Certificate III in Tourism

This course will help you to develop the knowledge necessary to operate across a range of roles within the tourism sector. You will gain essential skills in coordinating tourism services, providing visitor information and offering exceptional customer service.

Our highly-experienced teachers will assist you to gain skills in:

• how to source and use information on the tourism and travel industry
• providing service to customers
• development of social and cultural sensitivity
• how to participate in safe work practices
• providing advice on Australian and International destinations
• how to sell tourism products and services
• how to use and operate a GDS (Galileo and Sabre)
• process travel-related documents.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to work across a range of roles in the tourism industry and customer service, or continue onto further study.

The travel and tourism sector is one of the fastest growing industries in Australia. The Certificate III in Tourism SIT30116 offers the chance for a dynamic career across multiple roles, from product coordination to working as a travel agent. After successful completion of the course you can apply for a range of positions in the travel and tourism industry, including:

• cellar door salesperson and guide
• inbound tour coordinator
• marine tourism assistant
• visitor information officer
• international corporate travel consultant
• international online travel consultant
• reservation sales agent (tour operator)
• travel consultant.

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 SIT30116 Certificate III in Tourism, a student must successfully complete a total of fifteen (15) units of competency, comprising of:

• four (4) core units, and;
• eleven (11) elective units, of which:
• six (6) elective units must be selected from one of the four combinations outlined below:
• three (3) elective units from Group A and three (3) elective units from Group B must be selected, OR
• six (6) elective units from Group C must be selected, OR
• six (6) elective units from Group D must be selected, OR
• six (6) elective units from Groups A, B, C, or E must be selected, and;
• five (5) elective units may be selected from Groups A, B, C, D, E, elsewhere in the SIT Training Package, or any other current training package or accredited course.

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.