Whether you are about to lead your first team or already run one without the title, this diploma covers the whole job. Five certificates take you through leading people, managing the work and handling the money.
Already running a team, or about to? Leadership qualities, communication skills and team building give you the tools behind the role, so the hard weeks get easier to handle.
Team leader and assistant manager roles go to people who can show they are ready. This course covers staff management, recruitment and problem solving, the things those roles run on day to day.
Budgets, forecasting and financial statements stop being someone else's job the day you step up. A whole certificate in here covers them, in plain steps.
Every workplace with more than a few people needs someone to run the team, the roster and the plan. The day is easy to picture: setting the week up, keeping work moving, sorting problems as they come, and backing your people.
A first leadership role, running the day for a small team. Team building and communication carry it.
Second in charge, across staffing, operations and the numbers when the manager is not.
Keeping the day to day running, where controlling operations is the topic that applies.
Organising people and tasks around a project, drawing on problem solving and planning.
Supporting recruitment, training and the people processes covered in the HR certificate.
Helping staff learn and grow, where staff training is the topic that carries.
Helping a team through change, using communication and people skills from the course.
Supporting monitoring, reporting and the follow-up that lifts how a team performs.
A junior supervision role across a business team, built on management fundamentals.
Running a small office end to end, from the roster to the budget.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Leadership roles usually come after time in the team.
Five certificates and thirty-three topics, from team building to the trial balance.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Health and safety, budgeting, leadership and team building, management fundamentals, and personnel and HR. One enrolment covers the lot.
Recruitment, staff training, positive discipline, grievances and complaints. The parts of managing people no one teaches you on the job.
Free e-books come with the course, from Manager to Leader to New Zealand employment and tax references. Yours to keep.
You get 12 months of access for around 300 hours of study. Room to go steady around a full time job and still finish well inside the window.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the diploma and the college awards you its Certificate of Achievement.
Leadership, workplace behaviour, employment and tax books included with the course.
Your certificate comes with a SEEK Pass link, so you can share it on SEEK where employers look.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Start anytime. Pay on a flexible weekly plan, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the five certificates online at your own pace, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement from the college.
No. The course starts with management and leadership basics, so it works whether you are preparing for the step up or already in it.
The plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can also pay fortnightly, monthly, or upfront in one payment. Enquire for the full options.
Around 300 hours at your own pace, with 12 months of access. There are no set class times, so it fits around a full time job.
One enrolment, one course. It is built as five certificates covering leadership, management fundamentals, HR, budgeting and health and safety. You work through them at your own pace.
There are none, ever. You are assessed on what you understand, with tutor support behind you.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. In team leader and office roles, hiring runs on whether you can lead people and keep the work on track.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
The college has been running for over 15 years and works with more than 25,000 students a year. Courses are online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching opens as soon as you enrol, including CV help and a LinkedIn profile review.
Picture the Monday you set the week up, the team gets moving, and it holds. One enquiry starts it.