This Advanced Diploma of Leadership & Management prepares you for higher business roles within the industry. Specially designed for students aspiring for senior management and leadership positions in the workplace.

This advanced course equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to lead a business and its people to success. By the end of this program, you’ll be proficient at creating effective organisational strategies, developing training and learning programs, and fostering innovation among your teams. Prepare to take on Senior Executive positions and other senior leadership roles upon completion, marking the culmination of your journey with South Sydney College towards leadership excellence.

Students completing this course are proficient at using initiative and judgment to direct, plan, and lead a spectrum of business functions, with accountability for personal and team outcomes within broad parameters. The curriculum explores leadership and management principles, techniques, and tools, employing a life-cycle and unit approach to ensure the delivery of successful business and project outcomes.

Your completion of this advanced diploma will signify not only an educational milestone but your potential to make a career as a great manager.

This nationally-recognised qualification is a broad leadership and management course that will teach you a wide range of fundamental management and leadership skills you can apply in any industry or organisation.

Sample course units:

• BSBSTR602 – Develop organisational strategies
• BSBHRM613 – Contribute to the development of learning and development strategies
• BSBCRT611 – Apply critical thinking for complex problem solving
• BSBOPS601 – Develop and implement business plans
• BSBSTR801 – Lead innovative thinking and practice
• BSBHRM614 – Contribute to strategic workforce planning
• BSBCMM511 – Communicate with influenc
• BSBSTR601 – Manage innovation and continuous improvement
• BSBLDR601 – Lead and manage organisational change

Please download the course infopack for the full list of 16 course units and topics.

Admission Requirements:

• Must be at least 16 years old
• Must hold a current Approved visa for study in Australia (at the time of course commencement)
• Have completed a Diploma or Advanced Diploma from the BSB Training Package (current or superseded equivalent versions) or Have two years equivalent full-time relevant workplace experience in an operational or leadership role in an enterprise.
• Must demonstrate satisfactory completion of studies in applicant’s home country equivalent to an Australian Year 12 qualification* (Department of Home Affairs may require country-specific higher education requirement for approved visa for study in Australia application assessment).
• Are required to provide evidence of any one of the following tests of upper intermediate proficiency in English: (see exemptions below)
  

  English Language Tests
  Item	Test Name	Also known as	Minimum Test Score
  1	International English Language Testing system	IELTS Test	• Overall band score 6.0; or; • Overall band score 5.5 if packaged with at least 12 weeks ELICOS; or • Overall band score of 5.0 if packaged with at least 24 weeks ELICOS.
  2	Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) test	Certificate in Advanced English	• 169; or • 162, if packaged with at least 12 weeks ELICOS; or • 154, if packaged with at least 24 weeks ELICOS.
  3	Pearson Test of English Academic	PTE	• 50; or • 42, if packaged with at least 12 weeks ELICOS; or • 36, if packaged with at least 24 weeks ELICOS.
  4	Occupational English Test	OET	• A score of at least B for each test component of the OET.
  *On 26 July 2023 the TOEFL internet-based test (TOEFL iBT) stopped offering English language tests for Australian visa purposes. A score for a TOEFL iBT test taken on or after 26 July 2023 will no longer satisfy the English langauge requirement for Approved visa for study in Australia purposes. Only TOEFL iBT scores from a test taken on or before 25 July 2023 are accepted for Approved visa for study in Australia purposes. * Under 18 students must have welfare and accommodation arrangements approved by the Department of Home Affairs.
  Exemptions:  You do not need to provide evidence of an English test score with your visa application if one of the following applies: You are a citizen and hold a passport from the UK, USA, Canada, NZ, or Republic of Ireland You are an applicant who is a Foreign Affairs or, Defence sponsored student or a Secondary Exchange student (AASES) You are enrolled in a principal course of study that is a registered school course, a standalone English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS), a course registered to be delivered in a language other than English, or a registered post-graduate research course You have completed at least 5 years’ study in English in one or more of the following countries: Australia, UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, or the Republic of Ireland In the 2 years before applying for the approved visa for study in Australia, you completed, in Australia and in the English language, either the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or a substantial component of a course leading to a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework at the Certificate IV or higher level, while you held a approved visa for study in Australia. Note: You may be required to provide evidence of an English test score with your visa application if you hold a British National Overseas (BNO) passport.

*South Sydney College (SSC) is not offering VET student loans or other government-funded financial support.

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