SITTPPD014 - Coordinate and operate sustainable tourism activities

Unit code: SITTPPD014 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
70
Location
Footscray Nicholson
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to organise and operate tourism activities with minimal negative environmental and social impact. The emphasis of this unit is on short-term operational action planning and implementation and does not include a strategic management focus.
The unit applies to the tour operations, cruise, attractions, and holiday parks and resort sectors, and to those working in senior operational or supervisory roles.
The unit is particularly relevant to those who provide tourism experiences in environmentally sensitive areas, including nature or ecotourism-based experiences.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work-based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • organise and operate tourism activities with minimal negative environmental and social impact in at least two different environments, one of which must be in an environmentally sensitive area
  • develop and use minimal impact procedures for activities in above tourism and operating environments that:
  • reflect global environmental issues
  • relate to at least two of the following:

    educating customers
    restricting or limiting access
    site hardening
    staged authenticity
    technological solutions.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • global environmental issues, including layperson level science associated with:
  • climate change
  • consumption of energy, waste and water and pollution
  • waste minimisation practices
  • land management and access
  • environmental and social impacts of tourism in relation to global environmental issues, including impacts on sites and communities
  • issues of responsibility for environmental and social sustainability:
  • negative environmental impacts:
  • disturbance of flora and fauna
  • introduction of exotic and feral species
  • physical damage
  • pollution
  • visual impacts
  • negative social impacts:
  • trivialisation of culture
  • positive environmental impacts:
  • visitor education
  • improvement of sites already impacted
  • opportunities for conservation and protection
  • positive social impacts:
  • economic benefits to local community
  • employment
  • greater understanding between host and visitor cultures
  • improved local facilities
  • visitor education
  • practical sustainability considerations for tourism operations:
  • environmentally or culturally sensitive areas and associated minimal impact practices
  • handling and disposal of waste and human waste
  • industry codes of practice
  • use of water sources
  • laws, regulations and land management requirements and guidelines:
  • need for permits in national parks or on land under control of traditional owners
  • restrictions on camp site operations and use of open fires
  • minimal impact techniques and procedures in relation to:
  • activity-specific guidelines
  • energy use
  • group size
  • interaction with wildlife
  • local customs and courtesies
  • noise
  • setting of camps
  • souveniring
  • use of tracks
  • waste disposal
  • biophysical and socio-cultural elements in an environment and the relationship between them
  • changes in the natural environment requiring monitoring:
  • breeding events
  • changes to fauna
  • changes to flora
  • erosion
  • species sighting
  • information collection techniques for monitoring environmental and social impact:
  • what is observed and measured:
  • estimating percentage cover and water parameters
  • temperature
  • weather conditions
  • how specific data is recorded:
  • logbooks
  • photography
  • sighting forms.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-Learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Diploma of Travel and Tourism Management
SIT50122 | Diploma | Duration:

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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