Diploma of Business

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This qualification would apply to individuals with various job titles including executive officers, program consultants and program coordinators. Individuals in these roles may possess substantial experience in a range of settings, but seek to further develop their skills across a wide range of business functions.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

While there are no entry requirements defined in the training package, the RTO requires the following criteria to be met:

• • Applicants must be minimum 18 years of age at the time of commencement
  • Successful completion of Certificate IV qualification within the Business training package or similar qualification or higher
  • IELTS score of 5.5 or PTE score of 42 or Certificate III in EAL or its equivalent.

In addition,

• • Applicants should have basic computer and MS Office skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

COURSE DURATION

This course will be delivered over 52 weeks of full-time study including 12 weeks of holidays and breaks.

It is expected that the program would be of less duration for students who have completed components that can be identified by the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), and/or Credit Transfer.

TARGET GROUP

Candidates who completed Certificate IV qualification within the Business training package or have vocational experience in a range of work environments in senior support roles and would like to develop skills and knowledge in order to create further educational and employment opportunities.

PATHWAYS INTO THE QUALIFICATION

Individuals may enter this qualification with BSB40215 Certificate IV in Business or other relevant qualification or with vocational experience in a range of work environments in senior support roles.

PATHWAYS FROM THE QUALIFICATION

After achieving this qualification, individuals could progress to Advanced Diploma Qualifications within the Business training package.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Possible job titles include

• • executive officer;
  • program consultant;
  • program coordinator

DELIVERY

Training is based on face-to-face classroom delivery including interactive classroom teaching roll plays and tutorials.

DELIVERY LOCATION

14/65 Mark Street, North Melbourne.

ASSESSMENTS

Assessment will usually commence in the session following delivery.  As this is a competency-based program, assessment continues throughout the program until the participant either achieves competency in the assessment tasks or a further training need is identified and addressed.  Students will be required to perform in a range of assessment tasks including and not limited to: Written Assignment, Demonstration, Role Play, Project, and Case study

RPL/CREDIT TRANSFERS

The recognition of prior learning (RPL) pathway is appropriate for candidates who have previously attained skills and knowledge from outside the formal education and training system and which includes work and life experience.

Credit transfer is a process that provides students with agreed and consistent credit outcomes for components of a qualification based on identified equivalence in content and learning outcomes between matched qualifications.

Students may apply for RPL or Credit transfers for any unit in which they can successfully demonstrate competency.

UNIT OF COMPETENCE

To attain this qualification, 8 units must be completed. This qualification has no core units.