Overview
With a Graduate Certificate in Career Education and Development, advance your career by helping others.
RMIT has been educating, training and certifying careers practitioner since 1975. Our graduates lead the way in providing career development services in education, human resources, community job centres, corporations, and private practice. With Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) competency specific curriculum, on completion of this certificate you satisfy the educational requirements for membership of professional associations including CICA and the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA). The program has long-standing ties to industry bodies such as the Victorian Department of Education and Training and the NSW Department of Education; and is a preferred provider for secondary school careers practitioners funded by DET study grants.
Drawing on Design Thinking and Narrative Therapy principles, the Graduate Certificate reflects up to date ideas about career development and its place in a changing world. Combining hands-on experiences with theoretical learning, you will receive personalised support to build the skills you need to be an effective and influential careers practitioner. This certificate is delivered online, allowing you to structure your study to fit with your own career and life commitments from day one.
The graduate certificate can be completed over 1 year (2 courses per semester) or over 2 years (1 course per semester).
There is not a weekly class timetable as the subject material for each course is self-contained within on-line modules. In this way, the program is "self-paced" with assignment deadlines. You will be allocated a Course Leader to provide personalised support with the material and assignments as well as ensuring your learning experiences are meeting your unique needs and interests.
You will have opportunities to meet in small group learning environments and workshops on-line. In addition, each subject includes all student sessions over the semester with the Program Coordinator and Course Leaders to review course material and provide information on upcoming assignments.
You will experience a variety of contemporary and interactive learning approaches focused on the practical application of career development competencies in a diverse range of professional settings. With a number of the assessment tasks providing an opportunity to choose a specialist area of careers practice and supported by a 3-day industry placement, you will develop career development skills targeted to your professional interest and needs.
Underpinned by Design Thinking you will find the course material and the assessment tasks, provide you with the practical problem-solving skills required to meet the challenges of career practice in a changing and uncertain world of work.
A key feature of the graduate certificate is the Narrative Counselling Skills Workshop which provides a 3-day (or equivalent weekly schedule) of intensive group training. Offering practical experience under the guidance of one of our committed Industry Expert team members, you will develop high-level communication and counselling skills which are essential to effective and transformative professional career development practice.
The graduate certificate reflects RMIT University’s commitment to education that strongly links formal learning with practical application in professional settings.
