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Our specialised graduate program in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management offers in-demand skills for the private and public sectors. You'll gain up-to-date knowledge and industry-standard expertise in the crucial areas of staff relations and management: employment law industrial relations organisational change management HR management. These are highly sought-after skills, making this area an excellent career choice. When you graduate, you may progress to the Master of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management to expand your career options into higher roles.

If you are interested in a career using SAP software, VU is the place to study for it. We have the most comprehensive postgraduate program in Australia, with strong industry connections. We offer hands-on experience and 24-hour online access to SAP. Our course covers: SAP process or module delivery SAP technical and configuration development SAP/ERP application packages. This certificate is the first step in our respected graduate program. For IT and computer science graduates, it offers a bridge into a corporate profession. You’ll study process engineering and SAP reporting through business analytics, and the main SAP processes, including: production planning materials management sales and distribution accounting and human resources. For those aiming for a management role, this certificate leads into our Master of Enterprise Resource Planning Management. Read about VU's world-class SAP education.

Victoria University is one of the world's leading institutions in ERP systems (SAP) education as recognised by industry, SAP and academia. Our Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics is tailored to professionals with significant relevant experience, but without a bachelor degree. You'll study units that give you a strong foundation in Business Analytics, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems. Through a combination of computer-based exercises, case studies and industry-expert lectures, you'll come to understand business-system and digital-marketing processes. This practical knowledge feeds into effective decision-making that you can apply to a range of professional tasks. The Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics offers a pathway to postgraduate business analytics studies: Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics Master of Business Analytics Master of Business Analytics (Professional) Read about VU's world-class SAP education.  

Our course prepares you to work in supporting roles within the legal system, such as a law clerk, legal secretary or paralegal. It is tailored to the industry, so the knowledge you acquire will be highly relevant as you take your first step into your career.   You'll learn about legislation, and study regulations and codes relevant to the following areas: criminal law corporate law family law property law civil law.  You'll graduate ready to use a range of specialised, technical and managerial skills to plan and carry out work in a legal context.

This course provides comprehensive training in the running of libraries and information agencies. You’ll extend your existing knowledge to be able to solve problems, analyse information and assist others in libraries and information services. During this course, you’ll develop advanced skills and knowledge in: research, referencing and copyright circulation, cataloguing and collection management specialised technical databases and classification schemes information technology and multimedia use of digital and social media tools communication and customer service. With leadership training, you’ll also develop the ability to run small group training sessions and supervise staff.

You will learn innovative approaches to managing people, projects, and teams in a wide range of industries and organisations. This course is designed for individuals who have considerable experience in an industry or vocational area. You may already be managing staff, or working towards a career as a manager. You will develop the skills and emotional intelligence to lead and manage the following: workplace relationships effective teams and individuals organisational change people performance professional development. You will also gain a range of technical skills, including: management of operational plans finance and budgeting development of organisational policies development of workplace learning project management.

Project management involves planning, organising and assessing jobs, as well as managing the people and risks involved, in order to achieve specific outcomes. This course is designed for team leaders, frontline managers, individuals seeking to develop their skills or commence a career in project management, and individuals from across a range of different industries who are or will be involved in project delivery. You will gain a sound theoretical knowledge base and use a range of specialised, technical and managerial competencies to initiate, plan, execute and evaluate your own work and/or the work of others. You will gain skills and knowledge in: managing project scope, time, quality, cost, human resources, information and communication, risk and integration facilitating continuous improvement managing personal work priorities and professional development leading and managing team effectiveness leading and managing effective workplace relationships.

You will learn to effectively manage the key administrative processes of a business, as well as gain knowledge in team and people management. This well-rounded course will give you skills in: planning and managing conferences administrative systems producing business documents organising travel and meetings project management people management and support team leadership. You'll also gain insight into the various career paths that you could take, using these skills. When you graduate, you'll be equipped with the confidence and skillset necessary to work in the business sector, managing a range of administration tasks.

This course will help you launch your career in the library, information and cultural services industry. You’ll develop industry-specific skills and gain a broad knowledge base for a wide variety of contexts. You will learn to: retrieve information maintain catalogues provide multimedia support help customers access information analyse and evaluate information use social media tools for engagement. You’ll also develop essential and transferable skills including evaluation, planning and problem solving. You will be prepared to provide leadership and guidance to others.

You’ll develop the communication skills and leadership strategies to develop teams, build business networks, implement operational plans and lead diverse teams. You will gain the leadership skills necessary to work in wide range of organisations and industries. On completion, you will know how to: coordinate business resources promote innovation in a team environment implement operation plans lead team effectiveness implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements build client relationships. Please note: this qualification is not open for general enrolments. Contact Victoria University Polytechnic (external link) to find out more about our workforce training solutions.