Diploma of Event Management

You will develop fundamental planning, communication and organisational skills, and acquire a detailed understanding of the event management process. On completion, you will have the confidence to manage a variety of events for different clients from conception through to operation.

You'll gain both a theoretical and practical understanding of events, and develop skills in:

• event staging
• financing and budgeting
• people management
• on-site event operations
• project management
• regulatory requirements
• hazard and safety management
• sponsorship management
• food and beverage service.

You will also gain hands-on experience using event management software such as Events Air, Event Brite, Sched and Ivvy to plan and execute events, including venue and supplier management.

On completion, you can choose to pathway into further study or apply for roles such as:

• conference coordinator
• event or exhibition coordinator
• event or exhibition planner
• event sales coordinator
• function coordinator
• in-house meetings coordinator
• meetings coordinator
• staging coordinator
• venue coordinator.

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 SIT50316 Diploma of Event Management, a student must successfully complete a total of twenty (20) units of competency, comprising of:

• eleven (11) core units, and;

• nine (9) elective units, of which:
• four (4) units must be selected from Group A;
• two (2) units must be selected from Group A or Group B;
• three (3) units may be selected from Group A, Group B, elsewhere in the SIT Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Training Package, 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.