SIT50122 - Diploma of Travel and Tourism Management

Course Summary

This qualification reflects the role of highly skilled senior operators who use a broad range of tourism or travel skills combined with managerial skills and sound knowledge of industry operations to coordinate travel or tourism operations. They operate independently, have responsibility for others, and make a range of operational business decisions.

Requirements - To Be Eligible

For your application to be considered, you must meet the following entry requirements.

There are no entry requirements for this qualification. However, CQUniversity requires completion of bksb (Basic Key Skills Builder) online literacy, numeracy and digital literacy assessment prior to enrolment, unless the student has completed an equal or higher-level course.

ADDITIONAL STUDY REQUIREMENTS

• There is a requirement to complete practical workplace assessments in a suitable tourism industry environment.
• Access to a computer, internet. 24-hour CQUniversity computer labs are available on select campuses.

Vocational Placement and Work Integrated Learning

Students must complete a Vocational Placement and/or Work Integrated Learning as part of this qualification.

Additional information

Students will need to be working in a suitable tourism business, as a paid employee or volunteer, in a customer focused and supervisory role, with access to organisational policies and procedures, can work independently and participate in operational decision making. 

• There are no minimum required hours as these are competency-based assessment tasks.

• The supervisor who signs the forms (we will supply the forms) must have relevant qualifications or experience for the unit they are signing off.

          - Evidence of this is to be supplied to CQU for audit purposes.

          - The Supervisor will be contacted to verify these forms

Course Details

Admission Codes

Student Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations

This qualification provides a pathway to work in many travel and tourism industry sectors as a departmental or small business manager. The diversity of employers includes travel agencies, tour wholesalers, tour operators, inbound tour operators, holiday parks and resorts, tourist attractions, visitor information centres, and other tourism businesses.