BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management

The Certificate IV in Leadership and Management is designed to give you the tools you need to be a great team leader or supervisor across a wide range of different industries. We’ll take you through everything you need to know to stand out from the crowd and prepare you to take the next step in your career. By focusing on fundamental leadership and management principles this course will make you a better leader whichever industry you work in, be it in an office, in a store or on a work site.

This course will set you up to take your first steps into management. Letting you get the most out of your teams on a day to day basis and also prepare you for conversations with senior managers to understand their requirements and prime you for further growth in your career.

This training is subsidised by the NSW government. For more information, please check the Smart and Skilled eligibility.

Units

Overview

This course is made up of 12 units of competency. This includes 5 core units to cover all the essentials and 7 elective units picked to give you the most desired skills in the market.

BSBLDR411 Demonstrate leadership in the workplace

Leading from the front is key to gaining buying from teams and individuals, this unit will show how you can place yourself as an example by modelling high standards and align with your organisations values.

BSBLDR413 Lead effective workplace relationships

A leader needs to foster relationships with their team to get the best out of them. Here we will cover techniques to motivate, mentor and coach your teams.

BSBOPS402 Coordinate business operational plans

This unit focuses on how to implement operational plans. We will look at the different planning and monitoring skills and how to adjust requirements to assist in achieving our business objectives.

BSBXCM401 Apply communication strategies in the workplace

Communication within businesses is one of the most common pain points. This unit will cover how to facilitate and apply clear communication strategies in the workplace.

BSBXTW401 Lead and facilitate a team

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to effectively lead and facilitate a team in a workplace within any industry.

This unit covers how to effectively lead and facilitate a team to maximise their productive and output across any industry

Elective Units

BSBSTR502 Facilitate continuous improvement

This unit will require you to implement continuous improvement systems and processes within your organisation. This includes using systems and strategies to encourage your teams to participate in the process; monitoring and reviewing performance, and identifying opportunities for further.

BSBOPS403 Apply business risk management processes

Here we will cover how to identify potential areas of risk for your business and how to design risk management processes to effectively mitigate the risk.

BSBTWK401 Build and maintain business relationships

Building and maintaining working relationships is a skill in itself. Often overlooked this unit will take you through the skills required to manage relationships right from establishing them, negotiating skills and maintaining networks.

BSBWHS411 Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs

This unit covers how to implement and monitor an organisation’s work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs to make sure you are in line with legislative requirements.

BSBCMM411 Lead difficult conversations

Managers and leaders are often required to have tough conversations with their direct reports. Knowing how to prepare, facilitate and lead difficult conversations sets you up to minimise any potential backlash and move conversations into a productive direction.

BSBPEF401 Manage personal health and wellbeing

Knowing how to spot signs of strain on both mental and physical health allows you to address a problem before it becomes out of hand. This unit shows you how to identify signs and sources of strain on personal health and wellbeing and to manage them effectively.

BSBHRM413 Support the learning and development of teams and individuals

Helping your team develop and work at their best is a key part of management. This unit will cover how to determine individual and teams development needs and how to support them through that development.

Who Should Do This Course

Team Leaders

If you are leading a frontline team this course will equip you with the skills to help you and your team to work more effectively.

Supervisors

Looking after large teams as a supervisor can stretch new or experienced leaders, we’ll give you the skills to run things smoothly and confidently.

Leading Hand

Looking after a team of specialised workers can be challenging, the course will enable you to manage people effectively and efficiently

Established Managers

Already looking after a team at work? This qualification can supplement and tune up the skills you already have as well as give you a recognised certification once completed

Partial Qualifications

There is also the option to complete fully funded (fee-free)* partial qualifications covering some units of competency that make up the Certificate IV in Leadership and Management.

A statement of attainment will be awarded for all units of competency upon course completion. Awarded units may be eligible for credit transfer for further study in management courses, such as BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership & Management.

*eligibility criteria apply

Currently available partial qualifications are:

Understanding Yourself as a Manager (Partial BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management)

This short course focuses on the self-awareness and emotional intelligence required to be an effective leader. These skills will help junior leaders to understand their own strengths, areas for growth and how to adapt themselves to the people they manage.

Units of competency included:

  • BSBPEF401 Manage personal health and wellbeing
  • BSBPEF502 Develop and use emotional intelligence
Management Skills for Team Leaders (Partial BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management)

This short course focuses on the skills required to be an effective leader within your organisation. Designed to help junior managers looking to further their skills in managing a team and drive high performance.

Units of competency included:

  • BSBLDR411 Demonstrate leadership in the workplace
  • BSBLDR413 Lead effective workplace relationships
  • BSBLDR414 Lead team effectiveness
  • BSBPEF402 Develop personal work priorities
  • BSBXCM401 Apply communication strategies in the workplace
  • BSBXTW401 Lead and facilitate a team

Delivery Mode

Face to Face

Regular scheduled training sessions facilitated by highly qualified, professional trainers.

This delivery mode will also allow you to undertake self-directed learning activities in your workplace and receive support and feedback from your facilitator. Once you have had the opportunity to apply your learnings into the workplace, you will be required to undertake a final assessment workbook that incorporates a set of tasks for completion. These tasks may include written questions, projects, or simulated tasks.

Online

Similar to Face to Face, but in an online platform, we will have regular scheduled training sessions facilitated by highly qualified professional trainers covering.

This delivery mode will enable you to still have the benefit of a live class environment, and the ability to undertake self-directed learning activities into your workplace and receive support and feedback from your facilitator.

Once you have had the opportunity to apply your learnings into the workplace, you will be required to undertake a final assessment workbook that incorporates a set of tasks for completion. These tasks may include written questions, projects, and simulated tasks.

Blended

This option may suit individuals who can attend some but not all of the face-to-face sessions described above and are happy to do some of the course via distance.

This delivery mode will enable you to still have the benefit of a live class environment, and the ability to undertake self-directed learning activities into your workplace and receive support and feedback from your facilitator.

Once you have had the opportunity to apply your learnings into the workplace, you will be required to undertake a final assessment workbook that incorporates a set of tasks for completion. These tasks may include written questions, projects, and simulated tasks.
We want our courses to work for you. We have a range of delivery modes to allow you to learn in a way that suits your lifestyle, availability and preferred method of learning.

Upcoming Programs

There are currently no dates available for this course.

*Smart and skilled funding available (eligibility criteria apply)

BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management

Up to 18 months
Optional
Nationally Recognised Training
*Funding Available – T&Cs Apply

Government funding

Most of our courses are subsidised by the NSW Government under the Smart & Skilled Initiative, find out here if you are eligible for subsidised courses.

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    BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management

    Optional
    *Funding Available - T&Cs Apply
    Nationally Recognised Training