Diploma of Leadership and Management

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.

Entry Requirements

International students entering this course at Dalton College must meet the following entry requirements:

• International students must be at least 18 years of age at the time of their course commencement at the college.
• International students applying for a Diploma level course will need to provide evidence of satisfactory completion of Australian Year 11 (or equivalent) or Certificate IV or higher qualification.
• Either a minimum IELTS test score of 5.5 or equivalent for direct entry into a VET course, or IELTS score of 4.5 or equivalent with an ELICOS(up to 20 weeks) to be taken before the main VET course to achieve an English Proficiency level of upper intermediate or equivalent. OR

Evidence that, within two years of their application date, students have successfully completed in Australia a foundation courses or a senior secondary certificate of education or a substantial part of a certificate IV or higher level qualification, from the Australian Qualifications Framework. OR

Successful completion of Dalton College Language and Numeracy Test conducted on Dalton campus (for onshore international students from assessment level 1 & 2 countries ONLY).

Course Duration

The qualification will be delivered face to face in the classroom over a period of 52 weeks comprising of:

• 4 terms of 10 weeks each

• All units will be delivered standalone;

• Term breaks amount to a total of 12 weeks (as specified in the timetable).

Note:

• For students whom withdraw prior to completion, a Statement of attainment will only be provided for units of competency completed.