Gateway Qualifications Level 2 Diploma In Skills for the Travel and Tourism Sector

Rules of Combination

Learners must achieve 39 credits. They must complete the two mandatory units from Group M (Mandatory Units), totalling 6 credits. In addition, they must complete a minimum of 23 credits from Group O1 (Optional Units: Travel and Tourism) and 10 further credits from either Group O1 or Group O2 (Optional Units: Employability). At least 25 credits must be at level 2 or above. Learners cannot include more than one unit with the same or similar title. For full details see list of barred units.

Units

What is the purpose of this qualification?

It is anticipated that this qualification will be of specific relevance to:

• Young people who are aspiring to a career in the travel and tourism sector but are not yet sure in which precise area, and who intend to access level 3 qualifications or a level 3 apprenticeship but need a fairly extensive learning programme at level 2 before they will be ready to access level 3.
• Young people and adults usually with prior attainment at level 1 and below, including those who have had a significant break from or disjointed experience of education, who wish to work in the travel and tourism sector but need a fairly extensive grounding in the subject and an opportunity to develop more general workplace skills over an extended period before identifying the most appropriate job roles and applying for work.

What skills, knowledge, or understanding does this qualification develop?

This qualification provides a wide range of introductory skills, as well as core knowledge, relevant to travel and tourism, alongside generic employability skills which are needed both in the travel and tourism sector and across other sectors. Mandatory units include:

• Understanding the Travel and Tourism Industry
• Customer Service for the Travel and Tourism Industry

Optional units include knowledge and skills relevant to different job roles in the sector (such as travel planning, airports and airlines, accessibility in travel and tourism, hospitality for travel and tourism, UK and world tourism destinations) alongside generic employability skills (such as leadership skills, working in a team, solving work related problems and setting and meeting targets at work).

How is this qualification different from other, similar qualifications?

This qualification is part of a suite which includes an Award, Certificate, Extended Certificate and Diploma. Learners should take the Diploma if, before progressing to employment (with further training where possible), to a level 3 Apprenticeship or to a Level 3 qualification, they need an extended introduction to the sector including the opportunity to build up a range of skills and knowledge, explore a number of potential job roles and career pathways in the sector, and gain a set of more generic workplace skills. The Diploma will be suitable for learners who would benefit from an extended period of time working at level 2, up to 2 years, before they are ready to progress to employment or to a level 3 qualification or apprenticeship.

Which sector does this qualification support?

This qualification could lead to a number of roles in travel and tourism such as travel agent, travel advisor, reservations assistant, visitor centre guide, hotel receptionist.

What are the progression options?

Learners can progress to a Level 3 certificate or diploma in Travel and Tourism or to a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Travel and Tourism in any of the available pathways.

Progression & Entry Requirements

Funding information

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