Diploma of Hospitality Management

The Diploma of Hospitality Management (SIT50422) reflects the role of highly skilled senior operators who combine a broad range of hospitality skills with managerial expertise and sound industry knowledge to coordinate hospitality operations. Graduates operate independently, take responsibility for other staff, and make a range of operational business decisions. The qualification is nationally recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework and follows on from the Certificate IV in Kitchen Management within Yarra College Australia's hospitality training pathway. Training combines classroom-based theory and demonstration with hands-on practice in a fully equipped commercial kitchen. Students complete 28 units of competency in total, spanning customer service, budgeting and financial management, legal compliance, staff rostering and leadership, business relationships, and work health and safety, alongside cookery electives. The course runs over 82 weeks, including 24 weeks of holidays, with 20 hours per week of training across 68 weeks that includes 12 weeks of work-based training in a commercial kitchen. A minimum of 48 food service periods must be completed as part of this placement. On completion, graduates are prepared for management roles such as hotel manager or restaurant manager, with a further training pathway into the Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management.