Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management

Australian Training School trading as Southern Academy of Business and Technology
RTO Code: 31595
CRICOS Provider Code: 03602E

Southern Academy of Business and Technology has the following entry requirements:
International students must:

• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Participate in a course entry interview to determine suitability for the course and student needs.
• Have an IELTS* score of 5.5 (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:
• Educated for 5 years in an English speaking country; or
• Completed at least 6 months of a Certificate IV level course in an Australian RTO; or
• Successful completion of an English Placement Test
• Successful completion of foundation course in Australia

*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 5.5.

This qualification will be delivered over 104 weeks, including 80 weeks of training and assessment spread over 8 terms of 10 weeks each and 24 weeks of holidays. The timing for this course will be advised in the Letter of Offer.

This program is delivered in the classroom and through structured self-study. A work placement is also required.

• Sydney Campus: 95 Bathurst Street, Sydney NSW 2000.

Possible job titles include:

• Area manager or operations manager
• Café owner or manager
• Club secretary or manager
• Executive chef
• Executive housekeeper
• Executive sous chef
• Food and beverage manager
• Head chef
• Motel owner or manager
• Rooms division manager

Potential employment options are in any hospitality industry sector as a departmental or small business manager. See also possible job title roles indicated in the qualification description.
Students who complete this course may wish to continue their education into a range of Graduate Diploma qualifications or into higher education qualifications in hospitality management.

Note that for international student’s satisfactory course progress is required in order to meet visa requirements. More information can be found in the International Student Handbook that also includes information on the specific support that is available to international students. Students who are identified as being at risk of not meeting course progress requirements will be provided with additional support as recorded in an intervention strategy.

Upon acceptance of a student’s application for enrolment, a letter of offer, as well as a written agreement and tax invoice for remaining fees, will be forwarded to students. Students must read through all provided information as it will provide all necessary information about the course of study. A Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) letter will be issued once the signed acceptance of the offer and written agreement are received.
The first day of each course will include orientation and induction. Orientation will include information about the campus, living in Australia, accessing our support services and methods for achieving success throughout the course, including course progress requirements.
This course outline should be read in conjunction with Southern Academy of Business and Technology Student Handbook.

All students will be provided with a range of learning support options and resources to help them achieve competency. This includes:

• Academic and personal support.
• Referral to external support services

Students are required to attend 14 hours of classroom training and completed 6 hours of structured self-study per week. During term 8, students will also commence and complete their work placement, and which requires them to complete 12 service periods for the unit SITHKOP005 Coordinate cooking operations.

Students will also complete their 4 service periods for the unit SITXCCS008 Develop and manage quality customer service practices in the simulated business environment. Service period hours are 4 hours.

Southern Academy of Business and Technology will assist students to find work placements. Students may also arrange their own work placement. All workplaces will be checked using a facilities and equipment check prior to the placement commencing. Assessors will visit and assess the student at least twice during the work placement. The training and assessment schedule shows the weeks during which training is delivered and assessment conducted for each unit.

Assessment will occur through a variety of methods, including projects incorporating role-plays, case
studies, observations, and short answer questions. Assessment conditions will ensure a simulated workplace environment for classroom-based assessment.
Assessment tasks:

• Reflect real life work tasks.
• Are required to be performed within industry standard timeframes as specified by assessors in relation to each task.
• Are assessed using assessment criteria that relate to the quality of work expected by the industry.
• Are performed to industry safety requirements as relevant.
• Utilise authentic workplace documentation.
• Require students to work with others as part of a team.
• Require students to plan and prioritise competing work tasks.
• Involve the use of standard, workplace equipment such as computers and software.
• Ensure that students are required to consider workplace constraints such as time and budgets.

Students may apply for recognition of existing qualifications or skills, knowledge, and experience (credit transfer or recognition of prior learning). The granting of course credit may affect course fees as well as the duration of the course. This process is outlined in Southern Academy of Business and Technology Student Enrolment and Completion Policy and Associated Procedures and Training and Assessment Policy & Associated Procedures.

To enroll into this course an enrolment form must be completed. which can be emailed or posted to students or downloaded from our website. The enrolment form should be completed and then sent to us along with all of the required documentation. For more information about our selection and enrolment processes, contact us at the details shown below.