Position: Assistant Instructor: Food and beverage

Qualifications:

• • Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAFE) | Fiji National University (2018)
• • Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism | The University of the South Pacific (2017-2018)
• • Bachelor of Commerce in Hotel Management | The University of the South Pacific (2015-2017)
• • Diploma in Hotel Management (Food & Beverage) | Fiji National University (2009-2011)
• • Diploma in Hotel Management (Accommodation) | Fiji National University (2009-2011)
• • Certificate in Hospitality Operations | Fiji Institute of Technology (2007-2009)
• • Trade Certificate in Cookery | Fiji Institute of Technology (2005-2007)

Area of Expertise:

• • Culinary Arts
• • Accommodation
• • Hotel Management

Brief Biography:

Ms. Helen Merle Savena is a formally trained professional in the Tourism and Hospitality sector, with expertise in key areas including Hotel Management, Food and Beverage, accommodation operations, and Culinary Arts. She serves as a passionate Assistant Instructor in the Food and Beverage Department at the Fiji National University’s Labasa Campus. With over eight years of teaching experience across certificate, diploma, and degree programs, she brings a total of twenty-one years of combined industry and teaching experience in Fiji.

Her teaching background includes specialization in Culinary Arts and Bakery at the Fiji National University. Her professional experience also includes serving as a Commercial Cookery trainer at the National Training and Productivity Centre (NTPC) in Nasese, and as an Assistant Instructor in Food and Beverage at the Fiji National University’s Nasese campus.