Courses - Double Diploma of Hospitality and Events
By choosing the Double Diploma you will not only gain great skills and knowledge in Events Management, you will also complement your studies with a wider range of competencies in Hospitality. This will allow you a greater job choice within the Hospitality and Events Industry.
Personal Requirements
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Able to handle pressure, or work under pressure
- Excellent personal presentation
- Be able to remain calm under pressure
- Have strong organisational and problem solving skills
- Have time management and coordination skills
- Have a desire to deal with people
- Be flexible and innovative
- Think outside the square
- Be able and prepared to multi task
Pre-Requisites
- Personal interviews (if under 18 years old with a parent/guardian preferred)
- Must be able to read, comprehend, and write complex information in English
- Successful completion of literacy/numeracy assessment
- Understand and be prepared to dedicate yourself to your studies
Course Content
Events
- Event concept creation
- Preparation, implementation and evaluation of projects
- Financial budget fundamentals
- Human Resource management
- Marketing and sponsorship strategies
- Mass media design
Hospitality
- Operate a bar
- Interpret financial information
- Monitor staff performance
- Recruit and select staff
- Lead and manage people
- Food and beverage
Employment Opportunities.
This qualification will enable you to work in the following roles:
- Own business
- Stadiums/large sporting venues
- Large event planning companies
- Corporations/private companies
- Public relations and marketing companies
- Position at five star resorts
- Weddings
- Front desk
- Work on cruise ships
- Private functions
- Fundraising for charities
- Concierge
Australia’s booming international tourism market and the impact of new technologies has led to enormous staff shortages. In Hospitality, opportunities for people entering the industry are endless.This is an industry in which attainment of supervisory and management positions are being achieved at a very young age.
The opportunities available to graduates within the Events industry are diverse. This depends on where in the world you choose to work.
As part of our job ready approach to this faculty, we are on the forefront of experiencing the excitement of assisting with events in the Hunter, Newcastle and Sydney regions. This varies from year to year depending on what projects are to be launched. We have direct involvement with event and hospitality contractors, which allows us to be a part of these projects as they are released within the industry. From this exposure we are confident that all students who choose to study on campus will be given all the opportunities available in a real life scenario to be employable.
UNITS OF COMPETENCIES
Double Diploma of Event and Hospitality students’ must complete all the units of competencies below.
Please note that all the units of competencies MUST be completed.
Unit Code |
Unit Title – Core |
SITHIND001 |
DEVELOP AND UPDATE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE |
| SITXCOM001A | WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES AND CUSTOMERS |
| SITXCOM002A | WORKING IN A SOCIALLY DIVERSE ENVIROMENT |
| SITOHS001A | FOLLOW HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY PROCEDURES |
| SITXOHS002A | FOLLOW WORKPLACE HYGIENE PROCEDURES |
| SITIND002A | APPLY HOSPITALITY SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE |
| SITHFAB009A | PROVIDE RESPONSIBLE SERVICE OF ALCOHOL |
| SITTTSL007A | RECEIVE AND PROCESS RESERVATIONS |
| SITXFIN001A | PROCESS FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS |
| SITXFIN002 | MAINTAIN FINANCIAL RECORDS |
| SITHGAM006A | PROVIDE RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING SERVICES |
Only a Certificate II Hospitality is gained at this point.
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| SITEVT001 | DEVELOP AND UPDATE EVENT INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE |
| SITXEVT002 | PROVIDE EVENT STAGING SUPPORT |
| BSBADN306A | CREATE ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION |
| BSBCMN205A | USE BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY |
| SITXCOM006 | ADDRESS PROTOCOL REQUIREMENTS |
| SITEVT010A | EVALUATE AND ADDRESS EVENT REGULATION REQUIREMENTS |
| SITEVT012A | SELECT EVENT VENUES AND SITES |
Upon completion of the above units of competencies as well as the required units of competencies from the previous page, a Certificate III Events can be issued.
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| SITADM 004A | PLAN AND MANAGE MEETINGS |
| SITXCCS003A | MANAGE QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE |
| SITXEVT013A | MANAGE EVENT STAGING |
| SITXEVT017A | PROVIDE ON SITE EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICE |
| SITXFIN003A | INTERPRET FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
| SITXFIN004A | MANAGE FINANCES WITHIN A BUDGET |
| SITXHRM005A | LEAD AND MANAGE PEOPLE |
| SITXMGT006A | ESTABLISH AND CONDUCT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS |
| SITXMGT003A | MANAGE PROJECTS |
| SITXCOM005A | MAKE PRESENTATIONS |
| CUETEM06A | ORGANISE AND MONITOR BUMP IN/BUMPOUT |
| SITXFIN006A | OBTAIN AND MANAGE SPONSORSHIP |
| SIXEVT008A | PLAN AND DEVELOP EVENT PROPOSALS AND BIDS |
| SITEVT009A | DEVELOP EVENT CONCEPTS |
| SITEVT011A | DEVELOP CROWD CONTROL PLANS AND PROCEDURES |
| SITXEVT018A | DEVELOP A TRANSPORT STRAGETY FOR AN EVENT |
| FNSACCT407A | SET UP AND OPERATE A COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM (MYOB) |
| SITXMPR001A | COORDINATE PRODUCTION OF BROCHURES AND MARKETING MATERIAL |
All the above units of competencies must be completed to be issued with a Diploma of Events.
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| SITXGLC001A | DEVELOP AND UPDATE LEGAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS COMPLIANCE |
| SITXHRM001A | COACH OTHERS IN JOB SKILLS |
| SITXHRM003A | ROOSTER STAFF |
| SITXHRM005A | LEAD AND MANAGE PEOPLE |
| SITXHRM007A | MANAGE WORKPLACE DIVERSITY |
| SITXINV001A | RECEIVE AND STORE STOCK |
| SITXINV002 | CONTROL AND ORDER STOCK |
| SITXMGT001A | MONITOR WORK OPERATIONS |
| SITXMGT002A | DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT OPERATIONAL PLANS |
| SITHFAB018A | PROVIDE SILVER SERVICE |
| SITHFAB014A | PROVIDE SPECIALIST ADVICE ON WINE |
| SITHFAB012A | PREPARE & SERVE EXPRESSO COFFEE |
| SITHCCC029A | PREPARE FOODS ACCORDING TO DIETARY AND CULTURAL NEEDS |
At the completion of all the above units of competencies, you will be successful in obtaining a
Double Diploma of Events and Hospitality.