Hospitality and tourism
Careers in hospitality aren’t just about serving - they’re about creating moments of magic, where guests feel truly welcomed, cherished, and understood. From a skilled chef crafting culinary delights from locally sourced ingredients to a talented tour operator sharing insider tips on hidden gems, every role plays a vital part in shaping the guest experience.
This program will help you develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions you need to embark on an exciting career in the hospitality and tourism industry, with firsthand connections to industry.
Learning areas:
- Food and beverage service
- Barista skills
- Cookery
- Tourism and website development
- Financial transactions
- Work safely and first aid
- Employability skills
- Workplace preparedness.
What you’ll achieve
- Develop some hands-on technical skills
- Gain an understanding of the career opportunities and pathways in the industry, and develop your own career action plan
- Understand and develop employability skills
- Gain experience with employers in the industry
- Complete introductory training courses including First Aid
- Complete the SACE subjects: Exploring Identities and Futures (EIF) and Workplace Practices.
- Achieve competency in industry recognised technical skills
- Identify and prepare for your preferred career pathway
- Further develop employability skills in preparation for the workplace
- Gain further experience with employers in the industry
- Complete SIT20322 Certificate II in Cookery
- Complete the SACE subjects: Activating Identities and Futures (AIF) and Workplace Practices
- Be ready to transition into an apprenticeship in year 12.
- Further develop your technical skills and knowledge or
- Commence the first year of your apprenticeship in the workplace
- Complete your SACE in collaboration with your home school.
Jobs and future pathways in this industry
Having completed year 1 of an apprenticeship while at the technical college, you can transition straight into the second year of your apprenticeship.
You are preparing for careers such as:
- chef
- tourism guide/officer
- small business operator
- cook
- customer service or guest relations officer
- hotel management.
Potential employers
- Aged care providers
- Hospitals
- Travel and tourism businesses
- Hotels and motels
- Mine sites
- Your own business.