You might be ready to run whole projects rather than single builds. This diploma covers construction work, contracts, costs, procurement and project risk. Made for site people with a few years up.
Foremen keep a site moving. Managers hold the money, the contractors and the risk. This diploma is the second job in writing.
If you have been managing work without the paper, this closes that gap. The units read like the job you already do.
There are no set classes, and the tasks use your own projects. You keep working while the diploma comes together.
Builders need people who can hold a program, a budget and a group of contractors at the same time. The work is easy to picture: setting the program, approving costs, sorting contractor problems, and answering to the client when the month turns.
Owns the site: program, contractors, safety and the client.
Runs the crew and the sequence, with the codes at hand.
Carries the project end to end, from budget to handover.
Leads the pricing side and signs off on what goes out.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every employer is different, and manager roles usually ask for years on site as well as training.
Fifteen units cover construction work, money, projects, codes and safety.
Three things make it fit a working builder: business finance is in the units, contractors get a unit of their own, and the pathway runs to an advanced diploma.
One unit asks you to manage the finances of a building business, which is the part most site people never get taught.
Selecting and managing contractors, and administering the legal obligations of a builder, are covered as separate units.
Graduates can continue to the Advanced Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) (CPC60220) or into project management.
CPC50320, awarded by the Australian Government
CPC50320 is a nationally recognised qualification, awarded by the Australian Government and respected across the country.
Assessment uses third-party evidence from a live workplace, so the plans and costings you submit are from work that happened.
Pathways run to the advanced diploma, the construction project management diploma, and the leadership and management diploma.
Ask for the course guide. It takes a minute and costs nothing.
A consultant checks your site can supply the evidence units need.
Pick weekly or monthly payments to suit the budget, then enrol.
Work through units using the projects already in front of you.
About two years in the industry is highly recommended. You also need to be 18 or older and to show English, maths and reading at ACSF Level 3.
Some assessments need third-party evidence from an eligible workplace, including a workplace observation report signed by an employer. One unit asks for evidence of managing building business finances over at least six months, covering at least one project. If your current job does not fit, you must source a host workplace.
About 12 months full-time, or 16 to 18 months part-time. The enrolment period runs 24 months, with extension and deferral options.
Plans start from $78 a week and can be tailored to your budget, weekly or monthly. The college is fee-for-service, so FEE-HELP and VET Student Loans do not apply.
Yes. There are no compulsory classes and no hard deadlines, and most tasks draw on work you are doing anyway.
Through tutorials, unit quizzes and practical tasks based on workplace evidence, with video calls where a unit requires them.
The Advanced Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) (CPC60220), the Diploma of Project Management specialising in Construction (BSB50820), or the Diploma of Leadership and Management (BSB50420).
Yes. CPC50320 Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) is a nationally recognised qualification, awarded by the Australian Government.
There is a 30-day cooling-off period, so you can try the course and step away inside the first month. Withdraw inside it and you receive a refund, less an administration fee.
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Picture the project that comes in on time because you ran it.