OTHM  Level  5  Professional  Diploma  in  Tourism  and  Hospitality  Management

Qualification: OTHM Level 5 Professional Diploma

Who is this suitable for?

OTHM  Level  5  Professional  Diploma  in  Tourism  and  Hospitality  Management is suitable for people who have passed the OTHM Professional Certificate (or equivalent) or who are already working at supervisory or management level.

Work experience

Professional Diploma students are expected to either have work experience in the industry before joining the course or be working part-time in the industry during the course or both. Candidates should note that if they intend to study for further professional qualifications in the industry a certain amount of industrial experience will probably be required.

Modules

    Part 1

  1. OTHM/DIP01 - Tourism Marketing and Management
  2. OTHM/DIP02 - Hospitality Marketing and Management
  3. OTHM/DIP03 - Human Resource Management

    4. Part II

  4. OTHM/DIP04 - Tourism and Hospitality Operations Management
  5. OTHM/DIP05 - Financial Management and Information Systems
  6. OTHM/DIP06 - Customer Relations and the Business Environment

Each module requires 90 hours of classroom teaching, including business English, tutorials and site visits over the academic year. (The academic year is normally 28 weeks)

Colleges teaching international students should timetable a minimum of 18 hours classroom lectures per week, EU students should be timetabled a minimum of 15 hours per week.

Assessment

Each module is assessed by a three hour written examination.

(Each international examination is in June and December each year)

Special exams on request from the college to OTHM Education and Examination board (Minimum 90 days required)

Progression

On passing the OTHM Professional Diploma, members will be eligible to be considered for OTHM  Level  6  Professional  Higher  Diploma  in  Tourism  and  Hospitality  Management.

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