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Tourism       Level 3 Enquiries: Ms K Tomkins
Prerequisites
All Level 3 students are eligible for this course.  Entry is through HOD approval and includes an individual interview.
This course is assessed using: This course is:
    Achievement Standards   ● Internally assessed
           
  ● Unit Standards     Externally assessed
           
Course Information
This course is a Unit Standards based programme leading to the National Certificate in Travel and Tourism (ATTTO) at Level 2.
Course Cost
$170 plus additional field trip costs.  Students receive Part One and Two folders each year which include workbooks and course information.  these folders are provided by The Sir George Seymour National College of Tourism and Travel.  A range of field trips will be offered during the year in the wider Central Otago area.  Thee is the possibility of a trip to one of the islands or the Gold Coast, Australia.
Standard
 Title Credits Int/Ext
US 24729 Demonstrate knowledge of world tourist destinations

Level 2 Standard

 4  
US 24730 Demonstrate knowledge of the business of tourism

Level 2 Standard

 4  
US 24724 Demonstrate knowledge of the History of Tourism

Level 2 Standard

 4  
US 24727 Describe and compare impacts of Tourism on the physical environment

Level 2 Standard

 3  
US 18211 or

US 3727

 Demonstrate knowledge of Australia as a Tourist Destination or Demonstrate knowledge of the Pacific Islands as a tourist destination. Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Samoa and Tonga

Level 3 Standard

 8  
US 23767 Describe and Analyse the economic significance of Tourism

Level 2 Standard

 2  
US 23767 Demonstrate knowledge of and use the Internet in a Tourism Workplace

Level 2 Standard

 2  
Maximum Credits Available 37  
 
Why this course?
Students awarded with this qualification are able to demonstrate communication skills; written and verbal, mathematics and information technology in the context of the tourism and travel industry.  This includes knowledge of world geography and tourism destinations within NZ, as well as tourism as a world wide industry.  Tourism is currently NZ's largest employment sector employing approximately 10% of the total workforce.