SITEEVT025 - Select event venues and sites

Unit code:SITEEVT025Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

Location

Footscray Nicholson

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to source and select venues or sites for events. It requires the ability to analyse event plans to determine venue or site requirements; develop selection specifications; and assess, choose and contract venues or sites.
This unit is relevant to events that are diverse in nature and are coordinated in many industry contexts, including the tourism, hospitality, sport, cultural and community sectors.It applies to workers who operate independently and are responsible for making a range of operational decisions. They may work in event management companies or in organisations that organise their own events.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

types of events:

business and corporate
entertainment and leisure
exhibitions, expositions and fairs
festivals
fundraising
government and civic
meetings and conventions
sports

operational and venue requirements for different types of events
sources of information on event venues or sites
processes for undertaking virtual site inspections
key features of local event venues or sites and their capacity to service different types of events
event production products and services offered by event venues or sites and their suitability for different types of events:

accommodation
catering
technical equipment and services
staffing
security
storage facilities
technical equipment and production services:
audio-visual
costumes
props
pyrotechnics
rigging
sets
sound and lighting
special effects
stage design and construction
venue styling
transportation

risk and regulatory issues associated with different types of venues and sites, and methods of managing them:

access
liquor licensing
number of contractors to be coordinated
physical constraints
safety issues
security issues
venue or site appeal for intended audience
crowd control

social and environmental sustainability issues associated with different venues and sites:

water and energy use
waste management
local community rights during operation of events
maintenance of natural and cultural integrity

operational structures within venues and sites:

relevant personnel
organisational relationships
reporting structures

formats for, inclusions, and uses of:

venue or site specifications for the production of events
venue or site contracts.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.