NCEA Level 3 Tourism
Course Description
Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mr B. Silk.
You will complete several standards on Tourism which can contribute to a later tourism qualification at MIT or another Tourism and Hospitality provider like Service IQ. This will include learning codes for countries and gateway cities which are important in the tourism industry. You will also investigate tourist destinations in New Zealand and the Pacific and be able to design an itinerary for clients visiting these destinations.
In this course you will also have an opportunity look into possible career pathways for yourself and how you can plan to reach your ultimate job within that career.
It is complementary to any MIT course you might choose to do as you can work at your own pace and on some, or all of the standards offered.
This is a fully internal Unit Standards course.
Course Overview
Term 1
You will start the course by looking into possible career pathways in hospitality and tourism that you are interested in. Then choosing one possible career you will investigate. This will make you think about your personal skills and qualities and how these link to the possible career. It will also get you to plan your way forward to reaching your career goal sometime in the future.
You will then start on the World tourist destination standard. This includes understanding of the different travel zones of the world as well as country and gateway airport codes. You will also gain an understanding of time zones and seasons and how these affect travel throughout the year.
Term 2
Completion of the World tourist destination standard before moving on to Aotearoa New Zealand as a tourist destination. You will gain an understanding of what is on offer in a variety of tourist destinations in New Zealand and then plan a travel itinerary for a "client". This will ensure matching the place and activities proposed to the needs of the client.
Term 3
One of the following will be completed.
A standard to gain knowledge about different regions within Aotearoa New Zealand as tourist destination, including understanding of accommodation types, different transport providers as well as places to visit and things to do.
A standard on Pacific Island Tourism. This will broaden your knowledge of several different island groups and what they have to offer tourists.
Term 4
In the last few weeks of term all internals will be completed. There are no external exams in this subject.
Recommended Prior Learning
None required.
Pathway
Tourism was been the largest industry in Aotearoa New Zealand prior to COVID and it is due to boom again. There are increasing job opportunities such as flight attending, airport customs and retail, airline booking and service agents, travel agencies, tourism operators and support workers, hotel management, restaurant and catering business just to name a few.
Assessment Information
This course is a Unit standards fully internal course. Up to 19 credits are available depending on the speed you work at and time to work on standards if you are also attending an MIT two day course.Four of the standards are directly linked to travel and tourism and can contribute to your completing a certificate course in Travel and Tourism in your future. These standards are sourced from Service IQ and are open book assessments.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of Pacific Island countries as visitor destinations
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of Australia as a tourist destination
NZQA Info
Describe and promote a New Zealand tourist destination
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of world travel geography