Diploma of Hospitality

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Take the next step in your career in hospitality by focusing on supervisory and management roles.

Our diploma course matches a sound theoretical knowledge of hospitality with a range of specialised, technical or managerial skills to ensure you graduate ready to step into a management role.

You will learn how to

  • negotiate with colleagues and customers
  • to  providing briefings to operational staff and managers
  • develop and maintain operational procedures, staff-related documentation and reports
  • providing support and coaching for diverse teams
  • develop and apply strategies to workplace issues
  • responding effectively to operational challenges
  • develop, monitor and evaluate plans, procedures and systems
  • developing ideas to improve operations and services
  • encourage ing team members to be innovative
  • communicate goals, strategies and outcomes to team members
  • understand the legal and compliance framework affecting hospitality industry
  • proactively maintain and update knowledge of hospitality industry trends and practices
  • manage the different operating technologies used in the hospitality industry , including emerging technologies

Course Essentials

How to apply

Applications have closed for this course.

Already a VU student?

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

For more info contact the
Trades College

Hotel manager surronded by smiling staff from hotel department

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.

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

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.

Core Units

Elective Units

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.
  • 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

Applications have closed for this course.

Please contact the Trades College for the next course intake date.

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