SIT50116 Diploma of Travel and Tourism Management
Qualification Description
This qualification reflects the role of highly skilled senior operators who use a broad range of tourism or travel skills combined with managerial skills and sound knowledge of industry operations to coordinate travel or tourism operations. They operate independently, have responsibility for others, and make a range of operational business decisions.
This qualification provides a pathway to work in many travel and tourism industry sectors as a departmental or small business manager. The diversity of employers includes travel agencies, tour wholesalers, tour operators, inbound tour operators, tourist attractions, visitor information centres, and other tourism businesses.
Possible job titles include:
inbound groups manager
inbound sales manager
incentives manager
tour operations manager
marketing manager
product development manager
reservations manager
travel agency manager
sales manager
visitor information center manager.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Entry Requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
Packaging Rules
23 units must be completed:
12 core units
11 elective units, consisting of:
6 units from Group A
5 units from Group A, Group B, elsewhere in the SIT Training Package, or any other current Training Package or accredited course.
The selection of electives must be guided by the job outcome sought, local industry requirements and the complexity of skills appropriate to the AQF level of this qualification.
