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BSB50820

Diploma of Project Management

Learn to coordinate teams and projects with a nationally recognised diploma.

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Advance your career by specialising in project management 

Are you a master of pulling people together to complete projects? Do you get great satisfaction when a big job gets ticked off one milestone at a time? Specialising as a project manager or project team leader could be the perfect career path for you – and the BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management will take you there.  

This project management course equips you with the skills to handle every element of coordinating projects from small to large. You will learn how to identify, measure and account for scope, time, quality, costs, human resources required, risks, integration, and more. This means you will graduate with the confidence to step into a range of project manager or project team leader positions. The project management diploma on your resumé will ensure potential employers take note of you. 

When you complete your BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management online with Foundation Education, you are taking a key step towards a rewarding and reliable career path - Leading you to uncountable opportunities to put your organisational skills to good use. 

This course is delivered online, so you have the freedom to study anytime from home or anywhere else that suits you.  

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The BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management is a Nationally Recognised course. 

Course Outcomes

By completing this project management course online, you will gain the skills to oversee and coordinate every aspect of a project, from scope and timelines to costs and resources required. The electives of this course will also prepare you to create workplace policies relating to sustainability, influence others through communication, and help your colleagues apply critical thinking while working on projects with you. 

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Project Manager

Deliver projects on time and within budget as a project manager. This role entails delegating tasks to the appropriate people in your team, reporting to stakeholders on the progress of the project, performing key administrative tasks, and fostering communication between team members. 

Project Team Leader

Project Team Leader

Take the lead on important projects within your organisation. Your day-to-day work will ensure every contributor to the project is meeting their deadlines and keeping within budget. You will also pre-emptively identify potential obstacles and risks while developing strategies for your project team to overcome them. 

Education

Whilst there are no entry requirements mandated by the training package, your skills and capabilities to undertake this training product will be assessed, and advice on suitability will be provided during the pre-enrolment process.

Minimum Age

You will need to be at least 16 years old. If you are under 18 your enrolment form will need to be signed by a parent or guardian.

Residency Status

You will need to be a permanent Australian resident or equivalent.

Work Placement

Where required, we may assist you in identifying work placement options. 

Assessment Items 

Some assessments in this course may require you to undertake tasks in a workplace/simulated environment. Where this is required, you will need to arrange access to a workplace/simulated environment and a suitably qualified other party to observe you performing the required tasks.

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

Course snapshot
Qualification

Diploma of Project Management

Delivery structure

Theoretical Elements: 

Study the theoretical elements of this course, anywhere and anytime through our online learning platform.  

Duration

Up to 12 months

Study load
  • 12 course units to complete.
  • Submit 1 course unit every 4 weeks to graduate in 12 months.
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Delivery Structure

Studying the Diploma of Project Management with Foundation Education is flexible and can be tailored to suit your needs. 

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1. Theoretical

Study the theoretical elements of this course anywhere and anytime through our online learning platform.

Components

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12 course units to complete.
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Completed online, at your own pace.

Resources required

For the online part of the course, you’ll need regular access to:

Computer: Laptop or desktop computer with working speakers or headphone points.

Internet: High-speed internet such as Broadband or ADSL, T1/T2, fibre optic (Dial-up access is not recommended).

Windows: Operating system – Windows 8 or above.

MAC: Operating system - OS X 10.14 Mojave or later.

Internet browser: Google Chrome, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.

Software: Flash, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Word (or Open Office which is free to download).

Office equipment:  Printer and scanner to print and upload some of your assessments.

Mobile phone with video capability or video camera: Some assessments in your course may require you to take and submit videos of you undertaking tasks for assessment.

Units

Achieve your qualification by completing the following units of competency:

Diploma of Project Management

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine and manage project scope. It involves obtaining project authorisation, developing a scope management plan, and managing the application of project scope controls. The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business or as a consultant.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manage time during projects. It involves determining and implementing the project schedule and assessing time management outcomes.

The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business, or as a consultant.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manage quality within projects. It involves determining quality requirements, implementing quality control and assurance processes, and using review and evaluation to make quality improvements in current and future projects.

The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business, or as a consultant.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify, analyse and refine project costs to produce a budget, and to use this budget as the principal mechanism to control project cost.

The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business, or as a consultant.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manage human resources related to projects. It involves planning for human resources, implementing personnel training and development, and managing the project team.

The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business, or as a consultant.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to link people, ideas and information at all stages in the project life cycle. Project communication management ensures timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and disposal of project information through formal structures and processes.

The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business, or as a consultant.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manage risks that may impact achievement of project objectives. It involves identifying, analysing, treating and monitoring project risks, and assessing risk management outcomes.

The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business, or as a consultant.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to integrate and balance overall project management functions and to align and track project objectives to comply with organisational goals, strategies and objectives.

The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business, or as a consultant.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manage resources according to planned business strategies. It includes analysing resource requirements, developing resource plans, allocating resources, and reviewing and reporting on resource usage. The unit applies to individuals with a role in allocating and monitoring the use of physical and/or human resources to meet defined business objectives.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop and implement workplace sustainability policies and to modify the policy to suit changed circumstances. The unit applies to individuals with managerial responsibilities who undertake work developing approaches to create, monitor and improve strategies and policies within workplaces. These individuals also engage with a range of relevant stakeholders and specialists. 'Sustainability' in this unit refers to a broad approach that focuses on the minimisation of an organisation’s social, economic and environmental impact, as well as proactive value creation in these areas.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop critical and creative thinking skills in others within a workplace context. The unit applies to individuals who are developing and coaching others, for whom critical thinking skills (including analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) are an important part of their job roles. This unit applies to individuals who are typically responsible for leading teams.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to present and negotiate persuasively, lead and participate in meetings and make presentations to customers, clients and other key stakeholders.

The unit applies to individuals who are managers and leaders required to identify, analyse, synthesise and act on information from a range of sources, and who deal with unpredictable problems as part of their job role. They use initiative and judgement to organise the work of self and others and plan, evaluate and co-ordinate the work of teams. 

Cost and payment

You can pay for your course upfront via VISA/MasterCard or a bank deposit. Alternatively, we offer instalment plans that can be paid over several weeks or fortnights.

Your course fee includes

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Delivery and assessment of your qualification

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Study materials (including all resources)

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Ongoing support from our Education Team

We offer two payment methods

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Full fee upfront

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Instalment plans

For more information about the course costs, please call us on 1300 616 197.

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