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Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation Courses

Hospitality CoursesThe hotel and catering industry or rather the hospitality industry is a dynamic industry in which no two days are the same. It provides enormous challenge in terms of both hotel and food service management and professional cookery. One is afforded great variety in one's work, and hotels offer one the opportunity to meet people of all nationalities and from all walks of life.

In the field of hospitality, some workers serve the client face to face, but others do not. Many hospitality sector jobs entail work behind the scenes in the backstage arena - such as chefs, planners and other positions that involve planning and preparations. Possible employers in this field include any institution with service and catering facilities such as hotels, hospitals, schools, restaurants and contract caterers.

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Job Prospects

  • Job prospects for Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers are average.
  • Employment for Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers to 2014-15 is expected to grow very strongly. Employment in this small occupation (9700 in November 2009) rose strongly in the past five years, and rose slightly in the long-term (ten years), but with small occupations employment estimates can fluctuate.
  • Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers have an average proportion of full-time jobs (71.9 per cent). For Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers working full-time, average weekly hours are 45.3 (compared to 41.3 for all occupations) and earnings are average - in the sixth decile. Unemployment for Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers is average.
  • Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers are employed across several industries including: Accommodation and Food Services; Health Care and Social Assistance; Administrative and Support Services; and Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
  • The (internet) vacancy level for Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers is low. The proportion of workers leaving the occupation (and needing to be replaced) is 17.1 per cent (annually) compared to the average for all occupations of 13.1 per cent.
  • The industries employing Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers have below average employment growth prospects.

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Short Course

Adventure Tourism

  This exciting course covers the scope and nature of adventure tourism in today's market and looks at the sources and types of opportunities available within this fast growing industry. Other topics include: outdoor adventure and management training, the customer, artificial environments, supply, geography, sustainability, and environmental impacts. This course develops a capacity to plan and manage the provision of adventure tourism services.  

Bar Service

  Do you have an outgoing personality?  Are you dedicated, committed and flexible?  Bar staff are employed in restaurants and bars all over the world. Their primary role is to service customers with drinks, and secondarily, food (occasionally other things such as cigarettes and cigars).  In some situations, bar staff may only dispense drinks and snacks such as nuts and potato crisps. In other situations (eg. at a pub), bar staff may be required to take orders for "counter meals", and dispense the meals after they have been prepared by the cook. This course provides foundation knowledge for those attending a bar or working as a drinks waiter or waitress. Through this course you will develop a broad understanding of the industry, become familiar with alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks; learn how to provide service to bar customers, mix a range of cocktails and appreciate a variety of wines.

Bed & Breakfast Management

  DREAMING ABOUT RUNNING YOUR OWN BED AND BREAKFAST BUSINESS?Make it true and set firm foundations to your business with this course full of practical advice and skills.

Bushcraft And Wilderness Activities (Survival Skills)

  Learn how to survive in the wild! Whether on day or overnight trips, whenever a group goes on a trip into natural areas they need to be prepared, and lead by someone who has an adequate level of survival skills.  Every week in Australia there are reports of individuals and groups missing in the bush, often quite close to help, occasionally these events are fatal, but they don't have to be This course builds an understanding of the things you are likely to confront when you leave civilisation; and provides a foundation for preparing yourself and those who accompany you for any excursion into a natural area. This course is valuable to people who may have a recreational interest in wilderness exploration, orienteers, tour guides, scout leaders, or ecotour business owners.

Cooking & Catering

  As one of the world's largest industries, the world of food service offers a multitude of career and business opportunities. To succeed, however, you need to know how to market your services, source raw materials, plan meals for events and manage the practicalities of running your own business. We give you the guidance, the checklists and resources you need, and in addition we also throw in some great recipe ideas! So, if you’ve ever dreamed of one day of owning and operating your own catering business, either full-time or part-time, with Courses Direct’s Cooking & Catering course this goal can be easily achievable. Our course gives you the guidance you need – from setting up your business, and catering for various events, to marketing your company, and much more. You receive helpful comments and suggestions from an experienced tutor. Plus, as your course is delivered by distance education, there are no timetables to adhere to so your study can fit around your current lifestyle.

