Project Management Program

UNE Partnerships’ Project Management Training Program offers real-world solutions to help bring your projects in on schedule and within budget. Training for all people, all fields, all projects.

Advanced Diploma of Project Management


The Advanced Diploma is for those who:

  • supervise others who develop project management plans
  • delegate responsibility for the achievement of project objectives to others
  • receive reports from several project managers
  • monitor and review a number of projects against business or corporate objectives.

The Advanced Diploma builds on the fundamentals of project management operations by developing the tactical and strategic skills required for resource rationalisation and value improvements across the program.

The emphasis is strongly on contemporary management practices, enabling you to operate effectively from the strategic level through to the operational and tactical levels.

QUICK REFERENCE
Full Qualification: Nationally Recognised TrainingAdvanced Diploma of Project Management (BSB60707)
Delivery Options:
Tutorial Workshops: Tutorial workshops currently available in Brisbane and Sydney
Enrolment: Download Enrolment Form
Payment Plan Available
NSW Funded Programs
Candidature 18 months
Study Workload: 300 hours plus time spent preparing and detailing assessment tasks. You can complete your Advanced Diploma within a 25 week period at 10-12 hours per week.
Entry Requirements: Participants need to be currently working in a senior project environment - or be able to access a work-based project involving a range of projects at the program manager level.
Course Materials: Comprehensive study package including course guide, study notes, online resources, activities, readings, assessment tools plus full administrative and academic support.
Course Modules:
  1. Managing projects
  2. Project initiation
  3. Time, cost and estimates
  4. Quality management
  5. Managing risk
  6. Managing communications
  7. Leading the team
  8. Managing costs
  9. Managing resources
  10. Finalising the plan
  11. Strategic and program management
  12. Quality system planning and management
  13. Human resource management and development
  14. Financial planning and development
  15. Contract management
  16. Strategic risk management
  17. Strategic client management
    Module descriptions
Employability Skills: Employability Skills for each qualification have been determined by the Department of Education, Employment and Workforce Relations (DEEWR). These are the recommended skills identified to gain employment, establish an enterprise, for career progression, to expand employment capability and to achieve individual potential and contribute to organisational strategic outcomes. Training Packages have been reviewed to ensure that Employability Skills feature in their units of competency.

These include - Communication - Teamwork - Problem Solving - Initiative & Enterprise - Planning & Organising - Self management - Learning - Technology

Employability descriptions
Competencies: The competency standards against which the Advanced Diploma of Project Management is assessed:
  • Direct the integration of projects BSBPMG601A
  • Direct the scope of a project program BSBPMG602A
  • Direct time management of a project program BSBPMG603A
  • Direct cost management of a project program BSBPMG604A
  • Direct quality management of a project program BSBPMG605A
  • Direct human resources management of a project program BSBPMG606A
  • Direct communications management of a project program BSBPMG607A
  • Direct risk management of a project program BSBPMG608A
  • Direct procurement and contracting for a project program BSBPMG609A
Assessment: Using a mix of on-the-job assignments, tests of understanding and the recognition of current skills and knowledge, the processes followed help participants to immediately apply their competence on the job, from day one.

Advanced Diploma Assessment is comprised of:
  • a two-part work-based assignment during which a project plan for a nominated project is produced
  • Program Plan
  • provision of evidence (in the form of an Assessment Record Book) of the student’s application of skills and knowledge in line with the competency standards for project management (AQF6), and
  • examination
Learning Pathways: Industry recognition and tertiary accreditation
Detailed Brochure: Available on request
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SKILLS OUTCOME

On completion, students will have achieved the knowledge and skills to plan and manage the critical elements of projects and to:

  • Write effective project plans to meet the delivery requirements of corporate/business expectations
  • Use mechanisms linked with the plan for the day-to-day control of projects to meet objectives
  • Provide quality deliverables, with the ability to meet reporting requirements on demand
  • Select appropriate tools to support monitoring and control mechanisms
  • Assign agreed responsibilities to get the best out of core and broader team capabilities.

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)

Given that some participants may already be able to demonstrate their competence in some units, a recognition of prior learning assessment process is available to acknowledge skills and knowledge that may have been gained through formal and informal training and/or learning, work experience and life experience.

Australian Institute of Project Management - AIPM Project Management Institute - PMI