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Event organisation and management takes place across the full spectrum of business and community activity, often within community, cultural, hospitality, sporting and tourism industries. Events training provides a range of skills and qualifications for event organisation and management within professional conference organisers, exhibition and event management companies, sporting associations, community organisations, hospitality and cultural venues.
Some event staging skills relate to the cultural and sporting industries, who’s Training Packages provide specialist units in skills such as technical production and sporting activities. The Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package allows for importation of these units to allow the event management qualifications to apply across industries and business contexts.
Skills and experience in the events industry can lead to exciting careers that may see you working and travelling throughout Australia and the world as an industry professional.
Personal attributes:
The events industry is customer-service driven and people skills are an essential part of working in the industry.
- good communication skills
- a strong customer focus
- smart presentation and grooming
- excellent organisational skills
- ability to work in a team
- good technical skills and knowledge
- attention to detail
- comfortable working with computers
- able to negotiate, organise and delegate work under pressure
- ability to work on your feet for extended periods
- flexibility to work days, nights, weekends and public holidays
Examples of careers in events include:
- Conference Organiser
- Events Technician
- Exhibition Manager
- Festival and Events Manager
- Function Coordinator
- Meetings and Events Manager
- Sports / Corporate Events Manager
Want to know more about careers in Events?
FutureNow - The Creative & Leisure Industries Training Council Inc.
Contact: Michelle Sidebottom - Project Manager Tourism & Hospitality
Phone: (08) 9285 8555
Email: msidebottom@futurenow.org.au
Website: www.futurenow.org.au
Click on the following link for further infomation on careers available in the Events industry: FutureNow Tourism, Hospitality & Events Careers Flyer
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nationally recognised training
Nationally recognised training in tourism comes from the Tourism, Hospitality and Events SIT07 Training Package and is the national framework for skills development including nationally recognised units of competency and qualifications to train and assess individuals in a range of skills and occupations in tourism, hospitality and events.
Tourism, hospitality and events are in fact three separate industries but have such close links that they are often thought of and presented as one. The interrelationship exists because of the integrated products and services they produce, the close business-to-business relationships that exist across all three industries, the common customers they service and the sales and service staff employed, who often cross industries during their career. Many skills are common across these three service industries and this Training Package provides for both specialist and generic skills development.
Events qualifications include:
SIT30607 Certificate III in Events
SIT50207 Diploma of Events
SIT60207 Advanced Diploma of Events
Click here for an overview of the Vocational Education and Training: Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package (SIT07) from Service Skills Australia, the Industry Skills Council responsible for the Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package.
Click here for more information about this Vocational Education and Training Package via the National Training Information Service (NTIS) website.
apprenticeships & traineeships
Events Apprenticeships available in Western Australia
Currently there are no Events trade apprenticeships being offered in Western Australia.
Events Traineeships available in Western Australia
Certificate III Events Technical – Events
About Apprenticeships and Traineeships
Apprenticeships and traineeships combine practical experience at work with structured training. As an apprentice or trainee, you enter into a formal training contract with an employer that leads to a nationally recognised qualification.
Apprentices and trainees spend most of the time in paid employment, learning practical skills on the job and putting them into practice. The rest of the time is spent in structured training at a registered training organisation like a TAFEWA college, or in the workplace.
People of all ages can undertake apprenticeships and traineeships. Most can be undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis – and many can be started at school.
What's in it for you?
· You can earn wages while you learn.
· You can complete your training early if you show you have the skills.
· You can get a qualification that is recognised Australia wide.
· You can start training while you're in school.
Get the best of both worlds by being paid to learn on the job while doing structured training at TAFEWA or another registered training organisation.
higher education
Higher Education Qualifications in Events provided by universities in Western Australia:
Event, Sport & Recreation Management:
Associate Degree of Event, Sport and Recreation Management
Bachelor of Event, Sport and Recreation Management
Events & Communications:
Master of Professional Communications
Western Australian Universities:
Curtin University of Technology
University of Notre Dame Australia