Ecotour Management

  Expand your horizons, learn about managing ecotourism. Tourism has become a boom industry in recent times and a major employer of recreationists in the country. Ecotourism has emerged out of a growing interest in outdoor adventure activities - from mountaineering to low impact bushwalking. Establishing such an enterprise requires an understanding of a wide range of issues including: legal considerations, safety, accommodation, the tour desk as a first point of contact, destinations, and management. This course develops your ability to establish and operate an ecotourism enterprise

Ecotourism Tour Guide Course

  Develop your ability to organise and conduct ecotourism services including tours and activities. Learn to conduct guided tours, overnight walks and treks, or self guided interpretive walks. Ecotourism is an industry that has developed hugely in recent years. It reflects both of the aims of modern conservation: management of resources and protection of the environment. Modern ecotourism strives to be sustainable, so that the activities that are taking place can continue to do so. This course will introduce you to aspects of ecotourism such as guiding environmental awareness, planning tours,displays and interpretive aids, plant and animal interpretation.

Hotel Management

  Broad based, basic training to work in hospitality, accommodation, hotels, motels or resorts. A popular and substantial starting point for anyone in the hotel industry, this course is 100 hours duration.

Leisure Facility Management Intermediate (II)

  Part 1: This course relates to the management and maintenance of both indoor and outdoor facilities and equipment, including swimming pools, locker rooms, buildings, gymnasiums, and sports turf. Content includes monitoring the condition of equipment, routine maintenance programming and simple repair procedures. Part 2: This course develops a manager's ability to participate effectively as part of a design team for major works, or to plan and direct contrators in the development of minor facilities.  It covers: Ergononmic considerations Managing construction work Design of sportsgrounds Design of indoor facilities Design of gymnasium equipment

Leisure Facility Management Introduction (I)

  A comprehensive introductory course focusing on the management and development or redevelopment of recreation facilities.  Subjects cover the nature of recreation and fitness facilities, legal requirements during contruction, the management of minor construction projects and evaluating fitness and recreation equipment.  This course develops skills to manage day to day operations of facilities such as gyms, health clubs, swimming pools, or recreation facilities.  The course deals with managing bookings, purchasing, safety, contingencies and insurance.

Leisure Management - Administrative and Financial Management (III)

  Develop management strategies for clerical and financial operations in a recreation or fitness environment. Keeping accurate and efficient financial records is paramount for successful business. During this course you will learn to develop strategies for manageing clerical and financial aspects for a recreation facility or service.  The course covers financial records, budgets, legal reporting, liaising, managing documents, forming a resource library, and using information technology.

Leisure Management - Human Resource Management (II)

  Develops management strategies for human resources in a recreation or fitness service, or facility. People are a key resource for any business.  This course develops an understanding of important human resource issues such as work schedules, developing a team approach, team performance, staff recruitment, evaluating staff performance, and communication between staff.  Builds on Leisure Management I, but can stand alone.

Leisure Management - Management Strategies (IV)

  This module will enable the learner to develop management policy, procedural, and planning aspects of a recreation oriented service or facility.  This course covers policy development and management, meeting operational procedures, planning process management, meeting and conference management as well as supervising reports.

Leisure Management Introduction (I)

  Develop Marketing Skills for the Leisure Industry During this course you will learn to develop strategies to market recreation facilities or services.  The course shows you how to do things such as: Develop marketing and promotions to maintain or increase business; Manage the delivery of a service to ensure customer satisfaction; Monitor a membership database to ensure return business and Manage complaints. Learn about: Public relations, Promotions and Advertising Getting the word to potential customer, clients and the general public Why and how people go about making decisions such joining a gym, enrolling in a recreation program, taking up a new hobby or supporting a sporting club. How to keep clients happy and maximise the chance of return sales.

Play Leadership

  Uninterrupted play is important for a child’s social, physical and mental development; play encourages brain development, stimulates creativity, increases a child’s academic ability, and enhances quality of life through to adulthood. Children who have learnt how to play, will have a more playful and creative approach to life as adults. This course is relevant to the provision of play opportunities for children, and teenagers.

Recreation Leadership

  An excellent starting point for anyone wishing to work in the field of recreation - conducting recreation programs or one to one as a recreation or youth leader. This module will develop knowledge and understanding of leadership qualities of the fitness workers in the industry.

Special Interest Tourism (Tourism II)

  This course aims to develop your ability to manage different types of travel products, with a particular focus on special interest tourism. Builds an understanding of opportunities in such things as business tourism, festival tourism, cultural tourism, environmental tourism, senior tourism, food and wine tourism and much more.

Tourism Management - Introduction (I)

  YOUR FIRST STEP TO A CAREER IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES TODAY!The course is designed to develop your skills in Tourism Planning and Management. The tourism industry encompasses the provision of all those services used by people when travelling away from home, including booking services, transport, accommodation, tourist retail outlets and attractions. Worldwide millions of people are employed in the tourism industry – from coach drivers to travel agents to hotel concierges, as well as all the other hundreds of occupations that cater for tourists and travellers. Tourists travel to almost every country in the globe, looking for adventure, recreation and entertainment. They seek both new and familiar experiences, both close to home and far abroad. Some travel independently, others in organised groups. Some look for security, others prefer their travel spiced with excitement and danger. This course provides a foundation for further learning in any or all of these areas, whether on the job or through formal studies.


