{"id":1797,"date":"2025-09-11T02:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T02:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnu.ac.fj\/business-hospitality-tourism-studies\/?page_id=1797"},"modified":"2025-09-11T02:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T02:53:13","slug":"mr-jioje-eric-hanfakaga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fnu.ac.fj\/business-hospitality-tourism-studies\/about-college\/profile\/hospitality-tourism-studies\/mr-jioje-eric-hanfakaga\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Jioje Eric Hanfakaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/business-hospitality-tourism-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Jioje-Eric-Hanfakaga.jpg\" alt=\"Jioje Eric Hanfakaga\" width=\"420\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong> Senior Instructor, Food and Beverage | Associate Dean Technical Vocational Education &#038; Training (ADTVET) for College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies (CBHTS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0;\">\n<li>\u2022 Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Postgraduate Diploma Business Administration-Hospitality &#038; Tourism (PGD-H&#038;T)<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Certificate IV in Assessment &#038; Workplace Training<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 IST-Trainer Course (TVETC001)<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 IST-Assessor Course (TVETC002)<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Certificate Chef&#8217;s Apprenticeship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Area of Expertise:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0;\">\n<li>\u2022 Culinary Arts Program Development and Training<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Food Production Program Development and Training<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Hospitality Marketing and Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Brief Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jioje Eric Hanfakaga began his culinary journey in 1988 through an ILO-initiated Chef&#8217;s apprenticeship programme. With 12 years of industry experience working in Fijian hotel resorts, 5 years in the Cook Islands, and 3 years with Air Terminal Services (ATS), he built a strong foundation in hospitality. On January 22, 2000, he began his tertiary education career with the Fiji Institute of Technology (FIT) as a lecturer in the Food &#038; Beverage department.<\/p>\n<p>Over his 25-year tenure in tertiary education, he has contributed significantly to transforming FIT programmes into Fiji National University-accredited programmes in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Studies. His career progression includes advancing from lecturer to Head of Department in Food &#038; Beverage, Head of School for HTS, Head of Campus at the Nadi campus, and currently serving as ADTVET-CBHTS at Fiji National University.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond academia, he has represented Fiji in powerlifting at five South Pacific Games, four Oceania Powerlifting Championships, and one Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship since 2003. 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