- Guest Reservations Register8
- Event and Function Bookings8
- Travel Desk Bookings8
- WHS Incident and Hazard Register8
Welcome, always
CAQA Harbour View Hospitality operates a 96-room waterfront hotel in Docklands, the Tidewater Restaurant and Quay Bar on its ground floor, a purpose-built events centre at Williamstown and a retail travel desk in the Melbourne CBD.
CAQA Harbour View Hospitality, hotel, restaurant, events and travel agency
CAQA Harbour View Hospitality operates a 96-room waterfront hotel in Docklands, the Tidewater Restaurant and Quay Bar on its ground floor, a purpose-built events centre at Williamstown and a retail travel desk in the Melbourne CBD. Guests range from interstate business travellers and conference delegates to cruise passengers, wedding parties and families on school holidays. The business sells accommodation, dining, functions and packaged travel through its own reservations team, online travel agents and corporate accounts, and it prides itself on personal service that starts at the first phone call and ends with the guest's return booking.
The business is organised into six operating departments: Front Office and Reservations, Restaurant and Bar, Kitchen and Food Production, Events and Conferences, the Travel Desk, and Housekeeping and Facilities. The hotel runs 24 hours a day with morning, afternoon and night shifts on reception, a split-shift kitchen brigade and a housekeeping team that turns over rooms between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. The events centre operates on a booking-driven roster, and the travel desk trades six days a week. Department managers report to the General Manager, who chairs a weekly operations meeting every Monday.
Warmth
We greet every guest by name where we can, anticipate needs and never let a problem leave the building unresolved.
Safety
Food, alcohol and the physical workplace are handled by the book, every shift, because one lapse harms a real person.
Craft
Cooks, baristas, bartenders, consultants and room attendants take pride in doing their trade properly and in teaching it to others.
Fairness
Rosters, pay, tips and opportunities are handled openly and in line with the award, and concerns are heard without fear.
Services and operations
To make every guest feel expected, looked after and glad they came, while giving our people a safe and fair place to build a hospitality career.
Accommodation
Ninety-six harbour-facing and city-facing rooms and suites with 24-hour reception, porter and valet services, room service and a daily housekeeping service for leisure and corporate guests.
Tidewater Restaurant and Quay Bar
Breakfast, lunch and dinner service with a seasonal Australian menu, a licensed bar with cocktails, Victorian wines and craft beer, and a barista-led cafe counter from 6:30 am.
Conferences and events
Function rooms for 20 to 400 guests at the hotel and the Bayside Events Centre, including weddings, gala dinners, product launches and multi-day conferences with full audiovisual support.
Catering
Off-site and on-site catering for corporate lunches, cocktail functions and community events, produced in the hotel kitchen and delivered under the food safety program.
Harbour View Travel
A retail and corporate travel desk that sells domestic and international air, cruise, rail and accommodation packages, prepares quotations and manages travel documentation for individuals and groups.
Tours and local experiences
Packaged day tours, harbour cruises and food and wine trails sold to hotel guests and travel desk customers through partner operators across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Six departments, one workplace
Each department has a purpose, a lead, responsibilities, performance measures and the systems it works in. Students are placed in a department by their scenario.
Front Office and Reservations
Runs reception, reservations, concierge, porter and night audit around the clock. The team is the first and last point of contact ...
Visit departmentRestaurant and Bar
Delivers breakfast, lunch, dinner, room service and bar service in Tidewater Restaurant and Quay Bar. The team sells and serves fo...
Visit departmentKitchen and Food Production
Produces all food for the restaurant, room service, functions and off-site catering. The brigade plans and costs menus, receives a...
Visit departmentEvents and Conferences
Sells, plans and delivers weddings, conferences, gala dinners and community events at the hotel and the Bayside Events Centre. The...
Visit departmentHarbour View Travel
Operates the retail and corporate travel desk. Consultants research destinations, construct itineraries and airfares, prepare quot...
Visit departmentHousekeeping and Facilities
Prepares and services guest rooms, public areas and function spaces, runs the in-house laundry and coordinates maintenance contrac...
Visit departmentWorking systems with real records
Every system is live in your browser: create, update, search, move cards on a board and export what you did. Reset returns the seed data at any time.
Guest Reservations Register
Records every room booking, guest requirement and service note from enquiry to check-out.
8 recordsEvent and Function Bookings
Tracks every function enquiry, confirmed booking, function sheet detail and post-event billing at both venues.
8 recordsTravel Desk Bookings
Holds travel enquiries, quotations, confirmed bookings, payments and documentation status for every travel desk customer.
8 recordsWHS Incident and Hazard Register
Logs injuries, near misses, hazards, responsible service refusals and food safety events with investigation and corrective action status.
8 recordsStock and Purchasing Register
Records purchase orders, deliveries, stock on hand and stocktake variances for food, beverage and housekeeping consumables.
8 recordsInbox
8 work requests from managers and colleagues, each linked to a scenario or a document.
Open inboxEight workplace scenarios
Sign in as a role, read the brief, work through the tasks using the documents and systems, then print an evidence summary for your assessor.
Handle a guest complaint at reception
You are a Guest Services Agent on the afternoon reception shift.
Open scenario Intermediate 2 to 3 hoursConfirm and prepare the cruise group block
You are the Reservations Coordinator in Front Office.
Open scenario Entry 2 to 3 hoursReceive and store the Friday deliveries
You are a Commis Chef on the morning shift.
Open scenario Advanced 4 to 5 hoursCost and finalise the spring menu
You are the Chef de Cuisine reporting to the Executive Chef.
Open scenario Intermediate 3 to 4 hoursSupervise the conference gala dinner
You are the Event Supervisor for the Bayside Health Conference gala dinner.
Open scenario Entry 3 to 4 hoursRun a Saturday night bar shift with responsible service
You are a Bar Attendant on the Saturday evening shift in Quay Bar.
Open scenario Intermediate 2 to 3 hoursPrepare a family holiday quotation
You are a Travel Consultant at Harbour View Travel.
Open scenario Advanced 4 to 5 hoursBuild the October housekeeping roster and close out open safety items
You are the Assistant Housekeeping and Facilities Manager.
Open scenarioNotice board All notices
- Safety Cool room two door alarm being fitted
11 September 2026 - Quality Spring menu tasting for front of house
16 September 2026 - Compliance Responsible service of alcohol refresher due
8 September 2026
Coming up Calendar
- 14/09Weekly operations meeting
9:00 am, Boardroom, level 1 - 23/09Responsible service of alcohol refresher
10:00 am, Harbour Room - 24/09Health and safety committee
2:00 pm, Boardroom, level 1 - 25/09October housekeeping roster due
5:00 pm, Housekeeping office
Mapped to the Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Training Package
Every scenario lists the current units of competency and qualifications it supports, with assessor notes and a printable evidence summary. Use it with your own assessment tools or ask CAQA for a matched kit.