INTERNATIONAL

Diploma of Event Management

CRICOS Code: 114655B
National Code: SIT50322

2025 start

Description

Join the exciting world of event management with this comprehensive Diploma. This nationally recognised qualification is your pathway to a career in events across a range of sectors including tourism and travel, hospitality, sport, cultural institutions and festivals, and business conferences. Develop your practical skills in registrations, staging, operations, finances and budgets, leadership, business relationships, and risk management. Learn how to manage and enhance the customer service experience and be confident with all the latest conference technology. Get real skills and real experience with TAFE SA.

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52 weeks

40 weeks

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Entry Recommendations
An interest in the events industry and strong planning skills are recommended. Skills in Office365 and computing are needed for this course. Completion of the Certificate III in Events is not compulsory but can be useful and you will gain credit towards this course. This course offers a study pathway to the Bachelor of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management with one year of credit.

Attendance Requirements (subject to change)
This course is delivered through a blend of on-campus and online classes with most classes face to face. You will need to attend online and on-campus classes to successfully complete this course. All face to face classes are at Regency campus. Full time students will have on-campus classes 4 days a week from 9.00 to 3.30pm and can complete the course in 12 months. Part time students will have on-campus classes 2 days a week from 9.00 to 3.30pm and can complete this course in 24 months. You are required to volunteer for events and go to industry excursions which may be linked to assessments and unit completion.

Industry Conditions and Skills
This course will develop your skills in event management including staging, operations, finances and budgets, leadership, business relationships, and risk management. You will learn how to manage and enhance the customer service experience and be confident with conference technology.

Additional Uniforms, Equipment and Costs

Excursion and industry visit costs, $75.00
Name badge, $7.50
Smart casual attire is acceptable
Lecturers will advise of appropriate dress for industry visits.

Vocational Placements
There is no compulsory vocational placement. You will be required to volunteer for events to successfully complete some units of competency.

Fees

Average cost per semester

Full Fee

Fees vary depending on subjects you enrol into. TAFE SA and their agents reserve the right to make any changes necessary. Fee updates will be available prior to offers being made.

Employment Outcomes & Skills Covered

Employment Outcomes

The diversity of employers includes event or exhibition management companies, event venues, or organisations that organise their own events. Work could be undertaken in an office environment where the planning of events takes place, on-site at venues where events are staged or a combination of both. Job titles may include conference coordinator, event or exhibition coordinator, event or exhibition planner, event sales coordinator, function coordinator, in-house meetings coordinator, meetings coordinator, staging coordinator, venue coordinator.

Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.

Qualifications & Skills Covered

Diploma of Event Management (SIT50322)
Events are diverse in nature and this qualification provides a pathway to work for event or exhibition organisations operating in a range of industries, including the tourism and travel, hospitality, sport, cultural, and community sectors. Skills covered include registrations, staging, operations, customer service, finances and budgets, leadership and managing people, business relationships, projects and workplace safety. To complete the qualification, you are required to complete all 13 core units and 7 elective units.

90%*
of TAFE SA graduates are satisfied with the overall quality of training.

87%*
of TAFE SA graduates would recommend their training.

* 2023 NCVER Student Outcomes Survey findings

Course Units

Below is a list of all units that TAFE SA can offer in this qualification. The selection of elective units you will be enrolled into depends on the campus you attend, and the qualification packaging rules described on www.training.gov.au.

Not all elective units listed below must necessarily be completed to achieve your qualification.

Core

Name	Nominal Hours	Subject Code	National Code
Coordinate marketing activities	30	SABXF	SITXMPR012
Enhance customer service experiences	40	SABXH	SITXCCS015
Establish and conduct business relationships	60	SABXK	SITXMGT005
Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks	30	SABXL	SITXWHS006
Lead and manage people	60	SABWY	SITXHRM009
Manage event production components	40	SABXN	SITEEVT026
Manage finances within a budget	30	SABWW	SITXFIN009
Manage on-site event operations	60	SABXP	SITEEVT028
Manage projects	60	SABXR	SITXMGT006
Plan and implement sales activities	20	SABXT	SITXMPR011
Prepare and present proposals	50	SABXX	SITXMPR016
Recruit, select and induct staff	60	SABYD	SITXHRM010
Source and use information on the events industry	25	SABYF	SITEEVT020

Elective

Name	Nominal Hours	Subject Code	National Code
Administer event registrations	80	SACAD	SITEEVT021
Develop conference and event programs	30	SACAE	SITEEVT024
Manage risk to organisational reputation in an online setting	60	SABXS	SIRXOSM007
Plan in-house events	40	SABZX	SITEEVT023
Prepare and monitor budgets	30	SABXW	SITXFIN010
Provide event production support	31	SABYB	SITEEVT022
Select event venues and sites	35	SACAF	SITEEVT025

Living in Adelaide

The city created for students

You will never find another city like Adelaide. With welcoming locals, it is the perfect place for you to study, live and enjoy.

A student city

Adelaide is home to over 30,000 international students and has a strong and growing reputation as an education city. In addition to TAFE SA, Adelaide is home to six world-leading universities: The University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia, Flinders University, Carnegie Mellon University, Torrens University Australia and CQ University Australia.

Safe

Adelaide’s crime rates are the lowest in the country and for that reason, Adelaide has previously been named the safest city in Australia.

Beach Culture

Adelaide’s pristine sandy beaches are just a 20 minute tram ride from the city centre. On hot summer days, you can study in the day and take the tram to have dinner at the beach and watch the sunset with friends.

Live centrally

Accommodation is more affordable in Adelaide than in other cities in Australia making it often possible for students to live in the heart of the city or just outside. This means more time is spent studying and less time travelling.

Delicious!

Adelaide is known for its cafe culture, with more cafes and restaurants by population than any other city in Australia. In recent years, Adelaide has also developed a vibrant and varied bar scene. The city is big enough that you will struggle to visit all of the places you would like to drink and eat in during in your first year of study. Our mix of cultures means there’s likely to be a supermarket that sells food from your home country too.

Easy to get around

Adelaide is a flat city so it is ideal for walking or cycling. Its grid layout makes it almost impossible to get lost! There are free trams and buses around the city centre. International students can show their ID to get cheaper tickets.

Festivals

Adelaide is known for its festivals, which are famous around the world. WOMADelaide, the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Fringe Festival and Cabaret Festival are just some of the international arts and music festivals that keep the city buzzing

Everyone agrees – Adelaide is a great place to live and study

Adelaide is recognised as one of the world’s most liveable cities. In 2014, Lonely Planet’s Best of Travel book ranked Adelaide in the global top ten. For the last four years Adelaide has been ranked one of the most liveable cities in the world by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Beautiful weather

Adelaide has four distinct seasons, with moderate winters and warm to hot summers. In winter you will need woolly jumpers and jackets and in summer, shorts and t-shirts. The heat in South Australia is dry, rather than humid.