SIT60307 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality

Course Goals:

The aim of SIT60307 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Is to guide students to become competent managers in a hospitality business. The course outlines the practical and theoretical skills required to manage an operation effectively. The course provides the participant with the underpinning knowledge and an applied understanding of the challenges faced by a hospitality manager in all areas of the operation from OH&S issues, to the basic understanding of work behaviour and the interaction of staff within an operation. Kitchen operations, purchasing systems, financial management, sales and marketing, budgeting, staff management and human resource requirements are delivered by experts in their field to contextualise theory into applied practical instances and solutions. At the end of the course the participant will have fulfilled the necessary competencies required to gain the Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management

Electives were chosen in consultation with industry experts to ensure effective industry outcomes of graduates.

General Objectives of the Course:

The Advanced Diploma represents a qualification involving technical, creative, conceptual or managerial applications built around competencies of either a broad or specialized base and related to a broader organizational focus. The units build on the experience gained during the Certificate 3 in hospitality but apply this in a supervisory context

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Work in the kitchen understanding he requirements that are needed to manage a kitchen and staff,
• Understand the purchasing systems
• Minimise spoilage and cross contamination through correct work practices and storage procedures.
• Maintain industry and company standards for customer service
• Operate equipment correctly and safely
• Apply occupational health and safety processes
• Utilise human resource management to enhance performance
• Maintain compliance with legislative requirements pertinent to the industry
• Apply security procedures and processes to ensure a safe workplace,
• Manage other staff members in a professional manner

Utilise financial management, budgeting, costing, purchasing and general management tools to operate a profitable business. This “embedding” or “nesting” has been done for two reasons:

• to articulate the complete range of skills required to achieve each qualification rather than relying on references to pre-requisites or entry requirements for each successive qualification,
• to ensure that higher level qualifications focusing on management or supervisory skills also contain the required “hands-on” or practical skills.

Organisation of the Course:

SIT60307 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality will be organised on an 80 week base over 2 years. The first year is prescribed attendance for 40 weeks at 20 hours per week covering the Certificate III in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery), successful graduates will then attend the Advanced Diploma subjects in the second year each week containing 5 x 4 hour sessions.

Learning & Assessment strategy for Advanced Diploma of Hospitality:

This course consists of 29 Core Units and 18 Electives