College for Adult Learning Courses

Are you feeling ready to take the next step in your career in the construction industry? Gain the skills you need to aim for a respected, higher-paying position with the Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) (CPC50320) from the College for Adult Learning.

This 100% online course offers a nationally accredited qualification for those aspiring to work in construction management. As well as developing the core knowledge and skills you’ll need for a management role, you’ll also learn how to lead WHS and risk management; create and execute project plans on time and on budget; manage the application of building codes to ensure projects meet standards.

After approximately 12 months of full-time study or 16 – 18 months part-time, you’ll be confident, qualified and ready to transition from working on the tools to running the entire process of a construction job, setting you up for long-term career growth.

Searching for a world-class qualification to help you make it as a logistics professional? The Diploma of Logistics (TLI50221) from the College for Adult Learning is the course you need to unlock your career potential.

No modern business can run without logistics. The experts in charge of this area are responsible for the management of the flow of goods and services from origin to consumption, with the overarching aim of meeting customer requirements at all times. This course prepares you for this responsibility, equipping you with essential skills for overseeing chain management, procurement and purchasing. You’ll also learn how to integrate key business processes while considering the end user as well as managing the original suppliers.

Delivered 100% online, this course will teach you how to manage the logistical functions of an organisation, even if you don’t already have work experience. Through workplace-based assessments and course content created in consultation with industry professionals, you’ll gain a qualification that will enhance not only your employment prospects, but your overall confidence and expertise as a logistics professional.

Are you the sort of person who can manage multiple responsibilities and lead a team to success? Do you want to work in a management capacity within the healthcare environment? If so, the Diploma of Practice Management (HLT57715) from the College for Adult Learning could be your ticket to the next stage of your career.

Throughout this course, you’ll learn what it takes to lead a medical practice to succeed in the new, exciting and stimulating world of modern healthcare. Moving beyond the outdated notion that practice management is just about admin and accounts, you’ll develop skills and confidence in a wide range of areas, including strategic planning, leadership, budgeting, administration, account management and policy creation/implementation.

You’ll study at your own pace, completing this fully online course in just 12 months of full-time study (or 16–18 months part-time). And once you graduate, you’ll be ready to lead your workplace to success as a fully qualified practice manager. The next phase of your life and career starts now!

A career in human resources (HR) means a career with people. HR professionals focus on developing a positive and healthy workplace culture, supporting professional development, performance management and team effectiveness for a business’ employees. Human resources officers and human resources coordinators strive to help employees, drive culture and support strategic objectives to make the business the best it can be. With in-demand HR and administration skills and an online human resources qualification to back you, you’ll be prepared for any HR role.

With a Certificate IV in Human Resource Management (BSB40420), you’ll be able to support the learning and development of teams and individuals, as well as supporting a business’s human resources department with essential business administration functions. Upskill to become a confident HR officer for your business and take your next step into an HR career by learning to write complex documents, implement work health and safety policies, and support the wide range of human resources functions and processes.

What you’ll learn

• Supporting human resources initiatives
• Leading team effectiveness by supporting learning and development
• Implementing and monitoring WHS policies
• Managing employee relationships and supporting performance management

We’re excited to offer students studying the Certificate IV in Human Resource Management with the College for Adult Learning a full rebate for a FREE one-year AHRI Associate (full-fee) Membership, valued at $396.

As an Associate Member, you’ll have access to valuable resources to support your studies, be able to join programs and events to help you become job-ready, and attend free member-only networking forums to build your professional network and learn about specialist HR topics. Terms and Conditions apply.

Looking for a way to kickstart your business management career? Why not get the best of both worlds, tackle two disciplines at once, and double your job prospects right out of the gate? That’s what’s on offer with the Double Diploma of Project Management (BSB50820) + Leadership & Management (BSB50420) from the College for Adult Learning.

This comprehensive double diploma course introduces you to the exciting world of project management, while also improving your ability to lead a team through leadership and management-focused units. You’ll gain valuable skills in managing the time, scope, quality and cost of a project, as well as covering key areas of leadership such as accountability, risk management, performance management, optimisation and target setting. All in all, it’s a well-rounded course that will equip you with a wide variety of skills to see you to success in the business world.

You’ll learn to:

• Develop, manage and execute project plans
• Lead and performance manage a project team
• Manage large budgets and financial plans across multiple projects
• Manage small to large projects using the PMBOK 10 knowledge areas

Delivered entirely online, this course can be completed at your own pace. Studying full-time, you can have a double qualification in just 12 months (or 16–18 months part-time).

