Certificate III in Hospitality

A career in the hospitality industry can present you with endless career opportunities locally and abroad. Under the guidance of industry experts, you'll learn skills in the following areas:

• team work
• food and beverage service
• workplace health and safety
• customer service
• responsible service of alcohol and bar operation
• espresso coffee preparation
• food and beverage matching.

This course is offered as both a traineeship or non-traineeship. If you undertake a traineeship, you must be employed as a trainee in the hospitality industry. When you finish the course, you can choose to pathway into the Diploma of Hospitality Management SIT50416.

On completion you could find employment in a range of hospitality roles including:

• espresso coffee machine operator
• food and beverage attendant
• front desk receptionist
• front office assistant
• function attendant
• function host
• gaming attendant
• guest service agent
• housekeeper
• restaurant host
• senior bar attendant
• waiter.

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 SIT30616 Certificate III in Hospitality, a student must successfully complete a total of fifteen (15) units of competency, comprising of:

• seven (7) core units, and;

• eight (8) elective units, of which:

• one (1) unit must be selected from Group A;
• five (5) units must be selected from Group B, and;
• two (2) units may be selected from Group B, Group C, elsewhere in the SIT Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Training Package, or any other current training package or accredited course.

The selection of electives must be guided by the job outcome sought, local industry requirements and the complexity of skills appropriate to the AQF level of this qualification as well as be approved by the Polytechnic.

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.