Montgomery Academy Travel and Tourism department will develop and deliver a curriculum at KS4 that is highly engaging and designed to give all learners the knowledge and skills required to pursue further education within this subject area or follow a career path within the industry if they so desire.
Learners of the BTEC Travel and Tourism Tech Award will study the full curriculum, thus allowing them to have a ‘deeper’ knowledge in preparation for both internal and external assessment components. Students will feel confident to debate and discuss their knowledge and respond to feedback to ensure that they are making progress. They will develop an ability to investigate and reflect upon real-world, current issues relating to the subject area that can be applied within their learning and broaden their understanding of the subject.
The BTEC Tech Award in travel and tourism offers a high-quality vocational and applied curriculum that is broad and engaging for all learners. It will give learners opportunities to link education and the world of work in an engaging, relevant and practical way. It will support learners’ development of transferable interpersonal skills, including working with others, problem solving, independent study and personal, learning and thinking
What does the qualification cover?
This exciting and challenging course will introduce you to the travel and tourism sector. You will be completing three components of work:
Component 1 - Travel and tourism organisations and destinations.
Component 2 - Customer needs in travel and tourism
Component 3 - Influences on global travel and tourism
Progression Routes e.g. Further Education
- Further education courses
- Jobs in the travel and tourism industry
Possible Careers
- Tour Guide
- Holiday Representative
- Cruise Ships
- Flight Attendant
- Airport Staff
- Hotel manager
- Travel Consultant
- Travel blogger
To be successful in this subject you need to:
- Work efficiently to deadlines
- Be well organised
- Be prepared to learn new skills
- Be ambitious
Example 2 Year Delivery Model
