Certificate · Personnel Management and HR

Start a Career in Human Resources

If you are who people bring problems to, HR is that job. You cover recruitment, staff training, teams, discipline, grievances and safety. No HR title or manager role is needed to start.

From $29a week on a plan
Ten topicsbehaviour through to reporting
Five e-bookson employment and conduct
No entry rulesto enrol
No examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaHuman Resources
Course TypeCertificate
Study ModeFully online, self paced, no set start dates
AssessmentNo exams, ever
SupportUnlimited tutor help in business hours
PaymentsFrom $29 a week
Comes with
  • No HR background needed
  • Five employment titles included
  • No deposit, no credit check
  • 10-day cooling off period
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Someone Has to Get This Right

Recruitment, complaints and dismissals go wrong when nobody has been taught the process. That is the gap this fills.

You Are Probably Doing Half of It

If you already sit in on interviews, write rosters or field complaints, this puts a framework under what you have been improvising.

It Travels Between Industries

Hiring, training and grievance handling look much the same in a warehouse, a clinic or an office.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

HR splits into people who bring staff in and people who keep things fair once they are there. Early roles lean toward the first: adverts, screening, onboarding and the paperwork behind a start date. It suits people who can keep a confidence and still write it down correctly.

HR Assistant

The daily admin behind a people team.

Recruitment Coordinator

Adverts, screening and interview scheduling.

Onboarding Specialist

Making week one land well.

Training and Development Support

Booking, tracking and chasing completions.

HR Systems Administrator

Keeping records clean and current.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Employers differ, and senior HR roles usually ask for further study or years of experience.

The Course

What You'll Learn

01
People and How They Behave
The groundwork under every HR decision.
Human Behaviour
Workplace Communication Skills
Work Teams
02
Bringing People In
Finding them, then getting them useful.
Recruitment
Staff Training
03
When It Goes Wrong
The conversations nobody volunteers for.
Positive Discipline
Grievances and Complaints
Workplace Health and Safety
04
Keeping Track
Proof that the process was followed.
Controlling Operations
Monitoring and Reporting
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Recruitment, advert through to offer
  • Staff training, getting people useful faster
  • Discipline and grievances, the fair process
  • Monitoring and reporting, the written trail

As a Student

  • No entry rules, no HR job needed first
  • No set start dates, begin the day you enrol
  • No exams, ever, no test week
  • Books that stay yours, five of them
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things that come with this one.

01
A Shelf of Employment Titles

Books on employment relations, employment law, new leadership, workplace bullying and managing behaviour, all included.

02
Safety Sits Inside It

Workplace health and safety is a topic in its own right, because in most small businesses HR carries it.

03
A Cooling Off Period, Not Just a Policy

Ten days from the start of your course, with a full money back window inside it.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE

Certificate in Personnel Management and Human Resources

Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy

A Certificate of Achievement

Issued by the college when you complete the topics.

A SEEK Pass Credential

A link in the platform you can attach to a SEEK profile.

Industry Standing

The college holds ICOES and CPD Standards Office accreditation.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Ask Where It Sits

An advisor covers what HR roles expect.

Step two

Enrol Any Day

Weekly plan, or pay upfront in full.

Step three

Start With Behaviour

People first, process second.

Step four

Work Up to the Hard Parts

Discipline, grievances and reporting.

The Investment

How to Get Started

$29 / week
Upfront in full, or a plan paid weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
No deposit, no credit check
10-day cooling off period
Money back inside the trial window
No set start dates
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need an HR job to start?

No, and you do not need to be a manager either. There are no entry requirements at all.

What does it cost each week?

From only $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. An advisor confirms current pricing.

Does it cover Australian employment law?

It covers fair process for hiring, discipline and grievances, and employment law titles come with the course as reference. It is not legal training, so a serious matter still goes to a lawyer.

Is safety part of HR?

In a small business, usually. That is why workplace health and safety sits inside the course as its own topic.

Is this course accredited?

It carries a Certificate of Achievement, and the college holds ICOES and CPD Standards Office accreditation and sits on the International Approval and Recognition Council. That is industry standing. The college is not an RTO and the course is not nationally recognised. For a first HR role, employers tend to look at whether you understand fair process and can keep a record straight.

How long does it take?

Around one hundred and forty hours of work. There are no fixed deadlines, so you set the pace.

Are there exams?

No exams, ever. Tasks sit inside the topics as you work.

What if it is not for me?

There is a ten day cooling off period from the start of your course, with a full money back window inside it.

Delivered By

About the College

This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online college in Australia, and that is who you enrol with.

The college is a Xero Partner, an MYOB Approved Education Partner, an IAB Accredited Training Provider and an AAT Approved Training Provider. It holds ICOES and CPD Standards Office accreditation and reports more than 25,000 students a year.

ICOES accredited centreCPD Standards OfficeIAB and AAT providerMore than 25,000 students a year
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