Vocational Education and Training
Higher Education
Riverdale Institute is a registered training organisation, located next to Werribee train station in Victoria. We are proud of our reputation as a leader in vocational training, with modern facilities, equipment, and professional staff who demonstrate a level of expertise appropriate to their fields. All training is focused on preparing students for work. This is achieved by combining the extensive training experience that Riverdale Institute brings to its training departments with an impressive array of industry training environments, enabling students to gain valuable industry experience. Riverdale Institute's students include a diverse mix of International students from many regions and cultures including Asia, Latin America, Europe and the subcontinent. Riverdale Institute’s training methods are enhanced by its promotion of cultural diversity, mutual understanding, and international friendship within the student population.
Gain specific skills, knowledge, and learn the fundamentals of childhood development to be qualified to work in regulated children’s education and care services in Australia.
CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care is the industry minimum requirement to embark into the early childhood education industry in Australia. This qualification reflects the role of early childhood educators who learn to support the emotional, social, physical, cognitive, and psychological needs and development of young children in their early years of life.
Gain insights to provide quality education and incorporate play-based activities to promote, encourage, and maximise the overall development, learning, and well-being of children. You will learn how to care for children and nurture their growth in safe and supportive environments.
Learn moreCHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care is a perfect course for aspirants who want to advance in their early childhood education career and take on higher levels of responsibility and leadership roles in regulated childcare services.
Qualified and skilled educators in this position are responsible for designing and implementing a curriculum in early childhood education programs that meet the requirements of an approved learning framework and for maintaining compliance in different areas of service operations.
Learn moreThe SIT50422 Diploma of Hospitality Management reflects the role of highly skilled senior operators who deploy a combination of hospitality skills and managerial skills and sound knowledge of the industry to coordinate hospitality operations. They operate autonomously, take responsibility for others, and make a variety of operational business decisions.
Gain practical skills and technical knowledge to work in the hospitality domain as a departmental or small business manager in diverse venues such as restaurants, hotels, motels, catering operations, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops. This course also qualifies you for specialisation in accommodation services, cookery, food and beverage, and gaming.
Learn moreOur course is crafted for compassionate individuals people who want to help seniors at their homes, in communities, or special living places.
Learn in a friendly program that combines useful skills with things you need to know. At Riverdale Institute, we take pride in shaping professionals equipped with the insights and practical expertise needed to navigate the complexities of ageing with grace and proficiency.
Learn moreThe BSB80120 Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) exhibits the role of people who implement highly specialised knowledge and skills in the areas of organisational learning and capability development. Individuals in these positions generate and evaluate complex ideas. They further introduce, plan, and implement key learning and development functions within an organisation. They have complete responsibility and liability for the personal output and work of others.
This course is ideal for leaders and managers in an organisation where knowledge is used to create organisational capability. Potential job roles that align with this qualification include RTO Manager, Career Development Manager, L&D Manager, and RTO Director.
Learn moreThe SIT30821 Certificate III in Commercial Cookery reflects the role of culinarians who deploy their specialised cookery skills and sound knowledge of kitchen operations to plan, organise, and prepare food and menu items. Using discretion and judgment, they work semi-autonomously and under limited supervision using plans, policies, and procedures to guide work activities.
Successful completion of this qualification contributes to recognition as a trade chef qualified to work in a range of commercial workspaces including restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes, breweries, and wineries.
Learn moreA 2-year course that sets you on the path to becoming a skilled senior designer in civil works. Our course is designed to support professional engineers, making you adept at handling a variety of complex and technical tasks.
During this course, you'll delve into diverse projects, from residential and industrial buildings to intricate road designs. Our experienced industry trainers will impart practical skills and knowledge that can be applied to different job roles, projects, and opportunities.
Discover the intricacies of designing and constructing civil works, such as structures and pipe networks. This nationally recognised course integrates various engineering specialties, expanding your capabilities to plan, design, develop, and manage construction and repair projects. Acquire skills in applying construction principles to civil engineering works, creating advanced engineering designs and drawings, and understanding structural analysis.
Learn moreGain the skills and knowledge to work as a professional Solid Plasterer or Renderer for the residential and commercial construction sector. The CPC31020 Certificate III in Solid Plastering is offered as an apprenticeship getting you qualified to work in the building and construction industry by completing the units of competency.
Professionals working as Solid plasterers use plaster, cement, and other mixtures to apply set coats and render, texture coats to straight and bent surfaces, and rebuild and refurbish solid plasterwork.
Learn moreThe CPC33020 Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying provides a trade outcome in bricklaying and blocklaying for undertaking work in housing, industrial, and commercial locations. Acquire industry-specific skills, knowledge, and experience for carrying out bricklaying, blocklaying, and paving tasks on a building site. Potential job titles embrace Bricklayer, Blocklayer, or Paver.
By studying the units of competency for the CPC33020 Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying, students will learn to lay and bond bricks and similar building blocks for domestic, commercial, and public buildings and the expertise to construct arches, columns, steps, stairs, feature walls, curved walls, and ornamental panels. This course will further facilitate students to understand plans, usage of power tools and equipment, lay walls and corners, make measurements and calculations, distinct types of construction and setting out and levelling, and apply work health and safety practices to confirm they meet safety standard requirements at all times.
Learn moreThe SIT40521 Certificate IV in Kitchen Management reflects the role of chefs and culinarians who play a supervisory or team-leading role in the kitchen. They mostly operate autonomously or with limited guidance from others and use their discretion to solve non-routine problems.
This vocational course provides you with the industry knowledge and technical skills to carry out commercial cookery tasks in establishments such as restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs, cafes and coffee shops, or to operate a small business in these sectors.
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