Turn years of hands-on program management experience into the BSB60720 Advanced Diploma of Program Management, a nationally recognised qualification for individuals who apply specialised knowledge and skills, together with experience in program management, across a range of enterprise and industry contexts. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) allows your experience directing or managing a program of interrelated projects to be formally assessed against this qualification rather than starting your learning over. Once your evidence is assessed and confirmed by our partner RTO, you hold the same AQF-recognised Advanced Diploma as anyone who completed the qualification through classroom-based study.
Reference: training.gov.au
[NB: RTO might ask for more evidences based on qualification requirements]
Ref: Jobs and Skills Australia (Employed, Median Age, Annual Employment Growth)
Ref: Jobs and Skills Australia (Median per week, Yearly income)
Once your Student Agreement is signed and your initial payment is confirmed, your RPL journey begins — here's what to expect at each stage.
Entry requires BSB50820 or BSB51415 Diploma of Project Management (or a superseded equivalent), or two years' equivalent full-time relevant workplace experience at a significant level within a project or program environment.
Reference: Official packaging rules and description from training.gov.au – Australia's national register for vocational training.
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Your fees are confirmed before you commit — no surprises.
After your initial consultation, you'll receive a personalised quote that includes your total fee based on your individual advised pathway, the name of the assessing RTO, and all available payment options. No payment is required until you've reviewed and accepted your quote.
We're committed to your outcome — and we back that with our refund policy.
Our navigators support you through the process to help ensure your portfolio meets the RTO's requirements before it's submitted. If the RTO finds your application ineligible after portfolio submission, you may be entitled to a refund of fees paid to ATSR, in accordance with our and the RTO's refund policy.
Yes, if you can show you're already doing the work of a program manager, RPL lets a registered training organisation formally assess and recognise those skills against the qualification's requirements. It's a genuine assessment process, not a way around one — you still need to provide solid evidence that matches what's expected at this level.
You'll typically need documents that show you've actually managed programs of interrelated projects, such as project plans, schedules or scope documents you've developed, budgets or financial reports you've managed, risk registers you've prepared, and stakeholder communication records. The RTO assessor checks how well this evidence maps to the units in the qualification, so complete and current records give you the strongest case.
Yes, it's the exact same AQF-registered qualification, issued by the same ASQA-registered RTO, no matter which pathway you took to get it. RPL is simply a different route to demonstrate you already meet the standard — the certificate itself carries identical recognition on your record.
This qualification lines up with roles like Program Manager, Project Director and Project Management Section Leader, where you're responsible for a program of interrelated projects or setting overall direction across multiple projects. Having the formal qualification behind your experience can support internal promotion or make you a stronger candidate for these more senior roles.
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