McDonald’s “A Level” equivalent course<\/a> has just been launched in the UK, fully accredited by the national academic qualifications body. <\/p>\nThat’s certainly Egg McMuffin on the faces of us snooty Brits who used to mock the McDonald’s Hamburger University.<\/p>\n
In fact, the McDonald’s Shift Supervisor qualification makes the other 2 newly-approved qualifications in rail track management and cabin crew tasks seem almost oppressively academic. <\/p>\n
In any case, what about Burger King, who must have different organisational methods? Will there be a new national qualification developed for every brand of fast food? And what about coffee chains, ice cream parlours, noodle bars, supermarkets, convenience stores? <\/p>\n
For how much longer will the public have to suffer the indignity of being served food products by people without certification? I don’t know about you, but I would feel so much more confident if I knew that the person who sells me a newspaper has an impressively framed nationally recognised certificate on their wall. <\/p>\n