Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management

You'll learn and apply your skills in our fully equipped hospitality training centre under the guidance of passionate industry experts. You will develop advanced skills in hospitality operations and leadership, including:

• human resource management
• financial management
• marketing strategies
• business planning.

During your course you will have access to leading industry standard software, including Opera Property used in many leading hotels throughout Australia. You will learn the skills to use the system and manage hotel front office operations, including creating reservations, managing accounts and check out.

You will also gain essential skills in restaurant operations systems such as Micros POS.

TAFE study dates and breaks.

Important information about elective unit: SITHCCC014 Prepare meat dishes

Students will be expected to follow standard recipes to prepare meat dishes using each of the following meat items: beef, game (kangaroo, venison, specialty meats), lamb, pork, veal and offal (kidney, liver). Students will be unable to successfully complete unit 'SITHCCC014 Prepare meat dishes' without meeting this requirement.

After graduating, you could find employment in the following positions:

• area manager or operations manager
• cafe owner or manager
• club secretary or manager
• food and beverage manager
• motel owner or manager
• rooms division manager.

Check the government job-date site, Labour Market Insights, for information on employment and salaries for management and other roles in the hospitality sector.

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 SIT60316 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management, a student must successfully complete a total of thirty-three (33) units of competency, comprising of:

• sixteen (16) core units, and;
• seventeen (17) elective units, consisting of:
• one (1) unit from Group A;
• one (1) unit from Group B;
• nine (9) units from Group C;
• six (6) units from Group C, elsewhere in the SIT Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Training Package, or any other current training package or accredited course.

Elective units must be relevant to the work environment and the qualification, maintain the integrity of the AQF alignment and contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

You may be able to complete your qualification sooner through formal recognition of your existing skills. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

To receive RPL, we assess your previous work, education and life experiences against recognised qualifications. Applications for RPL can be made prior to enrolling.

Call us on 1300 TAFE VP (1300 823 387) to discuss RPL options with the course manager.