How is the new Hospitality Curriculum Framework similar to the old framework?
The new Hospitality Curriculum Framework offers the same range of courses (a total of 6 HSC units available for study) including a 120-hour course and a 240-hour course, 60 or 120-hour specialisation study courses and specific school-based apprenticeship pathways. The 240-hour course still includes three streams (previously called strands) in Accommodation Services, Commercial Cookery and Food and Beverage. Units of competency similar to those in the previous framework continue to be available enabling teachers to package courses comparable to those they have offered in the past. A summary of the changes between the old and new syllabuses and Training Packages is available in the Comparison of the revised Syllabus and new Training Package to the old Syllabus and Training Package. Work placement continues to be a mandatory HSC requirement for all courses within the new framework and appropriate hours have been assigned to each course. Work placement is to be undertaken in a hospitality
