Diploma of Leadership and Management

This program provides skills needed to succeed in leadership and management and has been designed for students with experience in the industry.You will build your understanding of how to apply judgement in planning, organising, implementing and monitoring your own workload and the workload of others.

You will also learn how to plan, design, apply and evaluate solutions to unpredictable problems, and identify, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources.Possible job titles relevant to this qualification include:Business Manager Team Leader Executive Assistant Senior Clerk Store Manager Production Manager Operations Manager Department ManagerIn addition to specialised skills, this program will also develop the core skills that you need to succeed in the workforce (see section on employability skills).

In this program you will specifically be given a range of opportunities to communicate, connect, and work with students from a range of backgrounds.

ACCT5367C Manage budgets and financial plans (BSBFIM501) BUSM7929C Manage operational plan (BSBMGT517) BUSM7931C Undertake project work (BSBPMG522)EMPL7074C Communicate with influence (BSBLDR503)

BUSM7930C Build and sustain an innovative work environment (BSBINN502) EMPL7075C Facilitate continuous improvement (BSBMGT516)

Minimum Academic requirement

• Successful completion of Australian Year 12 or equivalent
• OR
• Completion of Post Secondary studies (including Certificate III)
• OR
• Successful completion of the Australian Senior VCAL Certificate
• AND
• Applicants must be currently in work to enable them to participate in workplace specific projects

Alternate Entry - Work experience requirement

• At least 6 months work experience in a management field
• AND
• Applicants must be currently in work to enable them to participate in workplace specific projects

RMIT's equity access schemes can support you to access and succeed in education. Equity access schemes allow additional consideration in the selection process. However, an equity access application cannot bypass the minimum entry requirements. More on equity access schemes is located at http://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/applying-to-rmit/local-student-applications/equity-access-schemes/types-of-equity-access/

International Students

This program is not currently offered to international students.

his 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.

You may be eligible for credit towards courses in your program if you have already met the learning/competency outcomes through previous learning.

To be eligible for credit towards a course, you must demonstrate that you have already completed learning that is:

• relevant
• current (and cannot have been completed more than 10 years prior to your application)
• satisfies the learning/competency outcomes of the course.

Your previous learning that satisfies these requirements might have been formal, informal, or non-formal. This determines what type of credit you should apply for:

Credit Transfer

If your previous study was a Vocational Education (TAFE) or Higher Education program at RMIT University, you do not need to submit any supporting documentation.

If your previous study was undertaken with RMIT Training or with another institution you must submit documentation to support your application. This documentation may include:

• a certified copy of an Academic Transcript with final grades for Higher Education studies
• a certified copy of a Statement of Attainment for any completed TAFE studies.
• course outlines showing content, learning outcomes and assessment requirements; and an explanation of the grading structure used.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Evidence consists of products or items that you can provide or processes you can demonstrate to an assessor so they can judge whether you are competent. Evidence can be in many forms, for example:

• a demonstration of your skill
• third party reports (e.g. from your supervisor or work colleagues)
• training certificates or training program information
• examples of work that you have produced

Your assessor will help you decide what type of evidence is needed. They will also help you to source evidence that meets the relevant standard as set out in the unit of competence and is:

• sufficient or enough
• current i.e. you still have the skill
• authentic i.e. genuinely yours

You may be required to put the evidence together in a portfolio but this depends on the nature of the evidence and the skills being assessed. In some cases, workplace demonstrations will be sufficient evidence.

More information on Credit/RPL at RMIT is located at the following URL:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/enrolment/apply-for-credit

International qualifications

If any of the evidence supporting your application is not in English, you must supply an English translation by a professional translator deemed acceptable to RMIT. RMIT reserves the right to refuse to accept a translation by a translator that it deems unacceptable.

More information on RMIT translation of documents is located at the following URL: http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=mhm3hz4bvmoj1