Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing

The ability to write clearly and with confidence underpins all effective professional communication.

RMIT's Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing focuses on writing in a workplace context and on using written text and images in ways that help you to inform, persuade, instruct and explain.

Courses are designed to extend and enrich your writing and communication skills so that you can apply them to your own area of work.

The program also caters to those wanting to gain employment in a field where written communication plays an important role.In this hands-on program you will write content for the web and social media, research and prepare reports and create compelling presentations.

You will craft messages for specific target audiences using a variety of styles.

You will write and edit correspondence, newsletters, marketing and advertising material, media releases, funding applications, proposals, submissions and technical documents.

Through the successful completion of this program, you discover the principles that underpin strong and effective written communication while learning to produce clear and reader-friendly documents.

You will also develop an understanding of grammar and punctuation that allows you to write concisely and without ambiguity.The emphasis of the program is on providing you with broad, transferable writing and communication skills that you can apply within any professional context.

You will also be in a position to take advantage of opportunities for permanent, casual or freelance employment as a writer and / or editor within the corporate, educational, cultural or government sectors.

Academic entry requirements: There are no minimum academic requirements.

Prerequisites: None.

Selection task:

All applicants must complete and submit a pre-selection kit. Short-listed applicants will be invited to attend an interview.

Interview exemptions: Some applicants will be selected based on their pre-selection kit. These applicants are not required to attend an interview and will receive an advisory email.

Please refer to the VTAC guide and/or RMIT website for additional information.

This nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) qualification is competency-based.

This means that it is designed to enable you to develop the practical skills and knowledge (competency) needed to perform the duties and tasks in the job you are training for. Assessment in a competency-based program is about being able to demonstrate that you have developed these practical skills and areas of knowledge, and that you can perform at the standard required in the job. This could involve showing an assessor how you plan and carry out tasks, and explaining to the assessor how you know what you are doing. It could also involve completing a project and presenting a report on the process and outcomes. If you are working, your work supervisor may provide the assessor with a report on your competency.

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (e.g. through prior paid or voluntary work experience), you can be assessed and have these skills and knowledge formally recognised at any point during the program. There is information on the RMIT website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) – refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/tafe