CAL has received endorsement for our Diploma of Project Management (BSB50820) course from the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), the premier, longest-serving body for project management in Australia.

Having passed a rigorous review by AIPM auditors, adding an AIPM-endorsed diploma to your repertoire demonstrates your commitment to project management professional development and the elevation of industry practices.

So what are you waiting for? Dive headfirst into the next stage of your career as a business leader!

 

If you’re passionate about working with people and keen to unlock your leadership potential, take your business career to the next level with a Double Diploma of Human Resource Management (BSB50320) + Leadership & Management (BSB50420) from the College for Adult Learning. You’ll be equipped with the skills you need to lead and manage workplace relationships, oversee business functions like WHS, risk and budget management, and communicate effectively with stakeholders at every level of your business.

What you’ll learn

• Leading and managing business operations
• Managing recruitment and workforce planning
• Managing people performance and performance management processes
• Manage business risk and financial positioning

Ready to enter a new era of your career in human resources? Take a fast track to potential promotion with a Diploma of Human Resource Management (BSB50320) from the College for Adult Learning.

Human resource (HR) management is a valuable and rewarding career, with HR expertise essential in every modern business. Human resources professionals today lead the human resources department, supporting staff with personal and professional development, and working to establish a positive and efficient workplace, among a variety of other responsibilities.

To pursue a human resource management pathway, undertake online human resources training to develop the in-demand HR skills and knowledge you need to stand out. The Diploma of Human Resource Management (BSB50320) will allow you to develop your skills in people management, risk management, communication, and work health and safety. With our human resources diploma, you’ll be ready to take the next step in your HR career and become a highly sought-after asset in any business.

Having a formal qualification to support your skills and human resource management knowledge proves that you have what it takes to ensure teams are operating effectively and the workforce is continually developing to meet the strategic needs of the organisation. As an HR manager, you have your finger on the pulse of the organisation, aware of any issues that arise and you’re capable of resolving them appropriately.

What you’ll learn

• Managing workforce planning and recruitment processes
• Implementing and managing WHS policies to ensure they comply with legislative requirements
• Managing people performance and employee relations

Are you ready to kickstart your career in one of the world’s fastest-growing professions? Take your first step into the exciting sector of project management with a Certificate IV in Project Management Practice (BSB40920) from the College for Adult Learning.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the processes and systems involved in the project management life cycle. Through nine nationally accredited units modelled around the five key project management processes (initiate, plan, execute, control + monitor and close a project), you’ll develop the skills you need to manage a small project or to be an effective team member of a large, complex project.

You’ll learn:

• Applying risk management techniques to projects
• Effectively define project scope and apply scope controls
• Foundations of managing small to large projects using the PMBOK 10 knowledge areas
• Managing project human resources and stakeholder information

You’ll have the option to study online at your own pace, completing the course with just eight months of full-time study (or around 12 months part-time). When you graduate, you’ll be job-ready, with a respected qualification in hand and the confidence and skills you need to begin a new chapter in your career. Why not start that chapter today?

By completing the Diploma of Work Health & Safety (BSB51319) at the College for Adult Learning, you’ll develop key occupational health and safety skills and strengthen your ability to make informed decisions, preparing you to take on leading WHS roles within any organisation with the backing of a Nationally Recognised formal qualification. This course will help you consolidate and develop your skills in risk analysis and incident response, while increasing your ability to develop safe workplace policies and return to work strategies.

Key Skills:

• Plan, implement and evaluate a process for managing work health and safety (WHS) risk in a work area
• Lead and manage the initial response to one work health and safety (WHS) incident
• Contribute to developing, implementing, reviewing and improving a work health and safety management
• Manage the planning, implementation and review of initial response procedures and return to work practices

You may be eligible for an AIHS membership

If you are studying WHS and not currently working full time you may be eligible for a free 12-month student membership with The Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS). As an AIHS member, you’ll have access to professional development resources, webinars led by health and safety recruiting agencies, professional networking groups plus much more.

By completing the Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety at the College for Adult Learning, you’ll develop a basic understanding of occupational health and safety law, and how to navigate the technical aspects related to WHS processes within any organisation.

You’ll learn how to best contribute to WHS decisions, supporting their implementation and influencing change within your organisation. Throughout the course, you’ll develop skills essential to any role within occupational health and safety, including responding to workplace incidents, identifying (WHS) hazards and controlling the associated risks, and planning the implementation of a work health and safety management system (WHSMS). You’ll also develop transferable skills in problem-solving, report writing and documentation best practices.

