Hospitality courses

The hospitality industry is big, diverse and operating 24 hours a day. It includes kitchen and hospitality management of restaurants and cafés, motel and hotel management, resorts, casinos, bars and clubs.

The skills you learn in a TAFE NSW hospitality or hospitality management course are valued and transferrable across industries. When you study with us you learn in real or simulated work environments, so you are ready to use your new skills as soon as you graduate.

If you love people and making someone’s day (or night), a career in hospitality may be for you!

We provide a range of short and longer courses to help you start a career in hospitality, fill a skills gap, or take your expertise to the next level.

You can take a short course in wine appreciation, cocktail making, barista skills, hygiene and safety, or financial skills for hospitality. You can also learn about responsible service of alcohol (RSA) and responsible conduct of gambling (RCG) and receive an interim competency card to work in these areas.

Our certificate courses equip you with practical skills to work in the hospitality industry, become a valued employee and progress all the way to hospitality management.

Learn how to manage a business in the hospitality industry with a hospitality management course at TAFE NSW.

The Diploma of Hospitality Management prepares you for a role in bar, restaurant, club or hotel management. In this course, you will learn essential operational and financial hospitality management skills and refine your leadership style. The Advanced Diploma builds on your existing leadership skills and sets you up for a senior management role with more responsibility.

Graduates of the Certificate III and Certificate IV in Hospitality go onto roles such as:

• Restaurant or food and beverage supervisor
• Front office supervisor or guest service agent (motel, hotel accommodation)
• Gaming supervisor or attendant
• Food and beverage attendant or senior bar attendant

Graduate from the Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management and go on to a career as a:

• Café owner or manager
• Food and beverage manager
• Food service manager
• Motel owner or manager
• Bar or restaurant manager
• Licensed club manager
• Hotel manager
• Duty manager

You can choose to develop skills to land a job with a short course in a specific area like barista skills, responsible service of alcohol (RSA) or a responsible conduct of gambling (RCG).

Or, if you’re ready to commit to study, start with the Certificate III in Hospitality or Certificate IV in Hospitality to build a solid skills base.

You can then build leadership skills with the Diploma and Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management.