The BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management is designed to equip you with the skills and confidence to lead and manage teams across diverse working environments. In a time of industry disruption and rapid change, strong leadership is essential to guide and reshape businesses. This course focuses on building your critical thinking and communication skills while providing practical scenarios to prepare you for real-world challenges.
Whether you’re a Team Leader, Supervisor, Leading Hand, or Coordinator reporting to a manager, this qualification is ideal for those looking to strengthen their management capabilities and advance their careers. It provides a solid foundation for leadership roles across any industry, focusing on universal management skills rather than industry-specific knowledge.
The course is perfect for recognising and enhancing your existing skills or developing new ones in leadership and management. It also serves as an excellent stepping stone to advanced training courses, empowering you to take the next step in your career and achieve your professional goals.
Course outline
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Be an effective workplace leader in a diverse work environment
- Plan, organise, implement and monitor your workload and that of others
- Assist organisations in promoting innovative ideas for continuous improvement
- Manage Work, Health and Safety (WHS) policies and procedures
- Think critically and make decisions in the workplace
Course outcome
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be issued a BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management, giving you the skills to be a valuable asset to your organisation and enabling you to provide high-level administrative management and leadership to your organisation. Where a learner does not satisfactorily complete the full qualification, a statement of attainment will be issued for those units where they have been deemed competent.
Delivery
This course will run one evening a week for 30 weeks via classroom-based face-to-face learning. The completion time for the BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management varies according to the educational background and any relevant work experience. Students will be expected to complete additional study at home, and work will be required between classes to complete the assessments.
Assessment
Assessments are made against units of competency from BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management. For this course, assessment will entail the following:
- The assessments will validate underpinning knowledge, skills and attributes required to meet the course outcomes.
- A range of assessment strategies will be selected to meet different learner needs. Assessment methods include written, oral and practical tasks and assessments. You will be informed when assessments are to take place.
Pre-requisites
An appropriate level of language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills that allow you to read and interpret information and prepare documents at a moderate to advanced level is required to enrol in this course.
Prospective students may be asked to complete a Reading, Writing, and Math Evaluation as part of our pre-enrolment process. This helps us see you have the foundation skills needed for success in the course, and it also lets us find any area where you may need extra support.
Requirements
Experience in a workplace environment, moderate Microsoft Office skills and a Certificate III or above or commensurate skill level will be required to understand the course content and concepts.
Fee range
From $0 to $6,270*.
You may be able to access government-subsidised training under Smart and Skilled*. Your fee amount depends on your personal circumstances, your eligibility for scholarships and fee-free* courses, fee exemptions and government subsidised training. *This training is subsidised by the NSW Government.
