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The course will teach you how to fulfil the responsibilities of managers and leaders in professional and community sport. You will gain the business operations management and business development skills to work successfully in an organisation or even set up your own business. You will grow your skills in areas of sport such as: marketing economics and finance management strategic planning global sport business. To enhance your skills further, and grow your career prospects, you may progress to our Graduate Diploma in Sport Business and Integrity, then our Master of Sport Business and Integrity.

Professional and semi-professional football (soccer) clubs are constantly seeking a competitive advantage. The performance-analysis skills, in particular video-analysis skills, you acquire in our football-analysis course will help you find a career that fits with your passion for football. You'll gain outstanding knowledge of the relevant technology and an overall understanding of performance and sport science. Your theoretical knowledge and practical skills will set you up to work as a successful performance analyst. This course features an initial face-to-face burst mode, online learning and practical sessions with a leading performance-analysis company.

Gain expertise that supports your passion for football and take a step towards a sport-science or high-performance career. VU is a leading sports-education provider. Our Graduate Certificate in Sports Science (Football Performance) provides a well-rounded education in football-related sports science. You'll study a range of relevant areas, including: current issues and trends in football sport integrity and ethics interprofessional communication athlete monitoring. Our collaborations with world-class football clubs ensure you learn the latest industry technologies and practices. Most of the certificate is taught online. There’s also one week, intensive, face-to-face teaching in Melbourne. Successful completion of this course can lead into the Master of Sports Science (Football Performance).  

You’ll learn and apply your skills in our fully equipped hospitality training centre under the guidance of passionate industry experts. You will develop advanced skills in hospitality operations and leadership, including: human resource management financial management marketing strategies business planning. During your course you will have access to leading industry standard software, including Opera Property used in many leading hotels throughout Australia. You will learn the skills to use the system and manage hotel front office operations, including creating reservations, managing accounts and check out. You will also gain essential skills in restaurant operations systems such as Micros POS. TAFE study dates and breaks 2020. Important information about elective unit: SITHCCC014 Prepare meat dishes Students will be expected to follow standard recipes to prepare meat dishes using each of the following meat items: beef, game (kangaroo, venison, specialty meats), lamb, pork, veal and offal (kidney, liver). Students will be unable to successfully complete unit 'SITHCCC014 Prepare meat dishes' without meeting this requirement.

You will gain practical skills tailored to working in restaurants, cafes, hotels and other hospitality areas. You’ll learn and apply your skills in our fully equipped hospitality training centre under the guidance of passionate industry experts. Areas of study include: staff management strategic business operations food and beverage service safety business marketing. During your course you will have access to leading industry standard software, including Opera Property used in many leading hotels throughout Australia. You will learn the skills to use the system and manage hotel front office operations, including creating reservations, managing accounts and check out. You will also gain essential skills in restaurant operations systems such as Micros POS. TAFE study dates and breaks 2020.

You will develop fundamental planning, communication and organisational skills, and acquire a detailed understanding of the event management process. On completion, you will have the confidence to manage a variety of events for different clients from conception through to operation. You’ll gain both a theoretical and practical understanding of events, and develop skills in: event staging financing and budgeting people management on-site event operations project management regulatory requirements hazard and safety management sponsorship management food and beverage service. You will also gain hands-on experience using event management software such as Events Air, Event Brite, Sched and Ivvy to plan and execute events, including venue and supplier management.

With access to the latest industry software such as Sabre and Galileo, you’ll learn about business management in tourism and global trends related to the industry. You will develop skills in the following areas: marketing strategy business management people management conflict management workplace health and safety practices tourism sales international and Australian destinations tourism practices international airfares. You will gain a solid understanding of industry operations and develop the managerial skills to coordinate tourism operations or marketing and product development activities.

This course combines practical culinary skills with theoretical management concepts, preparing you for leadership or supervisory positions in kitchen environments. You will develop skills in the following areas: quality and stock control menu planning and costing food preparation and presentation finance human resources leadership people and operations management sustainable work practices food hygiene, food safety, OHS and first aid. TAFE study dates and breaks 2020.

You’ll gain strong working knowledge of the tourism and travel sector, including tourism and destinations, tour guiding, customer service, travel product information and networking. Upon completion of this course you will have skills in: sourcing and using information on the tourism and travel industry enhancing customer experience social and cultural sensitivity conflict management coaching others in job skills interpreting financial information implementing safe WHS practices. You will also gain a strong understanding of international and Australian destinations as well as key skills in processing travel related documents and systems.

Using a blend of online and practical skills development, this course provides you with essential skills in the following areas: food preparation (poultry, meat, seafood, vegetables, dairy, fruits) desserts (cakes, pastries) menu planning and costing basic knife skills basic methods of cookery teamwork sustainable work practices food hygiene, food safety and OHS. You'll learn a range of practical skills and the latest trends and techniques used in the industry under the guidance of experienced chefs. On successful completion, you can choose to pathway into the Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery or find employment as a: commis chef sous chef executive chef. TAFE study dates and breaks 2020.