If you like busy rooms and looking after people, hospitality has doors. This pathway covers food and drink, travel, hotels and business basics. Made for people who want options, not one narrow lane.
Bar and food service, hotel floors, travel systems. The whole trade sits in one pathway.
Staff management, control systems and menu planning. This is the material behind the supervisor badge.
Business structures, a plan, and Xero for the books. Plus the rules for ACC and IRD.
Cafes, hotels, venues and tour operators all hire year round. The work is easy to picture. A full room, a roster, a late delivery. Good service holds it together.
The floor, the roster and the service.
Stock, bookings and the run of the week.
Helping run the building and the events in it.
Looking after guests when it matters most.
Your own doors, your own menu and hours.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience.
What this pathway adds beyond a single hospitality course.
Food and beverage, travel and tourism, hotel operations, and the business build.
An international professional body reviewed and endorsed this programme.
Legal duties, ACC and IRD obligations, and the bookkeeping behind them.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
From the college, once the four parts are done.
Benchmarked against professional development standards.
Something you can share on your SEEK profile.
Enquire and an advisor sends the guide and module list.
Start anytime. Pay weekly, or upfront in one go.
Food and drink, travel, hotels, then business.
Take it to your manager, or open your own place.
No. It assumes no bar service, no hotel systems, no travel background.
From $29 a week on a flexible plan, or pay upfront. Enquire to confirm current pricing.
About 400 hours of content, with 18 months of access. Self paced, so a busy roster costs you nothing.
It is an online course, so the cooking is not hands on. You get nutrition, menu planning and catering management.
Yes. The business part covers structures, a written plan and Xero. Your ACC and IRD duties too.
None. Tutors support you by phone and email through business hours.
It is accredited by ICOES. It also holds Official Accreditation with the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are different things. The programme also carries an Institute of Hospitality endorsement.
There is a 10-day money back guarantee from the day you enrol.
This pathway comes from The Career Academy, an online college in Christchurch.
The college has run over 15 years. It helps more than 25,000 students a year. Tutors Amore' C and Dessa M are profiled on the page. Support runs unlimited by phone and email in business hours.
Picture the Friday the room is full, the service runs clean, and you are the one calling it rather than waiting to be told.