You will study a range of units covering customer service, UK tourism, international tourist destinations and working overseas. You will also complete a work placement during the programme, gaining valuable experience in a travel and tourism related organisation.
Course Overview
Do you have a passion for travel and are you looking for a career which helps you to explore the world and create amazing customer experiences? This exciting programme provides an insightful overview of the travel and tourism industry.
You will study a range of units covering customer service, UK tourism, international tourist destinations and working overseas. You will also complete a work placement during the programme, gaining valuable experience in a travel and tourism related organisation.
Entry requirements
These courses are predominantly for 16-19 year olds and have different requirements depending on level. To study at Level 3, 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above to include English Language and maths.
What is the aim of the course?
This programme will take you from the very basics right up to a detailed working knowledge of the travel and tourism industry. You'll gain a range of specialist skills, giving you an excellent preparation for employment in the sector. On successfully completing the course, you will achieve a nationally recognised qualification at the appropriate level.
How will I be taught and assessed?
You will study in a variety of ways, including presentations, group work, role-plays, and study trips. Assessment is both internal and external, and includes written exams and marked assignments.
Our Purpose and Mission
We provide innovative training to develop skills, inspire individuals, enrich the wider community and encourage all to achieve and progress.
Developing Skills
Inspiring Individuals
Encouraging All
We will work with new and emerging talent to prepare them to excel and to meet the needs of current or future employers. We will actively contribute to developing the careers of individuals through the provision of education and training.
We will work with people from across our communities to develop their skills, to improve their life chances and to give them a passion for learning new things or mastering existing skills.
Our Vision
Our aim is to be recognised as one of the stars of the learning and skills sector. We want to become excellent in everything we do so that our students and staff can reap the benefits of being part of a highly successful organisation.
As such, through this new strategic intentions framework and vision, we have set ourselves our most demanding challenge yet. By 2020 Bath College will:
Become the country’s most enterprising community college, focusing on collaboration and innovation
Unashamedly celebrate the world of work and professional and technical education and training
Celebrate emerging talent and be the first choice for those who want to enter the world of work or improve their place in it
Make our students highly employable and enterprising by developing the skills employers want
Be a place for the community to keep learning and for businesses to grow and develop
Impact positively on the West of England economy and play an active role in economic development and regeneration
Value the efforts and talents of our people and further develop their skills, impacting positively on their careers.
Equality and Diversity
At Bath College we are committed to maintaining a respectful community where all of our students and staff can learn develop and grow within a dignified and safe place.
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