Diploma

Take your photography skills to new heights

This course blends theoretical and practical skills in photography and digital imaging. You’ll learn to create powerful and effective images for a range of audiences and genres.

Our lecturers are industry professionals with ‘real world’ experience. You will develop a thorough understanding of photographic design and theory around the changing nature of the creative industries, while developing your own style.

As part of your studies, you’ll have the opportunity to network with award winning professional photographers through a range industry events.

 Gain these skills

• Produce professional photographic images
• Digital processing and post production methods
• Research and apply current photo imaging trends
• Work within multiple photographic studios
• Work with a range of the latest photographic equipment
• Business applications
• Liaise with clients and others working in the field

Discover the industry's leading tools such as Maya, ZBrush, Unity, Unreal, Photoshop, After Effects, Substance Painter, and Toon Boom Harmony as you explore the professional pipelines of digital animation, games art and game prototype development. Whether you aspire to be a Computer Graphics artist, animator or game designer this course is your gateway to success!

Get ready to take your art and game development skills to the next level with our practical and quality computer-generated imagery (CGI) training! Our mission is to empower you to become the best artist or game developer you can be, and unlock a world of opportunities in the entertainment, advertising, architecture, visualization, and virtual/augmented reality industries. So don't wait any longer! Join us today and reach your full potential in the exciting world of animation, CGI art and game development!

Take to the skies in a management role

Prepare for a role in aviation management by learning how to perform ground operation duties in support of commercial or Defence aviation flight operations.

Learn to apply technical and non-technical aviation skills and knowledge in support of a wide range of aerodrome and air transport operations with autonomy, judgement and defined responsibility in known or changing contexts within broad but established parameters.

Gain these skills:

• passenger, charter, cargo, emergency service and government operations

Build on your Auslan skills to open up employment opportunities

This diploma will provide you with the skills to use Auslan in a range of specialised, complex and technical workplace exchanges across personal, learning, employment, social and community contexts. You will be able to gain employment in a role requiring knowledge of Auslan and use your skills in a wide range of contexts.

This diploma builds on the PSP40818 Certificate IV in Auslan and provides a greater opportunity for employment in a role requiring Auslan comprehension.

Gain these skills

• Auslan for employment, learning, personal and social and community purposes
• Learn to analyse the semantics and sociolinguistics of Auslan

This higher level qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to manage the operations of fish farms, marine farms and hatcheries. It is suitable for students that hold a certificate 3 in aquaculture or have substantial aquaculture industry experience.

Gain these skills:

• Developing and implementing a breeding strategy
• Planning ecologically sustainable practices
• Biosecurity
• Managing stock health
• Developing a stock production plan and
• Managing an aquaculture research trial. 

You will also learn skills in planning and designing a water supply and disposal system, and stock culture systems and structures. You will learn the skills necessary to supervise and manage staff.

Do you have what it takes to take care of business?

When you complete the Diploma of Business you will have what it takes for a career in both the government and private sectors.

Gain these skills:

• build and manage a capable team
• recruit the right people
• develop your team's skills
• manage organisational risk
• undertake projects
• facilitate effective meetings
• manage risk

All businesses need project managers

This course builds on the skills gained in the Certificate IV in Project Management Practice. It will give you the essential skills and knowledge of current project management practices.

The Diploma allows you to expand and extend your already existing management skills with units that will teach you an understanding of management in many fields. Completing this qualification will help you in a career as a contract coordinator, project manager, quality administrator or risk management professional.

Gain these skills

• Apply scope management
• Managing people
• Managing operational plans
• Time management techniques
• Project costs and budgets
• Risk management
• Information and communication techniques
• Quality management

Are you ready to join the ranks of electronics professionals?

Advance your career in electronics and communications with the Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering.  With this technical qualification, you will gain specialised knowledge and extensive skills across the electrical engineering field to progress towards a career as an engineering associate, technical officer, or electronic systems technician. 

Gain these skills:

• assemble, test, maintain, and troubleshoot a range of electronic components and devices
• fault-find power supplies, amplifiers, communications systems, digital and microcontroller systems
• write and test programs to control devices
• commission and modify electronic systems
• develop design briefs
• supervise a team
• workplace health and safety and sustainability practices

Your career in listening and helping others is here.

This nationally recognised qualification provides the first step towards a career in Counselling and entry into the counselling profession. During the course you will gain industry experience and grow your expertise by completing two supervised field placements with one of 170 government and community agencies.

You may work in the areas of mental health, drugs and alcohol abuse, family and domestic violence, housing, adolescent development, or parenting and relationships - giving you a competitive edge to secure employment in this fast-growing industry.

Counsellors work with clients on personal and psychological issues using established counselling modalities. They use communication, micro-counselling and interviewing skills and draw on varied counselling therapies to assist clients. At this level, the counsellor will be working in defined and supported counselling roles in established agencies rather than in independent practice. 

The course is delivered over 12 months and is grouped into 3 stages (approx. 40 weeks). Each stage comprises of a grouping of units which sequentially builds skills and knowledge for the qualification.

Stage 1 comprises of units relating to workplace safety, compliance, diversity and communication which provide the knowledge and foundation for the remaining units

Stage 2 comprises of units which relate specifically to the specialist areas of these qualifications in the areas of Counselling, Community Development and Youth Work.

Stage 3 comprises of units that relate to working with complex individuals and managing services for clients in crisis.