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MUNICIPALITY OF THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA · TN FIELD GUIDE

Does a Victoria County lodge manager qualify for TN with a diploma instead of a degree?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Yes, if the diploma is in hotel or restaurant management and at least three years of experience in that same field sits behind it. Hotel Manager is one of a small number of listed professions carrying an experience branch, and both parts of that branch are read strictly against their stated fields.

The credential and the experience must both belong to the same field

Two separate findings are needed on the applicant's side. The credential has to be a post-secondary diploma or certificate in hotel or restaurant management, which excludes a general business qualification however relevant it feels. The experience has to be three years in hotel or restaurant management, which excludes time spent running unrelated commercial operations even for the same employer.

Imelda satisfies both, and the way she satisfies them is worth noticing: her file works because the field of study and the field of the work both sit inside the entry, not because eleven seasons is a long time. The position itself is judged separately, and that is where this particular offer is vulnerable. An applicant who meets the entry perfectly can still be turned away where the American role is only partly within the profession, so the credential analysis and the duties analysis belong in that order and should never be merged.