Description
The Tourism industry is an exciting and fluid one in which students have to be committed,
passionate and willing to display excellent customer service skills. A career in Tourism is
demanding and requires people with good interpersonal and communication skills, a dedication
to quality and good service. Students are thus equipped with the necessary knowledge,
practical skills, competence and understanding required for successful employment in the
Travel and Tourism industry.
Workplace Learning
This qualification requires a compulsory experimental learning or in-service training component
of 18 months within a travel and tourism sector. Workplace Learning provides important opportunities
for professional and personal growth. It addresses specific competencies identified for the
acquisition of the qualification, which relates to the development of skills that will make the
student employable and will assist in developing his or her personal skills. A training logbook
is provided by the college as guide line for the training on what the training should cover.
Entry Requirement
Learners who want to do this course must have completed the National Senior Certificate
or Senior Certificate or any other qualification of that equivalence. Foreign learners
are required to submit their higher qualification to SAQA to determine their level of
entry.
Assessments
There are 2 (two) forms of assessments required for this qualification that must
be done at each of the qualification levels. The Internal Continuous assessments
(1 Test, 1 assignment and 1 internal exam) that are conducted by the college and
then the Final external examination which is set, monitored and facilitated by
the Department of higher education and Training. You will only be able to register
to write the external examination if you pass your formative assessment component
which the College will use to generate a term mark for each of your subjects as
required by the Department of higher education and Training
Certification
On successful completion of each level, i.e., passing all the required modules of
individual qualification levels, a certificate for that particular completed level
will be issued by the Department of Higher Education and Training.
The National N Diploma is only issued if proof of 18 months of practical in-service
training is provided accompanying the Diploma application. The application process
takes a maximum of 3 months.
Accreditation and Duration
3 Years (Divided into 2 components)
18 Months of the theoretical component (N4, N5 and N6)
18 Months of practical in-service training
This course is accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupation (QCTO) as the quality assurer and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as the assessment body.
Career Path
With this qualification you could enter the following careers:
Travel agent
Guest house manager
Hotel Receptionist
Airport staff
Front desk receptionist
Tour Operator
Learning Material
All learning material will be provide by the college and will remain a
property of the college throughout the duration of the level for which the material is provided for.
