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Potential Career Outcomes

Some potential occupations include:

Course overview

Individual with leadership and management skills are highly sought after across large range of industries and businesses. You will be working with the executives to set strategic directions, administer contracts, supervise other employees and support services.

Interested in a career in leadership and management? Australia offers a variety of courses that help you to up-skill in several leadership and management areas. These courses will train you in the following topics:

  • Effective workplace relationships
  • Team effectiveness
  • Diversity in the workplace
  • Workforce planning
  • Market trends

Graduate Outcomes

  • A human resource manager earns on average $,2464 per week, while a Sales and Marketing manager earns on average $2,224 per week.
  • Most human resource manager and sales and marketing manager works full-time (88%).
  • Age: the average age is 41 years.
  • Gender: 41% of Sales and Marketing Managers are female, while the figure for Human Resource Manage is 57%.

Common Course Requirements

  • Completion of secondary education
  • Meet English proficiency (Usually at least IELTS 5.5 overall for Vocational courses, or 6.5 for University courses).

Related Courses

Some related courses include:

  • Diploma of Leadership and Management
    Duration: 20 to 104 weeks
    Intake: Monthly
    Cost: $1,200 to $35,070
    Locations: most cities, including Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra
  • Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management

Duration: 23 to 104 weeks

Intake: Monthly

Cost: $5,200 to $30,200

Locations: most cities, including Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane

Studying Leadership and Management in Australia: What the Course Covers

Leadership and management courses develop the skills to lead teams and run business operations. You study leading and motivating teams, communication and emotional intelligence, operational planning, budgets and financial management, managing people performance, recruitment and workforce planning, workplace health and safety, risk management, continuous improvement, innovation, and managing change. Advanced and postgraduate courses add strategic planning, organisational leadership and governance.

Qualifications and AQF Levels

Qualification AQF level What it prepares you for
Certificate IV in Leadership and Management AQF 4 Team leader and supervisor roles
Diploma of Leadership and Management AQF 5 Supervisor and operations coordinator roles
Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management AQF 6 Department and operations manager roles
Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Management AQF 9 Senior management roles, usually after work experience

Study Pathways

Leadership and management qualifications are most useful when combined with work experience or another field of expertise, such as hospitality, construction, health or IT. Under the Genuine Student requirement, you need to explain how a management course fits your previous studies and career plans, and case officers look closely at applicants who move into a lower level or unrelated management course. In September 2026 the Government also stopped new international student enrolments in the Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning), so check that your chosen course is still open to international students.

Related Occupations and Visa Pathways (as at October 2026)

Occupation ANZSCO CSOL (482 and 186) Skilled lists (189, 190, 491, 485)
Human Resource Manager 132311 Yes STSOL
Sales and Marketing Manager 131112 Yes STSOL
Corporate Services Manager 132111 Yes STSOL

Our Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) guide explains which visas use each list and what that means for manager occupations.

Career Outlook

Managers are needed in every industry, but most management roles are filled by people with several years of experience in that industry. A management qualification can help you move from a team member to a supervisor or manager role, and is often studied part time while working. Manager occupations generally require significant relevant experience for skills assessments and employer sponsored visas.

Applying for a Student Visa to Study Leadership and Management

Leadership and management courses receive close attention under the Genuine Student requirement, especially for applicants already in Australia or with unrelated study histories, so give strong evidence of how the course fits your management career. Current visa conditions are on our Student visa (subclass 500) page.

Leadership and Management Study FAQs

Not by itself. Manager occupations such as Human Resource Manager and Sales and Marketing Manager are on the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) and the STSOL, but skills assessments and employer sponsored visas generally require significant relevant management experience, not just a qualification.

Generally no. The 485 Post-Vocational Education Work stream requires an MLTSSL occupation closely related to your qualification and a positive skills assessment, which is unlikely for a general management diploma.

Typical units cover leading and developing teams, managing workplace relationships and conflict, operational planning, budgets and resources, managing risk, emotional intelligence, continuous improvement and diversity. Assessments are usually based on real or simulated workplace tasks, so having some supervisory experience makes the course more useful.

Often, yes. Many universities give credit for a Diploma of Leadership and Management towards a business or management degree. A master of business administration (MBA) usually expects some years of management experience, so check each university’s entry requirements.

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