Advanced Diploma of Business

The Advanced Diploma of Business at Kensington International College is a two-year qualification built around human resource management. You study how organisations hire, manage and keep people, and how those decisions connect to the rest of a business. Expect units on managing recruitment and induction, performance and reward, workplace relations, workforce planning, and the legal side of employing people in Australia. You also cover the broader business basics that sit under any HR role: budgets and financial plans, operational plans, marketing, and leading teams. The course is delivered under the Australian Qualifications Framework, so it carries a CRICOS registration (103698D) and sits below a bachelor degree. Teaching is structured in semesters or trimesters, with each unit carrying a set number of credit points. You complete units one at a time or in a small block, and you need to pass the required number of units to graduate. Many advanced diplomas include a work placement or a project where you apply what you have learned to a real workplace, and Kensington International College will confirm the exact arrangement for your intake on the official page. Assessment is usually a mix of assignments, case studies, presentations and exams rather than one final test.

What you actually learn is practical. You work through a recruitment process from job analysis to offer, write a position description, and work out how to handle a performance problem without breaching the Fair Work Act. You look at how pay structures are set, how to run a grievance meeting, and how to read an enterprise agreement. On the business side you build a budget, draft an operational plan, and learn to present a case to management. Group work is common because HR is a team job, and you will do a lot of writing and speaking. By the end you should be able to step into an entry-level HR or admin role and know how the employment relationship works in an Australian organisation.

Who is this for? School leavers who want a shorter, job-focused qualification before deciding on a degree. People already working in admin, retail or hospitality who want to move into HR. And international students who want an Australian qualification and a pathway into a bachelor degree with credit for what they have done. The Advanced Diploma sits at the same level as the first two years of a bachelor degree in some pathways, so you may get credit into a related degree at an Australian university. You need to meet the English requirement: IELTS Academic 6.0–6.5 overall is the usual standard for courses at this level, and the college accepts TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C1 Advanced and its own English programmes as equivalents. The Department of Home Affairs sets a separate English threshold for the Student visa itself, so check both. While you study, your visa lets you work up to 48 hours per fortnight during term. After you finish, the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) post-study work stream may be available if you meet the requirements. Tuition is published on the CRICOS register, and you should confirm fees, intake dates and unit details on the official page before you apply.

• HR assistant or officer
• Recruitment coordinator
• Payroll officer
• Training and development coordinator
• Workplace relations support officer
• Office or administration manager
• Business development officer
• Team leader or supervisor

These roles sit in almost every industry in Australia: professional services, government, health, retail, hospitality, manufacturing and not-for-profit organisations. HR and business support roles are found across the country, with the largest numbers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.