SVH stands for: Foundation for Professional Competence in Hospitality.
SVH’s core objective is to increase professional competence in the hospitality industry. Together with partners from hospitality education and business, SVH develops (digital) learning materials and teaching methods for (vocational) education, trainers and entrepreneurs. SVH ensures knowledge by conducting exams and provides insight into the training offerings for the hospitality industry. This way, they contribute to connecting hospitality education with business, contribute to innovation and increase professional competence in the industry. www.svh.nl

The demand for education is increasing strongly, because more and more people want to know more. In addition to our practical training courses, we use modern digital learning methods such as E-learning, Game-learning and Mobile learning.
Below is an overview of the different knowledge levels:
– Level 1 (Basic)
– Level 2 (Intermediate)
– Level 3 (Advanced)
– Level 4 (Expert)

SVH is an independent organization and places great value on transparency and reliability. That’s why they have asked the Foundation Examination Board to provide external supervision of all SVH exams.

The Foundation Examination Board is an independent institution that supervises professional qualifying and/or function-oriented exams. The Examination Board has conducted various audits and found that the SVH exams meet the requirements.

This way we ensure that the quality of your SVH certificates and diplomas is additionally guaranteed.

Game learning, that’s learning through entertainment, you could say. By offering information and/or skills in game form, we make learning, discovering and experiencing fun. You stay motivated and the knowledge gained sticks better. You can gather knowledge and gain experience at your own pace. The E-learning│Game Learning contains a unique learning method. The program is built up from knowledge, insight and application. It can therefore be quite challenging to answer the questions. I therefore recommend that you first go through the lessons thoroughly and only then answer the questions.

SVH, SDEN and WSET are not training courses but exam levels from three independent organizations. Wine courses can be found on every street corner nowadays, it’s important that you find a recognized trainer that matches your wishes. Because WSET is internationally the largest organization for wine education, it is often wrongly seen as an internationally recognized training. In terms of content, the training remains far behind compared to SVH and SDEN, which both have industry recognition with international appeal.

Theoretical and experimental frameworks.
Theoretical and experimental frameworks apply to both SVH and SDEN exams. For SVH exams, a plus applies, meaning extra content on practical applicability. This extra content relates to everything a hospitality employee needs to know within certain functions to be able to give good advice to guests. But also for the hobbyist at home who wants to know more about wine and food.

No, that’s not mandatory! But… a successful course/training or education should be crowned with a meaningful diploma, the irrefutable proof that you have a certain level of knowledge. Under the exams section in the main menu you’ll find the various dates for the official SVH exam. For more information about exams, also see SVH.nl

Theoretical and experimental frameworks.
Theoretical and experimental frameworks apply to both the SVH and SDEN exams. A plus applies to the SVH exams, which means extra content on practical applicability. This extra content relates to everything an employee in the hospitality industry needs to know within certain functions in order to be able to give good advice to the guest. But also the hobbyist at home, who wants to know more about wine and food.

Check the current rules regarding deduction of study costs at www.belastingdienst.nl

Study costs are tax deductible but there are some conditions attached. The main conditions are:
1) The study costs you incur must be related to earning your income.
2) You can acquire a better position within the company where you work with this wine study.
Check the current rules regarding deduction of study costs at www.belastingdienst.nl

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