Qualification Description
This qualification reflects the role of skilled operators who use a broad range of tourism or travel skills and sound knowledge of industry operations to coordinate travel or tourism services. They operate independently or with limited guidance from others and use discretion to solve non-routine problems. Many people have supervisory responsibilities and plan, monitor and evaluate the work of team members.
This qualification provides a pathway to work in many travel and tourism industry sectors and for a diverse range of employers including travel agencies, tour wholesalers, tour operators, inbound tour operators, tourist attractions, visitor information centres and other tourism businesses.
Possible job titles include:
account coordinator
assistant manager
marketing coordinator
operations supervisor
product coordinator
promotions officer
reservations sales or call centre supervisor
senior operations coordinator
senior or supervisory retail consultant
sales coordinator
sales executive.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
19 units must be completed:
7 core units
12 elective units, consisting of:
6 units from Group A
6 additional 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.