Undergraduate Certificate of Hotel, Tourism and Hospitality Operations

Available for domestic students only.

This short course has been designed to meet the current hospitality industry skills shortage in the area of frontline entry level job roles within hospitality, tourism and hotels.

Whilst placed within hospitality based industry roles by ICHM’s current Industry and Career Development Managers potential students will undertake formalised online or on-campus learning specifically focused on the industry need area of Rooms Division and COVID-19 Hygiene whilst also undertaking studies in broader tourism and employability development areas.

Academic Requirements - Domestic Students

Applicants with recent secondary education (within the past 2 years) must have:

• Completion of Year 12 with Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or IB20.

Applicants with work and life experience must demonstrate the ability to undertake study at this level with:

• Evidence of professional and/or post secondary qualifications; OR

• Evidence of employment experience; OR

• Evidence of the development of skills, abilities and knowledge from life experience.

Other Admission options 

• Evidence of successful completion of a Tertiary Preparations Program or Foundation Program

• A pass in the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT).

Applicants with Indigenous Australian background

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply and may enter either through any of the pathways outlined above and/or through the life experience pathway as described above.

Applicants must also provide ‘Confirmation of Aboriginality or Torres Strait Islander Heritage’ at the time of their application.

Special Consideration

Where an applicant provides documentary evidence from the school or a medical practitioner of circumstances beyond their control that impacted their secondary studies the college will consider exceptional admissions.

Where a student has not achieved traditional Year 12 (or equivalent) entry they may be admitted to ICHM on the basis of a Tertiary Preparation Program.

Interstate or Overseas Year 12

Students from interstate will be assessed on equivalent requirements.

Domestic applicants with overseas qualifications will be assessed on the entry requirements for international students (except for English language requirements).

Domestic Applicants with Overseas Qualifications

Domestic applicants with overseas qualifications will be assessed on the entry requirements for international students (except for English language requirements).

Admissions Arrangements for Minors:

Minors may enrol in courses with parental consent, provided they meet the selection criteria for their chosen courses and turn 18 before the first census date for the course in which they are enrolled.

International students who are under 18, are not admitted to College programs unless they meet the requirements described within the regulations as set out in Standard 5 of the National Code of Practice for Registration Authorities and Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018 (as updated from time to time). 

The Admission of minors is subject to the approval of the Program Director Academic.