12 Travel and Tourism 4
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Joe Kerrigan.
This course provides information and learning about New Zealand's largest export earner and one of our fastest growing industries. Time is given to developing students inter-personal skills through group-work, presentations and discussion.
Students will:
•Complete internal assessment to gain unit standards and L2 NCEA credits.
•Research attractions, activities and events.
•Develop their inter-personal skills.
This course could lead directly onto courses in levels 3, 4, and 5 covering a range of qualifications in the travel, tourism, and aviation industries. Recommended tertiary providers are ITC and QRC.
This course is a good pathway to the tertiary travel colleges. Students could study travel certificates at Level 4.
If the student is successful at getting UE they could study tourism or hospitality at university.
This course can lead to a career in NZ's largest industry. We work closely with a number of different tertiary providers such as ITC, NZST and QRC.
Travel and tourism offers a wide range of exciting and fun career pathways, ranging from sales, tour guides, travel agent and customer service roles, through to management, marketing and policy.
Prerequisites
For students who do not qualify for entry into History or Geography.
OR HoF Approval.
HoF permission is required to study 12TT4 and 12GE1/12HI1 together.
Pathway
Assessment Information
Only internal assessments. No external exams.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 the history of tourism
Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 10
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Demonstrate knowledge of work roles in tourism
Assessments:
Term: 1, Week: 5
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Demonstrate knowledge of world tourist destinations
Assessments:
Term: 3, Week: 10
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Demonstrate knowledge of the business of tourism
Assessments:
Term: 1, Week: 10
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Demonstrate knowledge of tourist characteristics and needs
Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 5