About Mercury Colleges

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who apply a broad range of competencies in a varied work context using some discretion, judgement and theoretical knowledge. Typically graduates that hold this qualification are in roles that provide technical advice and offer support to a team.

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who use well-developed skills and a broad knowledge base in a wide variety of contexts. They apply solutions to a defined range of unpredictable problems, and analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They may provide leadership and guidance to others with some limited responsibility for the output of others.

BSB40920 Certificate IV in Project Management Practice has been designed as an entry course into practical project management skills and knowledge that could be applied in a wide variety of contexts.

Students will develop the ability to be members of a project team with no direct responsibility for overall project outcomes, supporting wider project operations. Students will be able to use project tools and methodologies selectively to support organisational or business activities.

BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management has been designed for individuals who want to develop project management skills and knowledge to manage projects in a variety of contexts and across a number of industry sectors.

Students will develop the ability and skills to undertake leadership and management roles, be responsible for achieving project objectives, develop a sound theoretical knowledge base and use a range of specialised, technical and managerial competencies to initiate, plan execute and evaluate their own work and the work of others.

The Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management has been designed for individuals who apply specialised knowledge and skills, together with experience in leadership and management, across a range of enterprise and industry contexts.

Individuals at this level will develop the ability to use initiative and judgment to plan and implement a range of leadership and management functions, with accountability for personal and team outcomes within broad parameters.

This program develops cognitive and communication skills to identify, analyse and synthesize information from a variety of sources and transfer that knowledge to others, and creative or conceptual skills to express ideas and perspectives or respond to complex problems.

BSB40820 Certificate IV in Marketing and Communications has been designed as an entry course into the fundamentals of marketing and communication techniques with introductory theory.

Students will develop the ability to apply solutions for marketing and communications situations in a variety of business contexts. Your study prepares you for a supervised role as a team member where you would report to more senior marketing practitioners.

This qualification focuses on the roles of workers across community services settings. Workers are involved in delivering specialised services and direct support to individuals, or groups and communities. There may be some case management directed by senior management. There may be supervision of other workers and volunteers.

BSB50620 Diploma of Marketing and Communication has been designed as a pathway from the Certificate IV level course. This course focuses on the managerial skills required to apply and understand the organisation’s marketing and communication plans and services in a business.

Students will apply marketing and communications theory to case study situations in a variety of business contexts. In this role, you would typically report to more senior practitioners but may provide leadership and guidance to others in a marketing and communication project team or in a manager role.

BSB60520 Advanced Diploma of Marketing and Communication has been designed as a pathway from the Diploma level course. This course focuses on the higher-level management skills based on sound theoretical knowledge of marketing in the context of a business strategy. It looks at Australian and international marketing trends with a focus on Asia Pacific marketing.

Students study includes market research techniques, business and marketing risk management, international marketing, organisational marketing objectives and advertising campaigns.

Leadership, business innovation and organisational change is also covered for roles expected to be at a director or project leader level in a business or organisation.

This qualification reflects the role of support workers who provide person -centred care to people in aged care or disability care in a community and/or residential setting.

This qualification focuses on the role of an assistant in nursing or similar roles who provide person- centred care involving specialised tasks and functions in aged services. The service may be in a residential, home or community-based environment. At this level, the workers take responsibility for their own outputs within defined organisation guidelines and maintain quality service delivery through the development, facilitation and review of individualised service planning and delivery.

BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management provides skills and knowledge required to perform effective management in a medium to small workplace. The program develops an awareness of general business management practice involving the supervision of staff members.

Graduates of the BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management will have developed an understanding of the dynamics and principles underlying effective functioning of work groups, as well as the necessary skills to competently function within small organisations.