Proficiency Award

Proficiency Award In Ecotourism

  This Proficiency Award was designed to develop your ability to establish, operate and manage an ecotourism enterprise and increase your knowledge on all aspects of running such a venture. The 3 courses within this award cover management of issues such as safety, legal considerations, destinations, accommodation, and management issues, planning, organising and conducting ecotourism services (such as guiding and tours). You will also have the benefit of applying these learnt skills in a workplace or research projects and/or work experience.

Proficiency Award In Tourism & Hospitality

  This course is designed primarily for people who already have some related qualifications or experience, who seek to supplement their existing skills and gain an industry specific qualification that enhances their employ-ability and capacity to work in tourism and hospitality.


Certificate

Certificate in Hospitality

  Hospitality is a major employer, through enterprises ranging from hotels, resorts and guesthouses to restaurants and catering businesses. This course is a great starting point for building skills, knowledge and opportunity; both for those who already work in hospitality or food service, and those who hope to forge a career or start a business.

Certificate in Hospitality and Tourism

  Take a step toward a career in Hospitality and Travel. This course lays a very solid foundation, encompasing 600 hours of intensive study to build knowledge, skills and networking in these industries.Start your own business, enhance opportunities for advancement or seek new employment in hotels, restaurants, tour companies, travel agencies, resorts etc.

Certificate in Leisure Management

  Learn how to manage, market and lead in the Leisure Industry. This certificate is focused for people wanting to or already is working with the Leisure Industry, who want to understand the finer skills required running a successful recreational facility. It covers topics important for the Manager in waiting, including developing marketing strategies; human resources policies and procedures; and administrative and financial management - all specific to the Leisure industry.

Certificate In Recreation

  This certificate provides a solid grounding in skills needed to work in leadership or management in recreation or related fields (e.g. In recreation centres, fitness centres, camps, youth work, parks management, cultural and church organizations, handicapped groups, etc). The course involves 30 lessons plus practical assignments covering the nature and scope of leisure studies, recreation, leadership principles and practices, fitness & fitness testing, managing recreation facilities, first aid, staff supervision and management, marketing, budgeting, tourism, youth leadership, sports, crafts, environmental activities, organising exhibitions and more.

Certificate in Tourism

  Want to Work in Tourism?This course lays the foundation for a long term career in an industry that is rapidly changing, always exciting and challenging; but can be difficult to thrive in if you don't have the right mix of skills.Despite the ups and downs of the tourism industry throughout recent years; this remains one of the most significant industries globally. Opportunities have always existed for people with appropriate skills and a little entrepeneurial flair; even in the low times. This course provides a mix of learning that is designed to make a difference; coupled together with an opportunity to be trained and mentored by some highly successful and qualified tutors.

Certificate in Youth Leadership

  Become a Youth Leader


Advanced Certificate

Advanced Certificate In Applied Management (Recreation)

  Would you like a successful career in Recreation where you really do make a difference?! This Advanced Certificate is designed to develop skills required to work in or manage recreation facilities or services, for example Community centres, youth services, sporting clubs, tourist parks, camp grounds, municipal recreation services, supervised childrens playgrounds and social clubs. This is a good starting point for a career which might lead to a position in management.


Associate Diploma

Associate Diploma In Hospitality And Tourism

  This is a terrific course for those wishing to work in the hospitality industry at a middle management level or who are starting their own hospitality business.  This course is designed with a global focus,to provide broad based skills, and a capacity to adapt to change in what is a dynamic and rapidly changing industry.


Diploma

Diploma In Hospitality & Tourism

  An excellent qualification to start a career in management in the tourism or hospitality industry. This course develops a diverse and unique combination of valuable skills that will set you apart from graduates of other courses. Success in this industry comes first and foremost from having skills and knowledge that are in demand by clients or employers.  The value in a course like this will be 90% in what you learn, and only 10% in the qualification you achieve. A diploma will no doubt catch the attention of employers when you apply for a job; but (based on years of watching the progress of graduates), it will be what you know and can do that will make the big difference to succeeding at a job interview, getting a promotion or achieving your goals in your own business.


Advanced Diploma

Advanced Diploma In Recreation Studies - Fitness

  This course provides a management oriented training for people wanting to work in the health and fitness or leisure industries in a technical or management capacity. Graduates will have a broad understanding of human health together with specialised skills that will be developed through your choice of elective units.

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