119319M | SIT60322 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management

SIT60322 - Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management

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The SIT60322 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management is designed for individuals aspiring to senior management roles within the hospitality industry.

Graduates gain the expertise to operate across a wide range of hospitality sectors while developing targeted skills in areas such as accommodation services, cookery, food and beverage management, and gaming.

The SIT60322 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management is designed to develop highly skilled senior managers capable of leading hospitality operations with confidence and strategic insight. This qualification equips students with specialised managerial skills, advanced hospitality knowledge, and the ability to make autonomous business decisions, ensuring they can effectively manage teams, optimise operational performance, and contribute to the strategic success of hospitality organisations.

Graduates of this qualification are prepared for senior leadership and management roles in the hospitality industry, including:

• General Manager
• Operations Manager
• Executive Chef / Head Chef (with managerial responsibilities)
• Accommodation Manager
• Food and Beverage Manager
• Gaming Manager
• Catering Operations Manager

This qualification will be delivered over 101 weeks, including 80 weeks of training and assessment spread over 8 terms of 10 weeks each and 21 weeks of holidays.

UMA College has the following entry requirements:
All students must:
• be at least 18 years of age
• participate in a course entry interview to determine suitability for the course and student needs. The course entry interview will also assess whether students can use digital technologies.
Domestic students must:
• have sufficient language, literacy and numeracy skills as tested through a language, literacy and numeracy assessment. Students will need to achieve ACSF level 4 for reading, writing, numeracy and oral communication to enter the course.
International students must:
• have an IELTS* score of 6.0 (test results must be no more than 2 years old). English language competence can also be demonstrated through documented evidence of any of the following:
o educated for 5 years in an English-speaking country; or
o successful completion of an English Placement Test at IELTS level 6.0.
*Note that other English language tests such as PTE and TOEFL can be accepted. Students are required to provide their results so that it can be confirmed they are equivalent to IELTS 6.0.

The SIT60322 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management reflects the role of highly skilled senior managers who use a broad range of hospitality skills combined with specialised managerial skills and substantial knowledge of industry to coordinate hospitality operations. They operate with significant autonomy and are responsible for making strategic business management decisions.

This qualification provides a pathway to work in any hospitality industry sector and for a diversity of employers including restaurants, hotels, motels, catering operations, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops. This qualification allows for multi-skilling and for acquiring targeted skills in accommodation services, cookery, food and beverage and gaming.

Students enrolled in the SIT60322 Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management at UMA College will complete a combination of practical and theoretical assessments designed to reflect real industry practices.

Training Load

Face-to-Face Training: 20 hours per week, including sessions at UMA College and the contracted commercial training kitchen.

Self-Directed Study: Approximately 5 hours per week for assessment preparation, research, and reading

This assessment system ensures students gain the practical expertise, theoretical knowledge, and workplace competency required to succeed in senior management and leadership roles within the hospitality industry.

This program is delivered in the classroom and in a commercial training kitchen. A work placement is also required.

Students are required to present to class in neat, casual attire suitable for participation in practical activities. Specific clothing requirements for practical placement will be discussed during Day 1 Induction.

Student will require basic stationary and a notebook according to their own study preferences during classroom learning sessions and their own self-paced study. Access to a computer which has an internet connection is recommended to assist students to undertake study and research in response to some assessment tasks.

Students may bring portable electronic devices to classroom sessions such a small laptops or tables if they wish. Students are issued with a prescribed online text book to assist with their study.