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Nitec in Service Skills (Tourism)


Let’s face it. Singaporeans love to travel and they will need help in arranging their trips.
This course teaches you to arrange land transportation, meals, sight-seeing, entertainment, tour and flight itineraries, and recommend destinations and tours to customers to make sure they have a wonderful trip.

Acquire knowledge and skills which are highly relevant to the industry

  • Perform counter duties.
  • Provide travel information.
  • Recommend destinations and tours to customers according to their needs and requirements.
  • Arrange tour and flight itineraries.
  • Check visa and health requirements.
  • Arrange land transportation, meals, sight-seeing and entertainment.
  • Issue travel documents.
  • Perform ticketing.

Gain valuable first-hand experience

  • Opportunity for real-work exposure through a 3-month industry attachment

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Entry Requirements

To apply for the Nitec in Service Skills (Tourism) course, you need to have:

Subject
Grade
GCE ‘O’ level grades in any 2 subjects
1 - 8
or
  
GCE ‘N’ level passes in English Language and 2 other subjects
A - D or 1 - 5

* Applicants applying for this course must attend an interview for admission. This course comprises full-time campus training and company-based training.

Duration and Venue

This is a one-year course and is available at :

Progression Opportunities

Nitec in Service Skills (Tourism) graduates with a GPA of 2.8 and above may also apply for progression to related Higher Nitec courses offered by ITE.

Career Prospects

Nitec in Service Skills (Tourism) graduates are employed by companies in the travel sector.

There are excellent opportunities for career advancement to supervisory positions and beyond. The challenge is for students to upgrade their technical skills and knowledge by taking up higher-level courses.

Course Structure

To obtain the Nitec in Service Skills (Tourism) certification, you need to accumulate at least 40 credits.

Core Modules
28
Life Skills Modules
9
Elective Modules
3
Total
40


Core Modules (Click on title to view module description)

Credits

4

4

Office IT

3

Introduction to the Tourism Industry

 4
4
5
4

Life Skills Modules

Credits

8
Sports and Wellness I

1

Electives

Course-specific

Credits
3
3
Joint ITE-industry Credits
2
Inter-disciplinary Credits
2

General

Credits

3

3
Mathematics (Level 9)
 3
Mathematics (Level 10)
 3
Mathematics ‘O’ I to II
2 or 3
English Language ‘O’ I to II
2 or 3
3
2 or 3

Note: The offer of electives is subject to the training schedule of respective ITE Colleges. Students are advised to check with their Class Advisors on the availability of the elective modules they intend to pursue.



For more information

For general queries on the course, please email training@ite.edu.sg.

Last updated on 29 Nov 2010