1. Western Sydney Institute of TAFE

2. TAFE Western Sydney Institute offers:  Certificate III in Travel  Certificate III in Tourism  Certificate III in Events

3. Overview: Location:Blacktown on Mondays & Wednesdays Qualification:Transcript of Academic record in Certificate III in Travel or Certificate III in Travel ATAR:Yes Trial HSC Exam and HSC Exam Unit value:2 units in Year 11 & 2 units in Year 12 Course includes:17 units covering the Board of Studies requirements & TAFE course requirements & additional unit requirements Work placement:Yes

4. Possible career opportunities:  Call centre sales agent  Corporate consultant  Cruise consultant  Domestic and/or international travel consultant  Incentive coordinator  Online consultant  Operations consultant  Reservations sales agent  Wholesale consultant

5. Overview: Location: OTEN as an online/distance student Qualification:Transcript of Academic record in Certificate III in Travel or Certificate III in Travel ATAR: Yes Trial HSC Exam and HSC Exam Unit value:2 units in Year 11 & 2 units in Year 12 Or alternatively 4 units in 1 year Course includes: 15 units covering the Board of Studies requirements & TAFE course requirements Work placement:Yes

6. Possible career opportunities:  Reservations sales agent  Sales consultant  Attraction or theme park attendant  Booking agent  Operations consultant for a tour operator  Cellar door salesperson or guide in a winery  Museum attendant  Visitor information officer

7. Overview: Location:The Hills- Baulkham Hill OTEN as an online/distance student Qualification:Transcript of Academic record in Certificate III in Events or Certificate III in Events ATAR: Yes Trial HSC Exam and HSC Exam Unit value:2 units in Year 11 & 2 units in Year 12 OTEN students 2 years or 4 units over 1 year Course includes: 15 units covering the Board of Studies requirements & TAFE course requirements Work placement:Yes

8. Possible career opportunities: Prepares students for work in the industry at an assistant level  Conference assistant  Event administrative assistant  Event assistant  Event operations assistant  Exhibitions assistant  In-house meetings assistant  Junior event coordinator  Logistics assistant  Meetings assistant  Venue assistant

9. For each course there is a Trial HSC Exam (mandatory) and HSC Exam to sit.

10. Board of Studies requires that each student completes 35 hours of work placement for each 2 units of the course.

11. After the Certificate III in Tourism or the Certificate III in Travel:  Certificate IV in Travel and Tourism  Diploma of Travel and Tourism Note: there are entry requirements for each of these courses. After the Certificate III in Events:  Diploma of Events

12.  TAFE prepares you to work in the industry in a number of roles from assistant roles through to management roles  University explores the higher learning concepts in order to achieve roles that service to bring about changes to policy and procedures.

13. Using the keyword search of ‘tourism’ in ‘Sydney’ today returned: 2369 jobs! Using the keyword search of ‘event management’ in ‘Sydney’ today returned: 1937 jobs!