Officials are reporting success with some aspects of the Barbados Employment and Sustainable Transformation (BEST) scheme, as scores of tourism sector workers graduate from the training programme.The National Transformation Initiative (NTI), in partnership with the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) celebrated 115 graduates on Monday, who officials said have now gained in-demand tourism skills.The participants who made up the first and second cohorts of the over 15-week training programme, hailed from 12 tourism entities, the majority of which were hotels.They completed training in a variety of areas including landscaping and gardening, cake and pastry making, plumbing for homeowners, photovoltaic installation and photovoltaic electrical installation and electric vehicle maintenance.During the virtual graduation ceremony on Monday, Principal of the SJPI Ian Drakes and Director of the National Transformation Initiative (NTI) Dr Allyson Leacock encouraged workers in the tourism industry to continue to be on “the cutting edge” and not to be afraid of exploring new areas for development as they seek to become leaders in their profession.