Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning)

The Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) is a one-year course for people who want to lead training and learning inside organisations. It sits at the graduate diploma level on the Australian Qualifications Framework, which means it comes after a bachelor degree or equivalent experience and sits below a master's. You'll study how adults learn, how to design and assess training programs, how to manage a training function or registered training organisation (RTO), and how to use data to improve learning outcomes. The focus is on the management side of learning: budgets, compliance, staff capability, and the systems that keep a training operation running well.

How the course is structured

Australian graduate diplomas are usually made up of eight units of study, each worth a set number of credit points, delivered over two semesters or three trimesters. At International College of Victoria, the exact unit list and credit point values are set out in the course structure on the official page. You can expect a mix of core units in learning management and electives that let you specialise, for example, in assessment design, e-learning, or organisational capability. Assessment is typically a blend of reports, projects, presentations and practical tasks rather than exams alone. Some courses include a capstone unit where you work on a real learning problem for an employer or a simulated training organisation. Work-integrated learning or a placement is common in this field because the skills are best learned on the job, so check the official page for whether a placement is part of your course and how many hours it involves.

What you'll learn

You'll learn to analyse training needs, design learning programs that meet Australian standards, manage trainers and assessors, and report on learning performance to senior management. You'll also cover the regulatory side of training in Australia, including the standards that registered training organisations must meet. The course builds skills in project management, resource planning, and leading a team of learning professionals. By the end, you should be able to take a business problem, work out what people need to learn, build a program to address it, and measure whether it worked.

Who it suits

This course suits trainers, assessors, HR professionals, and team leaders who already have some experience in learning and development and want to move into a management role. It also suits people from other backgrounds who are moving into corporate training, vocational education, or compliance roles. If you are an international student, you can work up to 48 hours per fortnight while your course is in session. 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 for a period that depends on your qualification and circumstances. Entry usually requires a bachelor degree or equivalent, and international applicants need to meet English requirements, IELTS Academic 6.0–6.5 overall is the common coursework-postgraduate standard, with TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C1 Advanced and the college's own English programmes accepted as equivalents. The Department of Home Affairs sets a separate English threshold for the Student visa itself. Tuition is published on the CRICOS register. Always confirm the current unit list, fees, English requirements and intake dates on the official course page before you apply.

• Learning and development manager, leading training strategy and budgets in large organisations across banking, retail, government and health.
• Training manager or RTO manager, running a registered training organisation or an internal training department, managing trainers, assessors and compliance.
• Instructional designer, building online and face-to-face learning programs for corporate, government or education clients.
• Vocational education teacher or trainer, delivering and assessing competency-based training in TAFE, private colleges or industry.
• Organisational development consultant, advising employers on capability, change and workforce learning.
• Compliance and quality officer, auditing training programs against Australian standards and reporting to management.
• HR business partner with a learning focus, linking training to performance, retention and workforce planning.

Graduates work in industries that invest heavily in staff capability: government, defence, healthcare, mining, construction, finance, retail and education. Many roles sit inside large employers; others are with consultancies, training providers and not-for-profits.