Delivered entirely online, this comprehensive course can be studied at your own pace. Schedule study time around your work and life commitments, completing your course in anywhere from 12 to 24 months. So don’t hesitate – commit to yourself and your career and enquire about this online diploma today!

You may be eligible for an AIHS membership

If you are studying WHS and not currently working full time you may be eligible for a free 12-month student membership with The Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS). As an AIHS member, you’ll have access to professional development resources, webinars led by health and safety recruiting agencies, professional networking groups plus much more.

We’re excited to offer students studying the Diploma of Business (Operations) (BSB50120) with the College for Adult Learning a free one-year Australian Institute of Office Professionals (AIOP) Student Membership.

By completing the Diploma of Business (Operations) (BSB50120), you’ll develop key skills in business administration, finance and communication. You’ll strengthen your ability to manage essential business operations, preparing you to move from administrative or technical roles to a leadership role in any business. The course will help you to run day-to-day operations smoothly, understand the various components of a business, and lead your team to success.

After completing the course, you’ll have skills in budgeting and payroll, people management and policy development, as well as the ability to manage all business resources, which will support you in a wide range of business roles.

You’ll develop skills in:

• Budgeting and payroll
• People management skills
• Policy development skills
• Skills to manage business operational plans
• The ability to manage the recruitment and onboarding of new staff
• Skills in developing, implementing and managing administration systems

Online and self-paced. This means you can choose to study on a more intense time schedule, or just fit it around your lifestyle when you can.

We provide engaging tutorials, industry-relevant assessments and work-ready learning outcomes.

With this course, you’ll learn how to effectively lead people and manage team performance, manage budgets and financial plans, as well as heading up payroll and human resources functions.

You’ll be prepared to manage workplace relationships and team effectiveness to foster a positive and productive culture, manage daily workplace functions from meetings to staff payroll to ensure your business operates effectively, and you’ll have the ability to implement systems and policies to increase business efficiencies.

You’ll develop transferable business skills such as stakeholder management, critical thinking and how to communicate with influence, which you’ll need in any leadership role in organisations across multiple industries, setting you up to be a strong leader and operations manager.

What you’ll learn: 

• Manage business operational plans
• Manage payroll, budgets and financial plans
• Manage people performance and team effectiveness
• Communicate with influence and lead workplace communication
• Stakeholder management skills

This course is online and self-paced. This means you can choose to study on a more intense time schedule, or just fit it around your lifestyle when you can.

The course can be completed in as little as 12 months with a full-time study load or in 14-16 months on a part-time study load, but can allow a 24-month standard course enrolment duration, depending on circumstances.

It incorporates engaging tutorials, industry-relevant assessments and work-ready learning outcomes.

Are you ready to dive head-first into the next career opportunity in the procurement industry? The Diploma of Business (Procurement) (BSB50120) from the College for Adult Learning is the perfect course to help you take your all-important next step.

Develop, implement and review procurement strategies to analyse and continuously improve your organisation and supply chain. With graduate outcomes in a diverse range of industries, job opportunities include procurement officer, procurement and contract manager, compliance manager and supplier relations manager.

You’ll learn:

• Managing resources and the supply chain process
• Developing strategies based on ethical procurement
• Analysing and implementing strategies to facilitate continuous improvement
• Finalising contracts and managing contract performance

So don’t hesitate – commit to yourself and your career and enquire about this online diploma today!

We’re excited to offer students studying the Diploma of Business (Compliance) (BSB50120) with the College for Adult Learning a free one-year Australian Institute of Office Professionals (AIOP) Student Membership.

The College of Adult Learning’s Diploma of Business (Compliance) (BSB50120) is perfect for professionals who want to get qualified and be able to participate in and report on audits to ensure quality and compliance management standards are met. It has been designed to provide you with all the skills and tools necessary to manage business compliance and quality auditing assessments while supporting you with essential business skills such as policy development and business resource management. Not only will you have the ability to manage risks and ensure a safe workplace, but you’ll also gain essential transferable skills such as communication, to strengthen transparency between departments and influence stakeholders at all levels. A Business (Compliance) qualification will provide you with opportunities in a range of industries from manufacturing and technical services to hospitality, finance and education – just to name a few.

What you’ll learn

• Manage business risk and interpret compliance requirements
• Participate and report on quality audits
• Manage budgets and financial plans
• Manage business resources and monitor business record systems

The College of Adult Learning’s Diploma of Quality Auditing (BSB50920) is perfect for professionals who want to get qualified and be able to lead and manage successful quality audits. Our course has been designed to provide you with all the skills and tools necessary to manage, implement and deliver quality measurement procedures and end-to-end audits, while placing a focus on continuous improvement. Not only will you have the ability to ensure compliance and ISO standards are met, but you’ll also gain essential transferable skills that can be used across multiple industries from medical, food safety, to aged care and finance – just to name a few.

