Travel & Tourism NPA

What is special about this course?

This part time qualification allows you to study travel and tourism from home, your local college centre or as CPD in the workplace.

Successful completion can:

• Improve your chances of securing employment in a travel and tourism role
• Improve your chances of being accepted for promotion
• Allow progressing onto further study
• Gain the skills required to secure employment working from home

Lecturers deliver classes live via an online virtual classroom, making the course content accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.

Throughout the course, you will be assessed by means of a combination of individual practical tasks, group work, and open and closed book assessments. You may have to attend a college centre or other exam centre for some of these. This can be discussed with you on application.

Entry requirements

No formal requirements, however, candidates must demonstrate that they are suited to remote independent learning. Candidates are also expected to demonstrate some ICT skills training at level 5. This may be through the achievement of relevant National Units or employment experience.

Entry is at the discretion of the College and all candidates will be invited to attend a short information session prior to starting on the course.

This NPA contains 4 SQA units covering the following subjects: 

• Travel and Tourism in the UK 
• The Scottish Tourism Product: An Introduction
• Travel Industry: An Introduction
• Skills for Customer Care  

Equipment

No formal requirements, however, candidates must demonstrate that they are suited to remote independent learning. Candidates are also expected to demonstrate some ICT skills training at level 5. This may be through the achievement of relevant National Units or employment experience.

Entry is at the discretion of the College and all candidates will be invited to attend a short information session prior to starting on the course.

Fees

This course costs £352

Funding

A Fee Waiver or funding of up to £200 could be available to help with payment of course fees, depending on your personal circumstances.

This support will be available for people who are 16 or over, living in Scotland and either in low paid work or actively seeking work. To be eligible, you must have income of £22,000 a year or less, or be on certain benefits.

You will also not be undertaking any secondary, further or higher education, SDS funded training or participating on the Community Jobs Scotland programme.

Travel expenses are available if you live 2 miles or more away from the centres providing this course. 

Please contact your local college centre for more information about eligibility, or call us on 01397 874000.