Designed with working professionals in mind, your live online classes and on-campus workshops are all held in the evenings. Live online classes are all recorded so you can view them later.

You will benefit from small class sizes with hands-on teachers readily available to answer questions and offer support.

Our on-campus workshops provide opportunities for collaborative work, allowing you to interact with your peers and facilitators alike. They are conducted in our purpose-built Practice Firm rooms, and provide a great environment for learning to use industry-specific software and practicing your client interactions and other role plays.

Your live online classes and face-to-face workshops will be supported by carefully curated pre- and post-class online activities, as well as self-directed research, online collaboration with peers, and engagement with a range of industry guests.

As a student in this diploma, you will be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate vocational competency. 

The assessment for this diploma is designed to simulate the workplace, allowing you to demonstrate your skills and knowledge using authentic tasks. Assessment may take the form of verbal or written questions, multimedia presentations (individually or in groups), live demonstrations, portfolios, case studies, simulated projects, role-play activities, supervised and timed tasks, according to the requirements of each unit.

RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice.

We regularly invite industry practitioners and guest speakers to share their wealth of experience and provide you with a contemporary, expert perspective on a range of issues relating to finance broking.

Our Financial Services Industry Advisory Committee includes representatives of peak professional bodies, including The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) and Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) as well as high-profile industry practitioners from a broad cross-section of small and large organisations.

While this diploma doesn't have a formalised work placement, you will undertake various Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities in a virtual or simulated work environment in the RMIT Practice Firm.

The knowledge and skills you will acquire throughout this certificate and how they can be applied in your career are described in the learning outcomes.

All live online classes and face-to-face workshops in this diploma are held on weekday evenings. 

If you undertake this diploma as a full-time student, you should expect to attend classes or workshops on a maximum of three evenings per week over a duration of one year.

You should allow approximately thirty hours of study time per week, including pre-, post- and in-class study time.

Your studies in this diploma are designed to become increasingly challenging as you build skills and knowledge to attack complex tasks with confidence.

This diploma comprises 15 units, including industry-endorsed elective units covering themes such as risk and compliance, product knowledge, professional development and practice management. Many units are clustered (or grouped) together according to common themes, allowing you to explore several key areas intensively, while simplifying the process of learning and assessment.

Early in your diploma studies, you will focus on the fundamentals of finance and mortgage broking. You'll explore how to identify client needs, meet strict industry compliance guidelines, adhere to ethical standards, and present broking and finance options for your clients. You will also investigate techniques for maintaining professional relationships and growing your broking practice.

Later in your studies, you will learn how to assess and manage risk, complete loan applications, and work with more complex client loan structures. Here, you will have many opportunities to put your theory to the test with increasingly practical activities and assessment tasks.