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Internship: Accommodation32214/3473/2526/1/29
Study guide

Internship: Accommodation

32214/3473/2526/1/29
Academic year 2025-26
Is found in:
  • Associate Degree of Hospitality Management, programme stage 2
    Specialisation:
    • Accommodation
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 30 credits
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
  • credit contract.
  • exam contract (to obtain a credit).
  • exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Teaching staff: Van Thiel Daniel
Languages: Dutch
Scheduled for: Semester 2
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).

Prerequisites

having finished at least 60 ects credits in programme part (year) 1.
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Possibility of tolerance: You have to pass this course unit (will never be tolerated).
Total study time: 720,00 hours

Learning outcomes (list)

You organize, coordinate, and evaluate department-specific catering activities by drawing up schedules and task assignments, monitoring them, and adjusting them where necessary.
You anticipate unexpected situations (illness, holiday request,...) by adjusting the department's staff planning.
You plan the operational work of the team.
You will draw up a timetable for departmental staff.
You are jointly responsible for implementing a high-quality, up-to-date, profitable, and efficient rental and/or sales policy for the department.
You will coordinate the reception and rental/sales of products and services in coordination with various departments.
You sell products according to workplace guidelines and apply up-selling where possible.
You inform and advise the guest/customer, taking into account their individual wishes and needs and using current product knowledge and appropriate sales techniques.
You inform and advise the guest/customer from your up-to-date knowledge around the specific products and services of your workplace.
You apply appropriate sales techniques to advise the guest.
You estimate customer needs and recommend products and services in line with new developments within the range.
You formulate advice to management on adjusting a product/service, based on an overview of the current offering, developments in your own field, limited market studies, an assessment of the demand and wishes of the intended guests/customers, and the set objectives.
You provide SMART advice on your workplace's existing products and services from current trends, accurate sources and limited market research.
You promote and build lasting customer relationships, using the most appropriate information and communication tools.
You follow up with customers with a view to establishing a long-term relationship between the customer and the workplace.
You use adequate information and communication tools for promotion.
You are responsible for complying with safety regulations in your own department, taking into account applicable legislation and with a view to sustainability.
You are responsible for complying with safety regulations in your own department taking into account the applicable legislation and with a view to sustainability.
You check, register and manage stock, orders and deliveries of your own department.
You manage stock, orders and deliveries from your own department.
You carry out the administration and accounting of your own department in accordance with legal standards and use relevant software.
You will perform administrative and accounting tasks using workplace software.
You manage the employees in your own department by coaching them, providing training and managing HR matters.
You support the HR department in the training and coaching of employees and trainees within their own department.
You operationally manage team members from your own department.
You communicate with guests, customers, suppliers, and colleagues from a hospitality perspective. You can do this both written and verbally, with attention to the diverse and multilingual context.
You communicate functionally in the language of the workplace when performing daily tasks.
You communicate spontaneously and solution-oriented with the guest/customer
You convey the workplace's hospitality ethos.
You use appropriate business terminology and ICT tools.
You will work team-oriented in an intercultural and/or multidisciplinary professional environment.
You plan and organize your own work, you reflect on your performance and are willing to learn.
You reflect on your predetermined personal development goals (understanding, skill and knowledge) for workplace learning.
You realise sustainable operational solutions to problems.
You identify less sustainable actions and look for sustainable alternatives.
You coordinate the reception and rental/sale of products and services in coordination with the various departments and use multiple languages.
You communicate in multiple languages when performing daily tasks.
You will coordinate the reception and rental/sales of products and services in coordination with various departments.

Study material (list)

Agreement Workplace learningMandatory
  • Author: AP Hogeschool
Study guide (available via Digitap)Mandatory
Workplace learning regulationsMandatory
  • Author: AP Hogeschool

Educational organisation (list)

Learning Activities
Work time outside of contact hours230,00 hours
Workplace training and / or internship490,00 hours

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
1st examination periodReflection assignment once during class weeks10,00Zelfreflectie. Zie studiewijzer voor meer info over de evaluatie en afspraken.
1st examination periodSkills assessment once during class weeks20,00Bedrijfsanalyse. Zie studiewijzer voor meer info over de evaluatie en afspraken.
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
2nd examination periodKnowledge and comprehension test once during class weeks20,00Bedrijfsanalyse. Zie studiewijzer voor meer info over de evaluatie en afspraken.
2nd examination periodReflection assignment once during class weeks10,00Reflextie, Zie studiewijzer voor meer info over de evaluatie en afspraken.
Evaluation(s) for both exam chances, not reproducible in re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
1st examination periodPractical assesment in a professional context70,00Evaluatie functioneren op de werkplek. Zie studiewijzer voor meer info over de evaluatie en afspraken.