The Diploma of Hospitality Management reflects the role of highly skilled senior operators who use a broad range of hospitality skills combined with managerial skills and sound knowledge of industry to coordinate hospitality operations. They operate independently, have responsibility for others and make a range of operational business decisions.

This qualification provides a pathway to work in any hospitality industry sector as a departmental or small business manager. The diversity of employers includes restaurants, hotels, motels, catering operations, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops. This qualification allows for multiskilling and for specialisation in accommodation services, cookery, food and beverage and gaming.

Possible job titles include:

• banquet or function manager
• bar manager
• café manager
• chef de cuisine
• chef patissier
• club manager
• executive housekeeper
• front office manager
• gaming manager
• kitchen manager
• motel manager
• restaurant manager
• sous chef
• unit manager catering operations.