New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 6)

Advance to the forefront of the hospitality industry with the New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 6). This diploma equips you with the skills to manage all aspects of a hospitality business, including business strategies, financial management, and sales and marketing.

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Invercargill
Queenstown
Campus
Invercargill
Qualification
Diploma
Level
6
Credits
120
Duration

One year full-time

Part-time study is also available

Dates
TBC
Fees
This programme qualifies for SIT Zero Fees. Terms and Conditions apply. Click here for more information.
Tuition Fees

Zero tuition fees

Direct Material Costs

$985.00 (incl. GST)


International Fees

Check if this course is available to international students in our International section.

Course Outline

Become a front-runner in the hospitality industry with the New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 6). This Diploma will teach you how to manage all areas of a hospitality business from customer service and business strategies to sales and marketing.

You will learn to:

  • Manage and develop hospitality staff to ensure positive customer experiences
  • Select and apply a range of communication, consultation, negotiation and reporting strategies to facilitate positive staff relationships in hospitality management situations
  • Analyse and apply financial management techniques to attain productivity, yield and profitability requirements for a hospitality operation
  • Select and apply a range of strategic solutions, in response to changes in the hospitality business environment, in order to maintain or improve hospitality business performance
  • Plan and develop future business strategies that encompass financial management, product development, sales and marketing and continuous improvement processes in a hospitality environment.

This Diploma will equip you to work in management roles with minimal supervision across a range of hospitality sectors.

Course Content

ACT610 Financial Management for Business

To enable students to apply a range of financial management strategies to evaluate the viability of business ventures. 

 

HTM601 Contemporary Tourism

The aim of this paper is to expand student’s understanding of the interactions between tourism and hospitality systems and their environment, exploring issues such as ecotourism, sustainability and authenticity in tourism. 

HTM608 Entrepreneurship

The aim of this paper is to equip students with knowledge, skills and conceptual frameworks that assist in recognising and assessing inputs to the entrepreneurial process, in planning and creating a new venture, and in managing it successfully through establishment and growth.  

 

MAN632 Operations Management

The aim of this paper is to enable students to evaluate critically systems-based approaches to control hospitality tourism and / or business operations and management.  

MAN636 Leadership & HR in Action

The aim of this paper is to introduce students to key concepts of leadership, performance management and staff development in the business environment.

MAN638 Innovative Facilities Management

Students will be able to analyse and apply innovation and management techniques to attain productivity, yield and profitability requirements for a hospitality or business operation. Plan and develop strategies to manage property and product in innovative ways within the business environment. 

 

MKT675 Marketing Management

This paper provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the marketing environment, customer segmentation, and the key elements of the marketing mix, while emphasising how marketing management creates value through integrating market and customer information. 

MKT677 Digital Marketing & Communication

The aim of this paper is to equip students with the knowledge and practical skills to create a comprehensive Integrated Marketing Communications plan, using a mix of digital and promotion tools. Students will develop professional communication skills to effectively present and communicate their insights to stakeholders.

Career Opportunities

Graduates will have enhanced employment opportunities within hospitality management roles across a range of establishments in the hospitality sector.  They will be able to work in management roles, with minimal supervision, across a range of hospitality sectors.

This qualification establishes standards of professional practice for hospitality managers that can provide customers with confidence in a range of hospitality environments. 

Application Criteria

School Leavers
Applicants should be a minimum of 18 years of age, with a minimum of four years secondary education and have attained a minimum of 48 NCEA credits at Level 2 or 36 NCEA credits at Level 3, or an equivalent academic indicator.

Mature Applicants
Applicants over the age of 20 years at time of enrolment will be considered where they can demonstrate the ability to succeed in a programme. They may be admitted subject to programme regulations approved by the Head of Faculty in consultation with the Programme Manager as appropriate. Personal commitment and a belief in one's own ability to succeed are important personal traits and will always be taken into consideration during the selection process, or

Have successfully completed the New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 5).

Notwithstanding the above admissions categories, in exceptional circumstances, a mature aged applicant who can show evidence of ability to succeed in the programme may be considered for admission provided the applicant has successfully completed an approved course or programme, which is deemed to prepare graduates for the required academic standard for entry.

English Language Requirements

Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following

NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or

an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or

Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA),or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL);or

Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand,,Australia,Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or

Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or

Successful completion of a Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters' Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or

Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment


IELTS test - Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5 
TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score 5 TWE) 
TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 60 (with a writing score of 18) 
Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools or C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill. 
OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests 
NZCEL - Level 4 (Academic) 
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 50 with no band score lower than 42 
Language Cert - C1 Expert International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS 
Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than distinction in any band

Qualification Pathways

This course pathways into the third year of SITs Bachelor of Hotel Management.  This means that New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management L6 graduates can gain the Level 7 degree qualification by completing just one additional year's study - one semester on campus in Invercargill, and one semester in an internship placement in the location of your choice.

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