Sustainability Skills Stocktake and Gap Analysis ... - Service Skills

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SIT07 Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package In SUMMARY
The Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package covers aspects of sustainability
throughout its units. There is some inconsistency, with a more thorough inclusion of
references required in order to ensure some industry sectors are adequately covered.
Probably the most important issue for this package is whether environmental
sustainability skills should be mandatory at all levels, rather than left as elective choices
as is currently sometimes the case.
The working in industry units provide an appropriate forum to ensure fundamental skills
are covered at the lower qualification levels. However at the higher levels, skills in
assessing and developing products against sustainability criteria and establishing
organisational guidelines would seem to be essential for all leadership positions if
sustainability outcomes are to be improved.
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