Guest House Management

Guest House Management

About the Level 3 Guest House Management Certificate

The hospitality industry comprises of multiple services such as catering, lodging, event planning, travel agencies or conference venues. Guest houses are part of the lodging category typically larger than a bed & breakfast but not licensed to serve alcoholic beverages. They are an important contributor to the local economy. Whether you plan to set one up as a business venture, or you are already a part of the industry, you will find this course a useful foundation to your hospitality training.

The guest house management course will start off with basic principles of management, continue with practical aspects of running a hospitality business (such as legal, financial, marketing, or equipment) and address the need for a business plan and what it entails. It is recommended to allow 120 hours to complete this course but there are no set deadlines.

Who should study this course?

This course would be useful to anyone already working in the hospitality, catering and event management industry. It would suit anyone looking for career progression, in hotel management, or event planning. Any entrepreneurs looking for a business venture in the field would find it just as useful.

You do not need any prior qualification or experience in the field. You may be just starting out in hospitality training, perhaps you have been working for ages, or you want a career change, either way you can enrol on this course and take away key skills.

What happens after the course?

After you have obtained your certification in this online course you will have gained key skills in management, finance, legal requirements, customer service and food management. You can choose to continue your studies in European hospitality management, hospitality supervision and leadership, or event management.

The course puts you in good stead to open up your own catering business, or efficiently manage an accommodation department in a large hotel. The hospitality industry is so varied you could hold a wide number of job positions, such as:

• Regional hotel manager
• Event organiser
• Hospitality recruitment

For more information about this course, give us a call on this number: 01202 006 464

Modules

What is a Guest House?

Location

The Basic Principles of Management

Guest House Marketing

Guest House Finances

Legal Aspects of Guest Houses

Guest House Decor and Equipment

Customer Service

Guest House Equipment

Guest House Aspects of Waiting at Tables

Food Purchasing

Guest House Records

Financial Management

For a more detailed syllabus on this course, click here

Entry Requirements

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.

*You will have access to the course for 24 months.

Assessment Method

After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.

What's Included

• All study materials
• Study Guide
• Full Tutor and Admin support
• The course fee includes the awarding body registration and certification fee (valued at up to £30.00).

At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

Level 3 Guest House Management Certificate of Achievement

The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that learndirect has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed learndirect to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales

To view a sample of the Certificate of Achievement, please click here.