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CRICOS course code: 095617C

Level of study: Certificates & Diplomas

Summary

Gain the knowledge and training required to become a skilled manager in the hospitality industry with a Diploma of Hospitality Management at Victoria University Polytechnic.

You will gain practical skills tailored to working in restaurants, cafes, hotels and other hospitality areas. You’ll learn and apply your skills in our fully equipped hospitality training centre under the guidance of passionate industry experts.

Areas of study include:

• staff management
• strategic business operations
• food and beverage service
• safety
• business marketing.

During your course you will have access to leading industry standard software, including Opera Property used in many leading hotels throughout Australia. You will learn the skills to use the system and manage hotel front office operations, including creating reservations, managing accounts and check out.

Careers in hospitality

Employment for management and other roles in the hospitality sector is expected to grow significantly in the next few years. After graduating, you could find employment in the following positions:

• banquet or function manager
• bar manager
• café manager
• club manager
• front office manager
• motel manager
• restaurant manager.

Pathways to further study

On completion of this course you will be guaranteed entry into the following degree and in some cases receive credit for your study:

Bachelor of Business

You will be credited for up to 96 credit points of study.

Course structure

To be awarded SIT50416 Diploma of Hospitality Management, a student must successfully complete a total of twenty-eight (28) units of competency, comprising of:

• thirteen (13) core units, and;
• fifteen (15) elective units, consisting of:
• one (1) unit from Group A;
• one (1) unit from Group B;
• eight (8) units from Group C, and;
• five (5) units from Group C, elsewhere in SIT Training Package, or any other current training package or accredited course.

The selection of electives must be guided by the job outcome sought, local industry requirements and the complexity of skills appropriate to the AQF level of this qualification, as well as be approved by Victoria Polytechnic.

Learning outcomes

This qualification reflects the role of highly skilled senior operators who use a broad range of hospitality skills combined with managerial skills and sound knowledge of industry to coordinate hospitality operations. They operate independently, have responsibility for others and make a range of operational business decisions

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