BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management is one of our most in demand qualifications, available through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Find out why it is so popular, industry snapshot, projected growth over the next 5 years, career prospects, graduate story, qualification structure and how you can achieve it through RPL.
Leadership and Management
In our 18 years of business, we have noticed one clear standout in terms of the most in demand skill set required – leadership and management skills. Having a strategy is great but you need skilled people to lead and manage your workforce, especially during uncertain times.
Leadership and Management opportunities exist in every sector of the workforce from government and corporate, to mining, retail, construction, and everything in between.
Leadership and management job roles are in high demand in all organisations from small businesses to large corporations.
There are currently over 1.8 million managers employed in Australia based on data from the Bureau of Statistics. The figures also show a 25% increase in managers employed in the last 10 years.
At time of writing Seek listed 35,000 roles with the keyword Leadership, just over 53,000 with the keyword Manager, and 21,000 specifically with the title Leadership and Management.
Jobs and Skills predict that there will be an increase of 290,000 managerial positions by 2033.
Diploma of Leadership and Management
To achieve the Diploma of Leadership and Management through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), you will be balancing two key areas: overseeing people, and tracking the development of strategy at an operational level so that policies and procedures have your input and expertise.
At the diploma level you must be able to demonstrate an ability to apply practical skills, experience and knowledge in a leadership and management capacity in a range of contexts.
You possess judgement and initiative in organising, planning, monitoring and implementing your work and the work of others.
Your communication skills support teams and individuals to achieve organisational objectives. You create solutions to problems, analyse data from complex sources and identify opportunities for improvements.
Where could the Diploma of Leadership and Management take you?
Examples of Position Titles relevant to Diploma level work:
- Office Manager
- Project Manager
- Account Manager
- Branch Manager
- Administration Manager
- Small business owner
- Entrepreneur
Turning career experience into the Diploma of Leadership and Management
Project Officer & Business Improvement Expert, Lisa, turned her career experience into a Diploma of Leadership & Management.
“We’re all conscious that we need to continuously be learning, and be able to pivot, adapt and move for a whole range of reasons, from redundancy to industries dying out, etc. But that doesn’t necessarily mean we can commit to months or years of study.”
– Lisa Cox
RPL means you don’t need to spend time and money studying what you already know.
Check your eligibility with a free qualification appraisal.
Qualification Structure
The core units focus on the following areas:
- Effective workplace relationships
- Emotional intelligence
- Planning
- Team management
When you’ve worked in a team leader, supervisory or equivalent capacity over a year or more, you’ve done a lot. The more that you did things, the better you got at them. You built skills and knowledge, and you gained experience that has given you a deeper understanding.
In short – you learnt a lot.
This learning is just as important and valid as classroom learning – some would say more so. But, it can be hard to communicate. That’s where getting qualified through RPL (or Recognition of Prior Learning) comes in.
If you would like to check your eligibility for the Diploma of Leadership and Management you can APPLY HERE or call us on 1300 793 002.
