Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning)

The Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) is a two-year course for people who want to lead learning and development inside organisations. You study how adults learn, how to design training that actually changes what people can do, and how to assess whether it worked. Typical units cover instructional design, adult learning principles, assessment and evaluation, managing a training function, and the compliance side of vocational education in Australia. This is a graduate diploma, so it sits above a bachelor degree on the Australian Qualifications Framework but below a master's. It is coursework-based, delivered in semesters or trimesters, and you accumulate credit points across units of study. Some providers build in a capstone project where you design a learning programme for a real workplace, and many include a professional placement or work-integrated learning component, because the field expects you to have run training, not just studied it.

Assessment is usually a mix of assignments, project work, presentations and practical tasks. You might write a training needs analysis, build a session plan, deliver a short programme to a group, and evaluate the results. The skills you gain are practical: analysing performance gaps, writing learning outcomes, choosing delivery methods, working with subject matter experts, and using learning management systems. You also learn to read and apply the standards that govern training in Australia, including the Australian Qualifications Framework and the requirements of the vocational education and training sector.

This course suits several kinds of people. You might be a trainer or assessor who wants to move into a management or design role. You might work in HR, operations or compliance and have been handed responsibility for staff training. Or you might have a bachelor degree in another field and want to specialise in learning and development without committing to a full master's. If you are an international student, you can work up to 48 hours per fortnight while your course is in session, and after you finish you may be eligible for the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) post-study work stream, which lets you stay and work in Australia. Check the current rules on the Department of Home Affairs website, because they change.

English requirements for international applicants are set by the provider and by the Department of Home Affairs for the visa. The provider publishes its own minimum, often IELTS Academic 6.0 to 6.5 overall for coursework postgraduate courses, with TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C1 Advanced and the institution's own English programmes accepted as equivalents. Tuition is published on the CRICOS register under course code 113929M, and you should confirm fees, intake dates, unit lists and placement arrangements directly with Xavier International College or on the official CRICOS page before you apply.

• Learning and development manager – leading a training function in a large organisation, managing a team of trainers and a budget.
• Instructional designer – writing and building training programmes, often for corporate, government or education clients.
• Training coordinator or facilitator – delivering face-to-face or online sessions and organising schedules and materials.
• VET trainer and assessor – teaching and assessing in the Australian vocational education and training sector, subject to the separate requirements of that role.
• Organisational development consultant – advising employers on capability gaps and how to close them.
• Compliance or quality officer in training – making sure courses meet the standards that apply to registered training organisations.

These roles turn up across government, healthcare, banking and finance, mining and resources, retail, community services, and private training providers. Australian employers in these sectors hire people who can show they have designed and run learning that made a difference, so the placement or project work in this course is often what gets you the interview.