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Win an iPod with Sir George Seymour College
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Did you know we are enrolling now for February & March 2011. Once you’ve entered your details for the win an Ipod competition we’ll send you some information to help you get started. Hope to see you on campus next year…
Here’s the link to enter online
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Sir George Seymour College are now offering Distance and Online courses
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We currently offer 4 Distance/Online courses – three National Certificate courses through our sister college Travel Careers and Training Ltd and one completely online Flight Attendant Programme.
The 3 National Certificate courses are run through our joint Head Office in Hamilton and there is a designated Tutor that takes care of all students studying from home. The courses are offered in written format and we are currently developing online resources as an alternative to some of the unit standards within each qualification. Our completely online initial International Flight Attendant training Programme covers over 175 subjects. This course is unique and gives you an in depth look at the duties and responsibilities of being a flight attendant.
Below you will find a brief overview of the 3 National Certificate courses as well as a link for further information on the Flight Attendant Programme:
1. National Certificate in Tourism Level 3 (Core Skills)
The National Certificate in Tourism (Core Skills) (Level 3) is designed to provide people with a broad range of skills and knowledge required within the wider tourism industry. People awarded with this qualification are able to demonstrate customer service and communication skills. There are 55 credits in this qualification which are made up from a variety of unit standards at level 3.
2. National Certificate in Travel Level 3
This national certificate is designed to provide people with a range of skills and knowledge required in making and processing travel arrangements. it builds on the skills learnt in the National Certificate in Tourism Level 3 (Core skills) and is a great pathway for the National Certificate in Travel Level 4. There are 75 credits in this qualification which are made up from a variety of unit standards of which the majority are at level 3. This qualification will change in 2011.
3. National Certificate in Travel Level 4
The National Certificate in Travel level 4 focuses on the skills and knowledge required in making and processing international travel arrangements that meet customer needs. The qualification also recognises the skills involved in communicating with, making sales and marketing tourism and travel products to, customers and prospective customers. This includes knowledge of international tourism destinations such as the South Pacific Islands and Australia – two very popular tourist areas for people travelling from New Zealand!
This qualification builds on knowledge and skills from the National Certificate in Travel L3. There are 65 credits in this qualification which are made up from a variety of unit standards of which the majority is at level 4 and the remainder are at level 3.
4. International Flight Attendant Programme (Online)
Check out website exclusively for this course by clicking here.
Want to enrol or get more information?
It is easy to enrol or get more information from us!
* Call our Head Office on 0800 82 84 86 and select option 4 to speak to a Distance Learning Tutor who can give you more information and send out an information/enrolment pack to you.
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Sir George Seymour College Tutor Profile
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Welcome to our new Sir George Seymour College students!!
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Sir George Seymour College staff all dressed up
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Technology in the Travel & Tourism Industry
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New Zealand Tourism Marketing at its best
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Tourism marketing has always interested me especially when it comes to slogans.
NZ Tourism uses 100% Pure to play on our clean and green image which wasn't quite as controversial as Australia asking "Where the bloody hell are ya?" and my personal favorite from Bangladesh's tourist authority "Come to Bangladesh before the tourists" but really it's our NZ cities that entertain me the most.Hamilton's slogan "where it's happening" (which is the first thing you see as you drive in) might be a slight overstatement (I can say that as I live there), but there are a number of slogans that tell you exactly what you can expect like Auckland "City of Sails", "Hawkes Bay Wine Country" or even T"aranaki Real People, Special Place" then there are the little gems like the one I read an article about today. Surprisingly Dunedin has decided to change their slogan "I am Dunedin" I can't understand why surely with that slogan the tourists must be flocking in their direction! Now of course the Sir George Seymour College has a campus in Dunedin, and we feel an obligation to help out here. So I open this up to you, the Dunedin City Council is asking for ideas lets see what we can come up with.
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Sir George Seymour Graduates hit the ground running
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As the New Year begins, we are all finishing the festive season off by celebrating with our graduating students as they start their new jobs!
Itís always a bittersweet time, sad to see another awesome bunch of students leave our campuses, but super excited to see them start their fantastic careers in the industry!
Already some of our students have successfully gained employment in the industry including one I heard about today, check out the pic below of these two awesome gues that just graduated from our Wellington campus and are now both working for Air Nelson as Flight Attendants. Congrats Ben and Ricki!
We wish all our graduates the very best. Make sure you keep in touch and we look forward to seeing all the newbies on campus soon!
If you haven’t decided what your plans are for 2010 or you think it’s a new year and time for a change, check out our course options and get in touch with a campus near you! There are still a couple of spaces left if you get in quick!
Cheerio!
Angie

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Fashion show at Sir George Seymour College Auckland Campus
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Hiya!
Couldn’t wait to tell you about the fashion show run by one of our very talented tutors at the Auckland campus, Ilona recently…
She was teaching ‘Personal Presentation’ to her students and decided to develop this idea and have some fun with it!
She split the class into 4 groups and gave them only a box filled with a sarong, ribbon, brown wrapping paper from a large roll, stapler, cellotape, plastic glasses, scissors, and assorted coloured pipe cleaners – they only had 30mins to make a fab outfit…kind of like wearable arts!
What they came up with was seriously awesome… and the models certainly knew how to strut their stuff on the catwalk!! Here’s what some of the students said about the day…
“It was a fun innovative way of learning your personal attributes and to get your creative juices flowing. A lot of fun and effort was put in everyone’s creations, overall it was a wonderful team building game.”
“It was fun, everyone was creative and we all worked well as a team”’
“it was sweeet as”
Catch you next week!
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Sir George Seymour Students in Rarotonga
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OMG…I am so jealous!!
Just got emailed some photos from our Wellington Sir George Seymour campus – a travel and tourism class just came back from their trip to Rarotonga and it looks like they had an AMAZING time!
They packed their trip full of hotel visits, tourist attractions, and incredible cultural experiences – a couple of them even got their cook island drivers license and hired out scooters.
Here’s what they said about the drivers license exam (hilarious!)…”‘The test to was soooooo hard….NOT! As long as we knew the following answers: There is no need for a helmet, just drive 40km/h! DO NOT park under coconut trees! And watch out for wild running dogs!…We were sweet!”’






