SQA Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management

Awarded by the SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY, UK

Full-time / Part-time

Overview

Why Study Hospitality Management at DIMENSIONS?

Best Private Education Institution Award in Hospitality and Tourism

As a second-time recipient of the prestigious and highly coveted Best Private Education Institution Award in Hospitality and Tourism – JobsCentral Learning Training & Education Development (T.E.D.) Awards (2017 and 2018), it bears ample testimony to our pedagogical excellence and the remarkable quality in the effective delivery of our Hospitality and Tourism programmes.

DIMENSIONS’ Hospitality and Tourism programmes are officially endorsed by our in-house Hospitality Advisory Board (HAB) that is actively supporting our students’ educational journey through continuously improved syllabus, significant industry inputs, best practices in the industry, and analysis of the future trends. In addition to that, students are richly supported with our bespoke training facilities, such as the bar and restaurant training room as well as guest room to help them develop their practical skills.

Scottish Qualifications Authority

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), Scotland’s national body for qualifications, works across the UK and internationally with schools, colleges, universities and training organisations to develop and deliver their qualifications and assessments.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has changed the name of their SQA Higher National Diploma qualifications to SQA Advanced Diploma qualifications in countries outside of Scotland.

SQA provides a wide range of internationally recognised qualifications and associated services. SQA also awards a range of other qualifications, including customised awards to meet the needs of individual companies and organisations. In addition, SQA provides advice, support and services, such as expertise in assessment, that enable organisations to succeed in meeting a wide range of educational and workforce development challenges.

The SQA Advanced Diploma is a higher education qualification which enables advanced entry into many undergraduate degree programmes in Universities and Higher Education Institutions across the world. The SQA Advanced Diploma programme is widely recognised around the world as being equivalent to the first two years of undergraduate study. SQA has partnered with a number of highly regarded international institutions who will consider applications from SQA Advanced Diploma graduates.

For updated and accurate information of SQA, please visit their website at www.sqa.org.uk

Programme Introduction

The SQA Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management is exclusively designed to equip you with the knowledge and understanding of the service and tourism sector, developing your operational and managerial aspects. In addition, there is never a dull moment in the dynamic and robust hospitality establishments.

This course covers the units in hospitality supervision, food hygiene, food and beverage service, management of food and beverage operations, marketing planning process and so forth. Having completed theory learning and practical training, you will undergo a 6-month Industrial Attachment (IA)*, attaining a set of readily transferrable skills.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded with the SQA Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). This qualification enables you to develop real world competencies and at the same time, increases your chances in landing an ideal job upon graduation.

DIMENSIONS International College is an SQA Approved Centre for the above programme.

The programme consists of two components:

I. Theory and practical lessons conducted at DIMENSIONS International College (16 months).
II. Industrial Attachment (IA)*. Students will be trained at hotels, resorts, country clubs or restaurants (6 months).

Objective

This course is designed with the aim to equip students in the hospitality sector with the following learning objectives:

To provide students with the most essential knowledge and up-to-date skills required for a profession in the hospitality sector
To increase students’ expertise in areas ranging from general hospitality operation and management, marketing and event, food and beverage operation, human resource management, finance, customer services to room division operation
To develop strong management, supervisory, interpersonal and communication skills in the key operational areas which comprise of food and beverage service styles and techniques as well as food hygiene and control systems

Designed for

Aspiring hospitality students
Individuals who set their sights on earning a degree in the near future
Working adults with similar work experience who are looking for an upgrade

Course Structure

SQA Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management consists of 22 units.

Unit Outline

Outline for Hospitality Industry
Outline for Hospitality: Financial and Control Systems
Outline for Hospitality Supervision
Outline for Food Hygiene Intermediate
Outline for Food and Beverage Service
Outline for Accommodation Servicing
Outline for Management of Food and Beverage Operations
Outline for Hospitality Front Office Procedures 1
Outline for Food Production Processes
Outline for Hospitality: Graded Unit 1
Outline for Food Classification and Purchase
Outline for Management of Human Resources in Hospitality 1
Outline for Gastronomy
Outline for Managing Hospitality Organisations 1
Outline for Managing Hospitality Organisations 2
Outline for Accommodation Management
Outline for Managing Financial Resources in Hospitality
Outline for Hospitality Management Accounting
Outline for Managing Information Systems to Develop a Small Business
Outline for Health and Safety Legislation: An Introduction
Outline for Hospitality: Graded Unit 2
Outline for Work Placement

* Internship / Industrial Attachment (IA) will be arranged for qualified students. Students must satisfy the following pre-qualifying requirements prior to school’s arrangement for their Internship / IA posting:

A. Students must be at least 18 years old at the time of the IA posting
B. Complete all the practical and theory lessons
C. Achieve at least an attendance rate of 90%
D. Pass the Interview and Screening Test (comprising technical test and performance test)

Scope of Study

This course is designed to equip candidates with the knowledge, understanding and skills required for employment in the hospitality industry.

Delivery Mode

Lectures, tutorials, discussions and researches

Commencement Date/Intakes

To check the dates of Programme Intake for 2022, please click here.

To check the dates of Programme Intake for 2023, please click here.
DIMENSIONS reserves the right to change the intakes at any time without prior notice.

