SIT50322 Diploma of Event Management

VU course code: SIT50322 | Level of study: TAFE

Duration

1 year full time

Delivery mode

Face to Face with eLearning

Fees

VET

Location

Footscray Nicholson

Next start date

15 July 2024

Application closes

29 July 2024

Overview

Learn how to coordinate and manage effective, safe and engaging events across a range of industries, with a Diploma of Event Management SIT50322 at Victoria University.

You will develop fundamental planning, communication and organisational skills, and acquire a detailed understanding of the event management process. On completion, you will have the confidence to manage a variety of events for different clients from conception through to operation.

You’ll gain both a theoretical and practical understanding of events, and develop skills in:

event staging
financing and budgeting
people management
on-site event operations
project management
regulatory requirements
hazard and safety management
sponsorship management
food and beverage service.

: This qualification reflects the role of individuals who use a broad range of event-related skills and sound knowledge of event management processes to coordinate event operations. They operate independently and make operational event management decisions. They are able to coordinate an event from conception to completion.
: As an events student, you will be exposed to our high-profile industry partnerships including:

Delaware North

Sebastian Restaurant and Bar

Lucas Restaurants

Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre

Contiki

Riverland Group.

This course is nationally recognised training.

Entry requirements

When assessing your application, we consider your education, work experience, current skills and personal attributes (where relevant).

Applicants for this course will need to meet the entry criteria outlined below. If you don’t meet the entry criteria, you may be able to gain entry by first completing a different course. We call this a ‘pathway’.

You may also be eligible for ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’, which lets you finish your course more quickly when you have gained some of the skills required from past study or work experience.

Entry criteria

Credit & Entry pathways into this course

Victoria University is committed to providing a transparent admissions process. Find out more about how to apply for our courses, and our commitment to admissions transparency. Meeting the minimum admission criteria does not guarantee entry into this course. Past academic performance may be considered.

Course Structure

The course structure comprises the following core and elective units. These electives have been selected based on industry needs, graduate pathways and/or student and teacher feedback. To be awarded the SIT50422 Diploma of Hospitality Management, a student must successfully complete a total of twenty (20) units of competency, comprising of: * thirteen (13) core units, and; * seven (7) elective units, of which:

four (4) units must be from Group A
three (3) units must be from Group A, Group B or elsewhere in the SIT Training Package, or any other current Training Package or accredited course.

Units

Fees & Scholarships

TAFE fees vary, depending on how much the government contributes towards course costs (if anything).

Read below to find out about the fee ‘type’, the estimated yearly tuition costs for this course, and the financial support on offer.

Fees

Scholarships

CAREERS

On completion, you can choose to pathway into further study or apply for roles such as:

conference coordinator
event or exhibition coordinator
event or exhibition planner
event sales coordinator
function coordinator
in-house meetings coordinator
meetings coordinator
staging coordinator
venue coordinator.

FURTHER STUDIES (PATHWAYS)

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