Mid-year entry

Diploma of Hospitality

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Take the next step in your career in hospitality by focusing on supervisory and management roles. Gain a sound theoretical understanding of hospitality and a range of specialised, technical or managerial competencies to plan, carry out and evaluate your own work and the work of a team.

Course Essentials

How to apply

This course is open for mid-year applications. Applications close on 8 June 2012

Methods of applying:

  • You can apply direct to VU

Already a VU student?

You can transfer into this course through our internal transfer process.

For more info contact the
School of Service Industries

Careers

  • front office manager
  • gaming manager
  • motel manager
  • manager of catering operations
  • housekeeper
  • chef
  • sous chef

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

Study pathways

To find out more about the pathways available for this course, please contact the School of Service Industries

Recognition of prior learning (RPL)

Get credit for your work, study and life experience through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process.

Find out more about Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Graduate faster

If you've done previous study related to this course, you may be awarded credit. This means you can graduate in less time.

Completing this course also gives you a head-start on other at VU courses at a higher level of study.

We also award credit for relevant work and life experience. This is called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Course Objectives

This qualification provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to be competent as a manager in any hospitality functional area. This individual would possess a sound theoretical knowledge base and be able to use a range of specialised, technical or managerial competencies to plan, carry out and evaluate their own work and/or the work of their team. Work would be undertaken in various hospitality settings, such as restaurants, hotels, catering operations, motels, clubs, pubs, cafes and coffee shops.

Units and electives

Core Units

Elective Units

Students must successfully complete 39 units: all 23 core units and 16 elective units. A minimum of 13 elective units must be selected from the list for this qualification in the SIT07 Training Package, the remaining 3 elective units may be selected from any endorsed Training Package and a maximum of 1 Language other than English unit may be counted as an elective within this qualification.

What's a unit?

A unit or 'subject' is the actual class you'll attend in the process of completing a course.

Most courses have a mixture of compulsory 'core' units that you need to take, and optional 'elective' units that you can choose to take based on your area of interest, expertise or experience.

Admission Information

  • TAFE: Successful completion of VCE/VCAL or equivalent. IELTS level 5.5.
  • Year 12: Successful completion of VCE/VCAL or equivalent. IELTS level 5.5.
  • International: Not applicable
  • Mature: Successful completion of VCE/VCAL or equivalent. IELTS level 5.5.
  • Other: Successful completion of VCE/VCAL or equivalent. IELTS level 5.5.

How to apply for this course

We are currently accepting applications for this course. You can apply direct to VU. Applications close on 8 June 2012.

When you're ready to apply:

  1. Read the Advice to applicants (contains details about how to apply for your course, extra requirements, what happens when you submit your application and other important information).
  2. Submit a TAFE Direct Entry Application form
  3. As part of the application you may need to complete extra requirements such as:
    • submit supplementary forms
    • attend an interview, audition, information session or workshop
    • submit a folio
    • sit a test

    Details about extra requirements are available from the Faculty of Technical and Trades Innovation.

    You need to complete all extra requirements by the given dates, otherwise your application may not be considered.

Transferring between VU courses

Want to transfer into this course from another VU course? Complete the Victoria University internal course application form and check whether you need to complete any extra requirements, listed above.

You can also contact us directly:

Get in touch

Contact us to discuss your course options:

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