For HR Officers Looking to Move Up
If you're in HR now and want the advisor or partner roles, this diploma is the next step. You'll learn to run hiring, staff reviews and workforce plans. Study from home, with one live class a week, round a full-time job.
Course Snapshot
- ✓AQF level 5, the step up from the Certificate IV
- ✓No work placement, no exams
- ✓Monthly one-on-one mentoring
- ✓Job-Ready Program from day one
Why Do This Course
Move Into the Advisor Roles
If you're an HR officer or coordinator, this is the diploma the advisor, consultant and business partner jobs ask for. You'll learn to manage staff relations, workforce plans and business risk, not just support them.
Use the Years You Already Have
Maybe you've never held the HR title but you've done the work for years. Two years in a relevant job, full time, can meet the entry rule instead of the four Certificate IV units, so your record counts.
Fit It Round Full-Time Work
One live Zoom class a week, then about 15 hours of self-paced study and around 8 hours of assessment. The year runs as 48 weeks of classes with a 4-week break.
Where These Skills Could Take You
These skills are wanted wherever a business has grown past the point where the owner can manage every person. The work is easy to picture: advising managers on a tricky staff issue, planning next year's hires, and shaping the policies people work under.
Human Resources Advisor
Advise managers on staff matters and policy. Pay of about $92,000.
Human Resources Consultant
Work across businesses on HR projects and change. Pay of about $97,000.
Human Resources Business Partner
Sit beside the leaders of a business unit and plan its people. Pay of about $118,000.
Senior HR and People-Management Roles
Lead the HR function for a business or a site.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Pay figures are indicative only, from SEEK, October 2026, and are not a guarantee of earnings.
What You'll Learn
Seven core units and five electives, covering people, performance, policy and risk.
What You’ll Get
Learning
- ✓Live Zoom class each week, 3 hours with your trainer and group
- ✓Self-paced study, about 15 hours a week
- ✓Assessments, about 8 hours a week, no exams
- ✓Reports, plans and policies, plus case studies and role plays
Support
- ✓Monthly one-on-one mentoring, with your trainer
- ✓Trainer replies within 72 hours, on business days
- ✓Monthly outreach calls, from learner support
- ✓Job-Ready Program, from the day you start
What Makes It Different
Three things set this diploma apart: policy and risk in the core units, a clear entry rule, and trainers who stay close.
Managing business risk and developing organisational policy sit in the units alongside hiring and performance. That means you'll be ready for the meetings where the decisions get made, not only the ones where they get carried out.
Entry needs the four Certificate IV units, or two years' full-time experience in the field. If you don't have either yet, the BSB40420 Certificate IV in Human Resource Management covers all four entry units.
A live Zoom class with your trainer every week, one-on-one mentoring once a month, and replies within 72 hours on business days. Learner support also calls each month.
What You'll Earn
BSB50320 Diploma of Human Resource Management
Nationally recognised training · RTO 45162
BSB50320 Diploma of Human Resource Management
An AQF level 5 qualification, listed on the national register at training.gov.au. Complete every unit to receive it.
Nationally Recognised Training
Delivered by registered training organisation RTO 45162. Leaving early gives a Statement of Attainment for completed units.
What Comes Next
From here you could go on to further business and HR study, or into senior HR and people-management roles.
How It Works
Enquire
Send your details and a course advisor gets in touch.
Quick Skills Check
Take a short online literacy and numeracy quiz.
Talk It Through
An orientation call confirms you're eligible and ready to start.
Get Started
Receive your letter of acceptance and log in to begin.
How to Get Started
Common Questions
What do I need to get in?
Either the four units BSBHRM411, BSBHRM412, BSBHRM415 and BSBHRM417, or equivalent, or two years of relevant full-time work. You'll also need to be 18 or over with full work and study rights here, pass an LLND assessment, have sound computer skills, and do a pre-training call. If you're not eligible yet, the Certificate IV in Human Resource Management includes all four entry units.
How much time does it take each week?
About 26 hours a week. That's a 3-hour live Zoom class, around 15 hours of self-paced study and about 8 hours of assessment. The year runs as 48 weeks of classes plus a 4-week study break.
How will I be assessed?
Through case studies, reports, plans, policies, portfolios and role plays. There are no exams.
Is this course government funded?
This course is not government funded. Places are fee-for-service, and the college is not an approved VET Student Loan provider. You pay the college directly, weekly or fortnightly interest-free, or upfront. Some plans may carry a set-up fee.
Can my employer pay?
Yes. Employer-paid courses are possible, with invoicing to the employer.
Can I get credit for past study or work?
You may be able to. RPL and credit transfer are available, and BSBWHS411 can be credited if you completed it in a Certificate IV.
Is this course nationally recognised?
Yes. BSB50320 Diploma of Human Resource Management is nationally recognised training at AQF level 5, listed on the national register at training.gov.au. It's delivered by a registered training organisation, RTO 45162. It doesn't lead to an occupational licence, and universities decide credit for prior study case by case.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, early on. Cancel before or within 3 calendar days of acceptance for a full refund. After that, no refund of fees applies.
About the College
Hader Institute of Education is a registered training organisation, RTO 45162. Across all its courses, students rate the college 4.9 out of 5 from 850+ Google reviews.
Your Future Starts Today
In 12 months you could hold the diploma the HR advisor roles ask for.