Australian Apprenticeships & Traineeships

Venue Event Manager

Working as a Venue Event Manager you will coordinate all aspects of events and be the point of contact for event stakeholders. You will generate new sales leads, build and maintain relationships, create proposals and liaise and lead internal team members.

Summary of Training

Core Units – 17 required

  • Manage business risk
  • Manage innovation and continuous improvement
  • Develop workplace policies and procedures for sustainability
  • Write complex documents
  • Manage event production components
  • Research event industry trends and practice
  • Develop event concepts
  • Determine event feasibility
  • Develop and implement event management plans
  • Develop and manage quality customer service practices
  • Prepare and monitor budgets
  • Identify and manage legal risks and comply with law
  • Lead and manage people
  • Establish and conduct business relationships
  • Manage projects
  • Develop and implement marketing strategies
  • Establish and maintain a work health and safety system

Elective Units – 7 required

  • Make presentations
  • Incorporate creative and technical needs into management processes
  • Develop and manage social media and online strategies
  • Recruit and manage exhibitors
  • Manage physical assets
  • Monitor staff performance
  • Provide facilities and amenities for property users

Please note that this Job & Training Description provides an example of the selection of non-core units. Alternative combinations of units may be selected and in some cases prerequisite units may need to be completed. For advice contact Apprenticeship Network providers or an approved Registered Training Organisation.

Job Pathways

Tourism, Travel and Hospitality

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IICertificate II
IIICertificate III
IVCertificate IV
AdAdvanced Diploma

This occupation fits generally with these groupings

Industry Group
Retail, Hospitality & Recreation

Work Type
Conventional & Organising
Persuading & Enterprising
Social & Helping

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Commencements Change

The change in Australian Apprenticeships commencements in this overall industry in the past two years. Commencements in 22/23: 15108

Source: VOCSTATS, extracted on 18/10/2023. AATIS analysis.

Graduate Employment

Australian Apprentice graduates from this overall industry in employment (in any industry).

Source: NCVER National Student Outcomes Survey, 2020, unpublished. AATIS analysis.

Graduate Wage

Average wage of Australian Apprentice graduates from this overall industry employed full-time after training.

Source: NCVER National Student Outcomes Survey, 2020, unpublished. AATIS analysis.

Industry Growth

Predicted growth in employment in this overall industry over the next 5 years.

Source: National Skills Commission, 2022. AATIS analysis.

Industry Size

The number of employees in this overall industry compared with other Australian industries.

Source: National Skills Commission, 2022. AATIS analysis.

Industry Wage

Average wage of employees in this overall industry.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2022. AATIS analysis.

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Availability Information and More Details

Venue Event Manager - SIT60222
NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT
Full Time

(Nominal Duration)

Part Time
Commencements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Classification
Availability of Australian Apprenticeships and Nominal Duration (in months)

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T = identified by the State or Territory as a Traineeship
* = An approved qualification in Tasmania is available as an Apprenticeship/Traineeship.

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Commencements

Commencement data source: National Apprentices and Trainees collection, VOCSTATS, extracted 18/10/2023, rounded estimates for April 2022 to March 2023. This data is for general information purposes only.

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ANZSCO Classification: 149311

Note: This is an indicative Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) classification for this occupation, provided as a guide only.

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