Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning)

The Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) is a two-year course for people who want to lead the learning and development side of an organisation. It sits at graduate diploma level on the Australian Qualifications Framework, which means it's a step above a bachelor degree but below a master's. You'll study how adults learn, how to design training that actually changes what people do at work, how to assess whether that training worked, and how to manage the compliance and reporting that Australian organisations expect.

Australian graduate diplomas are usually made up of units of study, each with a credit point value, delivered across semesters or trimesters. At this level, assessment tends to be practical: you might build a training plan for a real workplace, run a session and have it observed, or write up an evaluation of a learning programme you've delivered. Some courses include a capstone unit where you pull everything together into one project, and many build in work-integrated learning or a placement in a training room, a corporate learning team or a registered training organisation. The exact structure, unit list and credit points are set by The Peach Institute, so check the official course page and the CRICOS register entry for 107922B before you apply.

You'll come out with skills in learning needs analysis, instructional design, facilitation, assessment tool development, and the management side of running a learning function, budgeting, stakeholder reporting, and keeping up with the standards that apply to vocational education and training in Australia. If you're already working in HR, training or operations, this is the kind of qualification that moves you from delivering sessions to running the programme.

Who it suits: trainers and assessors who want a formal graduate qualification, HR and people-development staff, team leaders in industries with heavy compliance training, and international students looking for a post-study work option in Australia. While you study, a Student visa lets you work up to 48 hours per fortnight, and on completion you may be eligible for the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) post-study work stream. English requirements are published by the institute, IELTS Academic 6.0–6.5 overall is the common coursework-postgraduate standard, with TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic and Cambridge C1 Advanced accepted as equivalents. The Department of Home Affairs sets its own English threshold for the visa. Tuition is listed on the CRICOS register, and you should confirm all entry requirements, fees and start dates directly with The Peach Institute.

• Learning and Development Manager, corporate, government and not-for-profit organisations across Australia
• Training Coordinator or Training Manager, registered training organisations (RTOs), TAFE and private providers
• Instructional Designer, e-learning companies, universities and corporate learning teams
• Human Resources Officer or HR Advisor, with a focus on capability building and workforce development
• Compliance and Assessment Officer, industries with mandatory training such as aged care, construction, mining and logistics
• VET Trainer and Assessor, subject to the separate Certificate IV in Training and Assessment requirement
• Organisational Development Consultant, internal teams or Australian consulting firms