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New Zealand Certificate in Tourism (Level 3) with strands in Visitor Experience, Tourism and Travel

If you want to show and enhance the best of what tourism in New Zealand has to offer then the New Zealand Certificate in Tourism (Level 3) with strands in Visitor Experience, Tourism and Travel is for you.

You will be able to work in the tourism or travel industry and provide visitor support and experience enhancement with the skills that you develop in this course.

The aim of the New Zealand Certificate in Tourism (Level 3) is to provide the tourism and travel industry with individuals who can support and enhance the visitor experience and through their skills and knowledge uphold the importance of tourism to the New Zealand economy.

The qualification will benefit the community by enhancing New Zealand tourism visitor experiences and bring economic benefits to the country.

You will learn:

Customer service and sales skills
Workplace practices
Visitor experience enhancement and engagement
Cross-cultural communication
New Zealand tourist destinations
Importance of the tourism and travel industry
Note: SIT do not currently offer the Aviation strand of this New Zealand Certificate

Campus Information

Invercargill Campus

Freepost SIT2LRN Private Bag 90114 133 Tay Street Invercargill, 9840

Intakes

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the tourism and travel industry with individuals who can support and enhance the visitor experience, and through their skills and knowledge uphold the importance of tourism to the New Zealand economy.

Graduates will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to work in entry level roles such as:

visitor attraction assistant
front office assistant
reservation consultant
visitor host
rental vehicle operator
ticket sales
booking assistant
front desk administration

PSW Opportunity

During study, all students on a student visa can work up to 20 hours per week during semester and full time during vacations.
After completing Level 7 Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Qualification, a student will get a three years open post-study work visa.
After completing Level 8 Post Graduate courses of 1 year, students get 1 year PSW.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

India 60% average across 4 academic subjects (excluding Hindi or local language). English mark should be a minimum of 60%

75% average across 4 academic subjects (excluding Hindi or local language).

IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5
TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 500 (with an essay score of 4 TWE)
TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 35 (with a writing score of 14)
Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 154. No less than 154 in each skill.
OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 4 (Academic) b) Level 4 (Academic)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 36 with no band score lower than 36
Language Cert - B1 Achiever IESOL (LRWS) with PASS and no less than PASS in each skill
Trinity ISE - ISE I with no less than distinction in any band

Southern Institute of Technology

Auckland , North Island ,New Zealand