Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning)

The Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) is a one-year postgraduate qualification for people who lead learning inside organisations. It sits at graduate diploma level on the Australian Qualifications Framework, which puts it above a bachelor degree and below a master's. You study how adults learn, how training is planned and assessed, how to build curriculum that meets industry standards, and how to manage a learning function rather than just deliver training.

The course is delivered over one year of full-time study across trimesters or semesters, depending on the timetable. You complete units of study, each worth credit points, and the qualification totals the credit points set out in the course documentation. Assessment is practical: you analyse real training needs, design learning programmes, work with competency-based frameworks, and look at how organisations measure whether training actually changed anything. Some providers include a work placement or a project with an employer, so you can apply what you learn in a workplace. Confirm the unit list, credit points and placement arrangements on the official course page.

Skills you build include curriculum design, assessment validation, adult learning theory, compliance with the Australian vocational education and training system, leading a team of trainers, and reporting on learning outcomes to management. These are the skills that registered training organisations, enterprise learning teams and government agencies look for when they hire.

This course suits trainers and assessors who want to move into coordination or management, HR and learning and development staff who need formal qualifications in learning, and people from industry who supervise training without a teaching background. It also suits international students who already hold a bachelor degree and want an Australian postgraduate qualification with a practical focus. International applicants need to meet the English requirement published for the course, and the Department of Home Affairs sets its own English threshold for the Student visa. While studying, a student visa generally allows work of up to 48 hours per fortnight, and graduates may be eligible for the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) post-study work stream. Check the CRICOS register and the official page for current details.

• Learning and development manager
• Training coordinator or training manager
• Curriculum developer for vocational education and training
• Education manager in a registered training organisation
• Workplace trainer and assessor
• Organisational capability or capability development officer
• Compliance and quality officer in vocational education and training
• Human resources officer with a learning focus

These roles appear in registered training organisations, TAFE and private colleges, government departments, healthcare and community services, mining and resources, construction, retail and hospitality groups, and corporate learning teams.