BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership & Management

Qualification Description

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who apply knowledge, practical skills and experience in leadership and management across a range of enterprise and industry contexts.

Individuals at this level display initiative and judgement in planning, organising, implementing and monitoring their own workload and the workload of others. They use communication skills to support individuals and teams to meet organisational or enterprise requirements.

They may plan, design, apply and evaluate solutions to unpredictable problems, and identify, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources.

Licensing/Regulatory Information 

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Course Duration/Fees

Full time: 52 weeks (40 study weeks + 12 weeks term break) - 4 Terms

Tuition Fees: Please refer to Course Details/Prices link for more details.

Application Fees: $250 (applicable on new enrolments only, once off fee)

Resources Fee: $500

The Resource Fee covers equipment and resources used in the delivery of your course at KCBT

The delivery methods for this course include

• Face-to-face classroom-based structured learning.
• Simulated business environment
• E-learning (Not more than 33% of the course)
• Learners will be required to bring their laptop device (BYOD – bring your own device) - for further details regarding the BYOD policy visit: Policies

Entry Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or over
• Completed Year 12 (or equivalent)
• Minimum 5.5 IELTS score & above or equivalent or KCBT placement test.

(Those students who do not meet the minimum English requirement will need to package this program with an English Course before proceeding to this qualification).

Intakes

Please refer to Course Details/Prices link for more details.

Course Content

Assessment

All units of competence will be assessed using a selection of tools (including portfolios, reports, role-plays, observations in the real simulated work environment, case studies, questioning, simulation activities, and knowledge-based assessments)

Recognition of Prior Learning

An application can be made for RPL when the learner believes that they have already attained the necessary skills and competencies elsewhere (work, other study etc.). The RPL policy, procedure and application form is available from the reception upon request or on the college website (http://kcbt.wa.edu.au/students/forms/).

Learners will be required to provide evidence to support their application. The application will be processed and assessed in accordance with the KCBT RPL and recognition Policy and Procedure. Assessment includes a challenge test of skill demonstration in a simulated or real work environment.

Credit Transfer

Learners, who can demonstrate they already hold any of the Units of Competency specified above, may be eligible to receive a credit transfer for those units. They will need to submit a verified Certificate or Statement of Attainment issued by a RTO for recognition purposes.

Please complete RPL or Credit Transfer or Exemption Form (http://kcbt.wa.edu.au/students/forms/) and attach detailed evidence of your relevant experience / study, completed academic transcripts and official unit description(s) to your application.

For all credit transfer request, the learner is required to authorize Keystone College of Business and Technology – RTO Code - 41183 to access the Unique Student Identifier (USI) transcript online to confirm the validity of the old transcripts. For more information on how to enable Keystone College of Business and Technology, to view your transcript, please watch this video (https://www.usi.gov.au/video/how-give-permission-my-training-organisation-view-my-usi-transcript-0)

Learners who are awarded a credit transfer will be exempted from completing those units at KCBT and this will be recorded on the system as a variation.

Study Pathway and Career Opportunities

Pathways into the qualification:

Preferred pathways for learners enrolling in the BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership & Management include:

• BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management
• Other relevant qualifications/Industry experience
• Completed Year 12 (or equivalent)

Pathways from this qualification

Exit Points

• All units of Competency are delivered as standalone. This provision is to enable flexibility and time for sufficient, reliable evidence to be gathered to enable assessors to make a competency judgement. Should a learner not be able to complete all the Units of Competency required to be awarded this qualification they will be awarded a Statement of Attainment for the individual units of competency for which they have been assessed as competent.
• Upon successful completion of the full qualification.

After achieving the BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership & Management, learners may consider pathways options including:

• BSB60420 Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management
• BSB60120 Advanced Diploma in Business

Learners may be able to receive credit transfer for some units of competency if they appear in the pathway.

KCBT policy prevents learners under the age of 18 from registering in KCBT courses or programs.

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