Want to explore what a career in Business or Tourism would be like?
This OSTC course will introduce you to these exciting industries.
For more information about OSTC, visit www.op.ac.nz/ostc
What will I do?
- Visit a range of industry workplaces, go on tourism excursions and interact with our lecturers who teach on a variety of subjects.
- Participate in interactive sessions to develop a solid understanding of the operations of business and tourism organisations.
- Create and develop a business idea, understand marketing and the role of social media for marketing a business or brand and other key management concepts.
- Learn how to create the ultimate tourism experience through customer service or an event and how to attract tourists through destination marketing.
What could I do next?
You could study Otago Polytechnic's:
- Bridging to Business Certificate
- New Zealand Certificate in Business Administration and Technology (Level 4)
- New Zealand Diploma in Tourism (Level 4) (Operations)
- New Zealand Diploma in Tourism and Travel (Level 5)
- New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5) (Leadership and Management) or (Accounting)
- Bachelor of Applied Management
Where could this take me?
- Tourism Business Operator
- Tour Guide
- Travel Consultant
- Tourism Marketer
- Gain employment in a range of management environments at operational and strategic levels.
Unit standards covered in this course
|
Unit standard |
Title |
Level |
Credits |
|
32004 |
Organise travel arrangements for business travel |
3 |
3 |
|
9246 |
Process information needed by visitors |
3 |
3 |
|
122 |
Provide safe and secure customer - focussed reception services |
3 |
5 |
|
32106 |
Use business administration tools and systems |
3 |
5 |
|
29769 |
Use the main features and functions of a word processing application for a purpose |
2 |
3 |
|
29771 |
Use the main features and functions of a presentation application for a purpose |
2 |
2 |
|
21414 |
Plan and run a recreation activity |
3 |
4 |
|
32005 |
Organise small business meetings |
3 |
3 |
We are doing our best to ensure that this information is accurate. However, there may be some content changes to our programmes, and all our programmes will run subject to demand and capacity.
