Certificate IV in Project Management Practice
BSB40920
Duration: 12-24 months
Price: $3,276 | $151.20 per week (payment plan)
How it works: Study online. With a difference
Start date: Immediately, or whenever you're ready.
Entry requirements: No formal prerequisites | RPL available | Some equipment needed
Qualification type: Certificate IV
Project managers are essential across nearly every industry, driving the success of initiatives such as launching new products, constructing sites, and developing programs.
Project managers are essential across nearly every industry, driving the success of initiatives such as launching new products, constructing sites, and developing programs.
Built for the real world
Show employers you’re ready to step up
Practical, hands on learning
Nationally recognised
Course Summary
Project managers are essential across nearly every industry, driving the success of initiatives such as launching new products, constructing sites, and developing programs. While it was once believed that anyone could manage a project, it’s now clear that effective project management requires specialized skills. These include streamlining processes, coordinating teams with diverse expertise, and ensuring timely delivery.
Monarch's Certificate IV in Project Management Practice is the perfect course to develop these critical skills.
Project management is a skill set that spans just about any industry you may want to pursue. It’s not just for fields that are centred on project work, like construction, marketing, or event planning. Professional project managers work anywhere that needs digital upgrades and transformations, product/service development, sustainability initiatives, big restructures, and more. By learning core project management techniques, you’re opening up a world of opportunities beyond what you might have seen for yourself.
The opportunities include:
Project manager
Project coordinator
Program manager
Project administrator
Product manager
Delivery manager
Change manager
Business transformation manager
Innovation manager
To specialise in a particular type of project management, you may need to complete further training. The Diploma of Project Management from Monarch Institute will give you a solid foundation for pursuing the next step in your education.
This course is designed to be completed within 12 – 24 months .
There is no minimum timeframe to complete this course. Students who are highly motivated and well organised can complete the full course at an accelerated pace.
The key factors that influence course completion are a student’s experience, time availability, how fast they work and how committed they are!
More than online
You’ll get:
Easy-to-follow course materials
Videos and webinars
Heaps of support from your course trainers (phone, email, video)
A dedicated admin team on hand to guide you
Online assessments
Student Facebook group
How does it work?
This course has been developed to give you absolute flexibility. Study on your couch, on public transport, on your break at work, out in the park – wherever and whenever you like. The best part is, with Monarch Institute, ‘online’ doesn’t mean ‘alone’. You’ll be backed by our trainers at every step along the way.
What support will I get?
Your trainer will be happy to contact you via phone, video, or email (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm). So you definitely won’t feel alone. You’ll also have access to our student Facebook groups, so you can discuss the material with other students. It’s a handy way to stay in touch with trainers and others in the same course.
Multiple small assessments | Workplace scenarios | No exams
The experts who design and deliver our courses (click back to Course trainers to meet some of them) have developed an assessment framework that’s uniquely designed to help you gain a deep understanding of the material. They’ll give you the kind of knowledge and skills you can use in the real world as a business operator or manager. Assessment formats include:
Case studies
Multiple-choice questions
Short-answer questions
Roleplays – video self-recording and upload of the file
Immediately, or whenever you’re ready.
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"I'd recommend this to anyone looking to further their skills, and what I've learned here could be used across a wide range of industries. The trainers are a wealth of knowledge and easy to talk to, and the systems used are intuitive & easy to use."
-Josh, Monarch Institute Project Management student
Entry Requirements
There aren’t any formal prerequisites. But to make sure you get the most out of training with us, the following enrolment process applies:
Once we receive your enrolment, our friendly course consultants will touch base to undertake a pre-training review to ensure the training is right for you.
For students without an equal or higher level qualification, there’s a short language, literacy and numeracy quiz you complete online.
We may be able to take into account relevant knowledge and skills you’ve gained through previous formal or informal training, education and employment. To find out more, refer to our Student Information Handbook by clicking here, or get in touch with one of our friendly Course Consultants.
You will need access to the following equipment to successfully complete the course:
Working computer with Microsoft Office (2016 or later)
Access to the internet
Access to a smartphone, video camera or web camera is required
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Pathways
The Diploma of Project Management is a great qualification on its own.
The Monarch Institute Diploma of Project Management has specifically been designed to ensure you’re job ready. You can also build on the skills and knowledge areas you cover in your Diploma, through professional certification courses. Interested in the science behind efficient project management? You could pursue a Bachelor of Applied Science (Project Management, or Construction Management) at university.
It’s best to check with the university of your choice about pathways, credit transfer and other points required before you enrol with us.
Course modules
Module 1
Setting up for success
BSBPMG420 Apply project scope management techniques
BSBPMG429 Apply project stakeholder engagement techniques
BSBPMG425 Apply project information management and communications technique
Module 2
Making the most of your resources
BSBPMG421 Apply project time management techniques
BSBPMG423 Apply project cost management techniques
Module 3
Focusing on the goals
BSBPMG422 Apply project quality management techniques
BSBOPS504 Manage business risk
Module 4
Optimising your results
BSBCRT411 Apply critical thinking to work practices
BSBTEC404 Use digital technologies to collaborate in a work environment
Built for the real world
Start picking up skills and best-practice tips you can use in your work from day one.
Show employers you’re ready to step up
A Certificate IV qualification is a great way to show employers you’re serious about fulfilling your potential – and that you’ve got the skills they want in a project manager.
Nationally recognised
The Certificate IV in Project Management Practice is nationally recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework. This means you may be able to use it as a pathway to a Diploma of Project Management or uni. You’ll have to check with the institution of your choice regarding admission pathways before you enrol with us.
Practical, hands on learning
The course is designed to equip students with practical skills they can apply immediately in the workplace. Students learn how to manage projects, including developing project plans, monitoring and controlling project progress, managing resources, and handling risks. This makes it highly relevant for individuals aiming to work as project managers or team leaders.
Project management courses. For the real world.
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