Advanced Diploma of Business

The Advanced Diploma of Business provides learners with the skills they need to take the next career step into a senior role in business. This advanced course will provide learners with additional support and or a place where learners will gain up-to-date industry information. Having the confidence to apply knowledge from the learnt skills and applying those into their workplace will benefit learner's personal growth and the organisation's strategies.

The Advanced Diploma of Business course has been developed to include important topics such as writing a marketing plan, manage finances, creating an advertising campaign, managing change, international marketing and digital technologies.

The delivery of content from highly educated and experienced trainers and assessors makes this an interesting and applicable course that learners will feel empowered to perform the necessary skills within their role as Supervisor, Team Leader or Middle Management within Business/Administration environments.

This course is also available through online learning. International students on student visas must attend this course through face-to-face training.

*Subject to terms and conditions

This qualification reflects a variety of Business Services job roles. Upon completion of this qualification, learners may have general management accountabilities.

Learners will be able to carry out complex tasks in a specialist field of expertise. Learners may undertake technical research and analysis, and will often contribute to setting the strategic direction for a business or an organisation.

RPL is available to anyone who has experience working in the industry

RPL:

• provides an alternative pathway to achieving a qualification without course attendance
• is a consultative process between with the candidate and the assessor to determine whether the candidate has acquired the requisite learning, skills and knowledge to demonstrate that they have achieved the required learning outcomes or performance criteria of the course or qualification, for which the candidate is seeking
• identifies where appropriate additional learning experiences or training gaps are needed to achieve the course or qualification
• is the conduct of an assessment to confirm competency.

APSI has developed a process that promotes holistic and task-based assessment. It focuses on relating assessment activities to actual job tasks. The intention of this model is to streamline and simplify the process of recognising competency.

Prior to RPL, information is provided to the candidate on the assessment process. Specific advice is given to each candidate on how they can demonstrate their competence and what documentary evidence is required to support their application. Each industry has unique documents that can provide evidence of experience and competence.

The candidate is required to provide adequate information prior to, throughout and after a training and assessment experience. The assessor, in this process, needs to be fully aware of the needs of the candidate and help them identify relevant workplace personnel who can confirm the candidate's competency.

The focus of the APSI streamlined holistic assessment process is to focus on demonstrated skills and knowledge and not to rely purely on documentary evidence as the main source of evidence.

Some examples of documentary evidence that can support the process include:

• licences such as First Aid, RSA
• comprehensive CV or work history with details of job role and responsibilities
• previous qualifications from overseas and Australia
• certificates and records of results or assessments completed with other RTO's
• photographs of work undertaken
• samples of related project work
• diaries of tasks performed
• task sheets/job sheets/logbooks
• site training records
• pay slips / employment contracts / job descriptions
• memberships of relevant professional associations
• references/letters/third party reports from previous employers/supervisors
• industry awards
• performance appraisals

An RPL application kit can be obtained here.