Course details

Summary

• Manage hospitality facilities, hospitality inventory and supplies to achieve yield and/or revenue targets
• Monitor and maintain hospitality operating procedures and compliance requirements
• Apply staffing strategies to facilitate positive staff relationships in a hospitality business or environment
• Manage hospitality operations in a hospitality business or environment
• Manage perishability of service products in the hospitality sector

Course Content

• HTM101 Introduction to Tourism
• HTM102 Business Communications
• HTM103 Principles of Marketing
• HTM104 Principles of Human Resource Management
• HTM105 Food and Beverage Management
• HTM106 Financial Analysis for Tourism and Hospitality
• HTM107 Hotel Operations
• HTM109 Hospitality Service Delivery Systems

Career Opportunities

The aims of the qualification are as follows:

• To gain skills and knowledge that are directly relevant to working or further training in the hospitality sector
• To provide a base for learners to progress to more advanced studies in hospitality management
• To provide hospitality management training programmes that will enhance the knowledge base, skills and professionalism of those working or intending to work in the hospitality sector
• To produce dedicated, professional practitioners who hold a qualification which is well regarded by employers in the hospitality sector

Satisfactory Completion

To satisfactorily complete the New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 5) and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve:

• A minimum of 120 credits in accordance with the Programme schedule for the New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 5)
• The student will normally be expected to complete the New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 5) full-time over one year or part-time over two years.

Qualification Pathways
This course pathways into the first year of SIT’s Bachelor of Hotel Management.

This means that New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management graduates can gain the Level 7 degree qualification by completing just two additional year's study - three semesters on campus in Invercargill, and one semester in an internship placement in the location of your choice.

Entry criteria

School Leavers

Applicants should be a minimum of 18 years of age, have completed a minimum of four years’ secondary education, and have attained a minimum of 12 NCEA credits at Level 2 in each of four approved subjects.

Mature Applicants

Applicants over the age of 20 years at time of enrolment will be considered where they can demonstrate the ability to succeed in a programme.

English Language Requirements

• NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or
• Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or
• IELTS General or Academic Score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
• TOEFL Paper based test, pBT, Score of 550 with an essay score of 5 TWE
• TOEFL Internet based test, iBT, Score of 46 with a writing score of 20
• Cambridge English Examinations FCE or FCE for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 for each skill. OET at Grade C in all sub-tests
• NZCEL Level 4 with the Academic endorsement
• Pearson Test of English, Academic, PToE Academic score of 42
• City and Guilds IESOL B2 Communicator with a score of 42
• Language Cert – B2 Communicator IESOL (LRWS) with High PASS