What you’ll learn

• Manage business risk and interpret compliance requirements
• Develop and lead quality audits and ongoing improvement plans
• Ensure compliance with ISO standards
• Manage project quality and facilitate continuous improvement

The College of Adult Learning’s Double Diploma of Quality Auditing (BSB50920) + Business (Compliance) (BSB50120) is perfect for professionals who want to get qualified and be able to ensure their business’ products or services go beyond basic compliance to reach the highest levels of quality. Our course has been designed to provide you with all the skills and tools necessary to interpret compliance requirements and ISO standards to lead quality audits while placing a focus on communication and enhance transparency between departments and staff. Not only will you have the ability to develop workplace policies and procedures, but you’ll also gain vital budgeting and risk management skills, valued across multiple industries from medical, food safety, to aged care and finance – just to name a few.

What you’ll learn

• Interpret compliance requirements and work within frameworks
• Initiate, lead and report in quality audits
• Manage budgets and financial plans
• Manage business resources and business risks

The Diploma of Project Management (Specialising in Construction) (BSB50820) from The College of Adult Learning is designed to provide graduates with the critical project management skills they need to succeed in planning, managing and delivering projects on time and to budget, with a focus on skills required for the construction industry, including WHS management and preparing contracts.

In this course you will develop skills to:

• Manage projects costs and timing to ensure projects are finished on time and to budget
• Manage project information to ensure seamless communication across all team members of the project to promote efficiency
• Lead WHS and risk management to ensure the workplace is safe and workplace incidents are reduced and or eliminated
• Manage the application of building codes to ensure projects meet standards

This diploma course is endorsed by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM).

The Diploma of Business (Records and Information Management) (BSB50120) from College for Adult Learning (CAL) will give you key administrative skills and strengthen your ability to manage business information and records efficiently, preparing you to manage resources effectively in any organisation.

Develop essential skills in managing business resources and operational plans, budgets and financial plans. Learn how to develop administrative systems to streamline processes and for effective operational management.

You’ll learn how to:

• Implement and manage information management systems to increase efficiency
• Develop skills in managing budgets and financial plans to understand the business financial position
• Monitor business records systems and records management to ensure information is accurate
• Manage daily business operations to ensure the office is operating effectively

The CAL Diploma of Business (Records and Information Management) has received accreditation from the Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA).

Students studying Business Records and Information Management can now receive a free one-year RIMPA Student Membership. As a student member, you’ll have access to resources to support your studies, join programs and events to help you become job-ready, and attend free member-only conventions to build your professional network and learn about specialist Records Management topics.

The Double Diploma of Logistics (TLI50221) + Leadership & Management (BSB50420) from College for Adult Learning is designed for logistics professionals wanting to move into more senior management positions. This integrated course contains hand-picked units to give you the ultimate combination of both operational and strategic logistics skills, while equipping you with the critical leadership skills to manage teams effectively and succeed in your career.

Throughout the course, you’ll have the opportunity to acquire skill sets that your industry needs, from essential operational functions through to planning, leadership, supply chain management, financial and people management skills.

You’ll learn:

• Confidence and leadership skills to support, lead and inspire your team
• Drive for innovation to help your team’s performance meet targets
• Communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with and motivate your team
• Empathy and emotional intelligence skills to nurture relationships with stakeholders
• Organisation and prioritisation to efficiently carry out duties
• Performance management know-how to get the best output from teams

Plan your study around your work and life – not the other way around. With no scheduled classes or tutorials to attend, you can study at your own pace, and complete the Double Diploma in your own time. Start putting your learning into practice almost immediately, with course content designed for the modern workplace and workplace-based assessments.

This fantastic Diploma of Marketing and Communication (BSB50620) course from College for Adult Learning will prepare you to successfully manage a wide variety of processes across marketing and communications and excel in the field.

You will gain crucial skills in end-to-end marketing project management, public relations, digital and social media and budget management.

You will gain key skills to make strategic business decisions and confidence required to take on senior marketing management roles within any organisation.

Learn how to:

• Prepare and deliver market research and consumer trend reports highlighting areas or opportunity and risk
• Design and develop marketing communication plans across multiple channels
• Manage PR, social and digital media campaigns from briefing to post-campaign reporting