AUT - Certificate in Hospitality and Tourism
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Certificate in Hospitality and Tourism
Programme Code: AK3598
Level: 4
Points: 120
Duration: 1 year full time
Venue: City campus
Starting date: 27 February 2012
The Certificate in Hospitality and Tourism is designed for anyone from school leavers through to mature students who wish to gain entry to the hospitality and tourism industry or progress on to further study. You will build a broad understanding of the hospitality and tourism industry through a curriculum designed to develop the fundamental skills in hospitality and tourism.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Completion of Year 12 or equivalent
- Applicant must be at least 17 years
WHAT THIS PROGRAMME COVERS
This qualification is a broad based, flexible qualification that allows students to develop capabilities and skills for academic study, English and communication skills, numeracy, and information literacy within a hospitality and tourism environment. The student selects a pathway of study in the second semester in either hospitality or travel.
Travel Pathway
Students who select the travel pathway gain a basic knowledge of the skills required to seek employment at entry level in the tourism industry or staircase into the Diploma in Travel and Tourism. Graduates of this pathway can seek employment working in the tourism industry.
Core papers for both pathways
214109 Introduction to Customer Service Management214800 Introduction to the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
214408 Financial Operations for Hospitality and Tourism
154101 Tertiary English Academic Literacies
154102 Tertiary English Critical Thinking
HOSPITALITY PATHWAY
Students studying the hospitality pathway gain knowledge of the skills required to seek employment at an entry level in the hospitality industry or staircase into the Diploma in Hospitality Management. Graduates of this pathway can seek employment working, with supervision, in food and beverage service or other areas of hospitality operations.
Papers
214404 Kitchen Operations
214405 Food and Beverage Operations
214801 Beverage Knowledge
TOURISM PATHWAY
Students who select the tourism pathway gain a basic knowledge of the skills required to seek employment at an entry level in the tourism industry or staircase into the Diploma in Travel and Tourism or the Bachelor of Tourism Studies. Graduates of this pathway can seek employment working in the tourism industry.
Papers
214802 Pacific Rim Destinations
214105 Business Communications
214108 Tourism Principles