Course Fees

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Full-time

1.	Application Fee (Non – refundable)	:S$	500.00
2.	Tuition Fee	:S$	21,800.00
3.	Registration Fee For Scottish Qualifications Authority	:S$	800.00
4.	Administrative Fee	:S$	735.00
5.	Examination Fee	:S$	1,000.00
6.	Course Material	:S$	1,400.00
7.	Medical Check-Up Fee	:S$	60.00
8.	International Student Management Fee	:S$	1,000.00
9.	ICA Processing and Student’s Pass Fee	:S$	120.00
	7% GST	:S$	1,919.05
	Total	:S$	29,334.05

Part-time

1.	Application Fee (Non – refundable)	:S$	100.00
2.	Tuition Fee	:S$	21,800.00
3.	Registration Fee For Scottish Qualifications Authority	:S$	800.00
4.	Administrative Fee	:S$	550.00
5.	Examination Fee	:S$	1,000.00
6.	Course Material	:S$	1,400.00
	7% GST	:S$	1,795.50
	Total	:S$	27,445.50

Please click here for more information on the fees which are likely to be incurred during the students’ course of study. Students are expected to pay for the stipulated fee(s) incurred, if necessary.

Note 1:	All miscellaneous fees are inclusive of 7% GST.
Note 2:	Total course fees paid (except application fee and GST) by students are protected under the Fee Protection Scheme (FPS).
Note 3:	All students must sign the Advisory Note to Student before signing the Standard PEI-Student Contract.
Note 4:	The Standard PEI-Student Contract must be signed by the student prior to making course fees payments to DIMENSIONS.
Note 5:	The course fees shown above are effective from 1st January 2019. DIMENSIONS reserves the right to make necessary amendments to the course fees without prior notice.

Payment Mode

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For further details, please contact your Admissions Officer at 6334 0600.

Duration

16 months Institutional Training and 6 months Industrial Attachment (IA)* (Total 22 months)

Maximum allowed period for a student to complete the course is 32 months of Institutional Training excluding Industrial Attachment (IA) period

Maximum Candidature Period

Student is not allowed to retake the course and/or request for a refund in the event if he/she fails to complete the programme within the maximum candidature period.

Opportunities for Further Education/Career Pathway

For career pathway, students can look forward to employment opportunities in these areas:

Operation or Management in Hotel, Café, Restaurant, Club and Resorts, etc
Hospitality or Tourism-related jobs or Service-oriented industry or
Other hospitality operational areas

Notes:
Foreigner’s application for jobs in Singapore is subject to the approval from the Ministry of Manpower of Singapore (MOM). DIMENSIONS DOES NOT GUARANTEE any success rate of approval.

Entry Requirements

Academic Level:

Local students	Received a passing grade in at least one (1) GCE A-Level subject or DIMENSIONS’ Foundation Diploma in Business or Hospitality Diploma or other Certificate in Foundation programme (with equivalent entry requirements as Foundation Diploma in Business and subject to approval)
International students	Equivalent to Year 12 from the respective home countries of the applicants

Note: Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis
English Proficiency : An IELTS score of at least 5.5 or DIMENSIONS’ Certificate in Academic English (CAE) Level 4 or passed DIMENSIONS’ English Proficiency Test at an equivalent level or its equivalent. English proficiency may be considered to have been met and an IELTS score may not be required if applicant possesses a highest qualification where English was the sole medium of instruction.

Assessment & Awards

Class Periods

Full-time

Monday to Friday: 8.30am - 11.30am and/or 12.15pm - 3.15pm and/or 3.30pm - 6.30pm

3 hours per session. All specific programme schedules will be reflected in the timetable.

Part-time

Weekday (Monday to Friday)
Sessions will be held in the evening

and/or

Weekend (Saturday and/or Sunday)
Sessions will be conducted within 9.00am to 6.00pm

3 hours per session. All specific programme schedules will be reflected in the timetable.

Examination Period

At the end of each semester or course

Assessment Methods

Coursework and portfolio

Assessment Grading Criteria

For Graded Units:
A: (70 marks and above)
B: (60 – 69 marks)
C: (50 – 59 marks)
Fail: (49 marks and below)

All other units: Pass / Fail

Assessment Weighting

100% Coursework with exception of the following unit:

Work Placement : 100% Portfolio

Expected Examination Results Release Date

Not more than 3 months after the final assessment

Note: All assessed marks shall be deemed provisional until such time they have been confirmed by an Awards Assessment Board of the Awarding Body.

Qualification Award

SQA Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority, UK

Graduation Requirements

A “Pass” in all assessments of all units, including Industrial Attachment (IA) / Industrial Experience*

Teacher – Student Ratio

Average teacher-student ratio is 1:35
Note: The number of students in the classroom is subject to the maximum seating capacity.

Note 1:	International Student must achieve at least 90% attendance rate (ICA Requirement).
Note 2:	International Student must not be absent for more than 7 consecutive days without valid reason (ICA Requirement).
Note 3:	Students who do not require ICA’s student’s pass must achieve at least 80% attendance rate.Our College only accept medical certificates as proof for absenteeism. Any other documents should only be accepted on a case-by-case basis with full justification and be acceptable by ICA.
Note 4:	In the first week of studies, an induction session will be conducted. The students will be briefed by the Academic Staff on full details of the course including scheme of work, timetable, assessments and grading, assessment and exam dates and venue and many other academic matters.
Note 5:	DIMENSIONS has the right to cancel a class/an intake if the minimum number of students enrolled is less than 10 for any programme per class. Students may enroll into a later intake, if any, or withdraw from course. (For refund, please refer to our Refund Policy).
Note 6:	Students (both international and local) must achieve an attendance rate of 80% and above in order to qualify for examinations.
Note 7:	Our courses will be conducted at one of the above registered premises of DIMENSIONS International College.

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