supply chains.
Marketing, Storytelling and GreenwashingReal unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the importance of accuracy when marketing sustainable initiatives.
- Understand the different types of marketing.
- Describe how to use a sustainability story to promote a business.
People and Community - How to Work Together to Humanise HR and Build Stronger CommunitiesReal unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic HR policies that all businesses must have in place to ensure compliance.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic HR policies that all businesses must have in place to ensure effective workforce management.
- Explain the benefits for employees of humanising HR practices.
- Explain the benefits for organisations of humanising HR practices.
- Explain the benefits for communities of humanising HR practices.
Supply Chains - Food Systems, Farming and FishingReal unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Explain key concepts of food systems in the UK.
- Explain key concepts of farming in the UK.
- Outline the processes food producers follow to pass external audits.
- Outline the processes food producers follow to gain certifications.
What is Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality? Why does it matter?Real unit · Crossfields Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the importance of Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality in general terms.
- Explain the importance of Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality with specific reference to their context or business.
- Understand the methodologies employed in Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality.
- Understand the practices employed in Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality.
- Understand the definitions employed in Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality.
- Describe how methodologies, practices and definitions are used in daily operations to capture data.
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Where this can lead
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How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will gain foundational knowledge of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. The unit also provides an overview of key accreditations, certifications, awards, and audits relevant to the hospitality industry.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for CFI Level 3 Award in Regenerative and Sustainable Hospitality
10 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Crossfields Institute.
- 'Think Global, Act Local' (The UN Sustainability Goals and Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions and the place of Accreditations, Awards and Certifications)
- Business Planning
- How to make your Bar Green
- Introducing the Triple Bottom Line - Planet, People, Profit
- Managing Resources - How Equipment Technology Can Help and Hinder
- Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain - Supplier-Led Menus and Waste No Food
and 4 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
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- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
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Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
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- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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