Certificate IV in Project Management
BSB41507
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Course Overview
The Certificate IV in Project Management is a five-day interactive workshop designed to provide best practice project management skills and knowledge to practicing project team members, recently appointed project managers, aspiring project managers and business and technical professionals who work in a project environment. They apply solutions to a defined range of unpredictable problems, and analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They may provide leadership and guidance to others with some limited responsibility for the output of others.
The course provides participants with a working knowledge of project management principles and processes and the application of tools, techniques and methods crucial to a successful project. Participants will gain a basic understanding of both a Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), the Global Standard from the
The workshop fulfills the requirements for BSB41507 Certificate IV in Project Management (AQF Level 4).
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to:
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Describe the project management framework as set out in current Australian and International Standards
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Describe the main similarities, differences and relationship of the PMBOK® Guide and PRINCE2™
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Demonstrate the competencies required to work successfully as a project team member
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Contribute to the initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing under the direction of a project manager in conjunction with other project team members, and
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Understand the application of organisational assets and systems within a project management environment.
Topics Covered
The Certificate IV in Project Management addresses the following Competency Standards within the BSB07 Business Services Training Package. Award of the qualification requires completion of all eight core units:
- BSBPMG401A Apply project scope management techniques
- BSBPMG402A Apply time management techniques
- BSBPMG403A Apply cost management techniques
- BSBPMG404A Apply quality management techniques
- BSBPMG405A Apply human resources management approaches
- BSBPMG406A Apply communications management techniques
- BSBPMG407A Apply risk management techniques
- BSBPMG408A Apply contract and procurement procedures
Delegate Participation
You will be involved in a simulated project environment throughout the course that will enable assessment of your ability to work under normal project conditions as a member of a project team. You will be a key part of a project team that is required to support the project manager in all project processes from project initiation through to project closure and evaluation. The skills, knowledge and attitudes that you utilise should readily transfer to any real project environment. This course will provide practical experience on a realistic simulated project that will serve to reinforce lecture sessions, provide an opportunity to apply learning to your real projects and form a basis for your assessment.
Assessment
To successfully achieve the Certificate IV in Project Management BSB41507, participants must:
- Attend a 5 day Certificate IV in Project Management workshop. This workshop finalises the formal learning and supports participants in the development of a workplace portfolio for their assessment.
- Complete a portfolio of work-based evidence during the workshop against assessment elements in the Assessment Record Book (with mentoring support available from Tanner James Consultants).
- Attend an assessment interview to present your project evidence and discuss the application of project management competencies within the workplace, and
- While most participants will complete the formal assessment requirements during the workshop, people who do not satisfactorily complete all requirements may finalise the assessment within three months of the completion of the workshop. In such a situation, the trainer will coordinate with the participant to map out requirements.
Partial completion of your project portfolio will result in the issue of a Statement of Attainment covering the units of competency that you have successfully completed the assessment for.
Course Prerequisites
Participants must be proficient in written and spoken English. Familiarity with Microsoft Project will be useful but is not required.
Who Should Attend?
The Certificate IV in Project Management is developed for people new to or soon to become project managers; project team members; administrators, tradespeople and others who manage projects that may not require the full spectrum of project techniques; anyone starting out in the field of project management; those who wish to improve their project skills and knowledge; and client representatives who will have an essential input to the project management process.
This workshop is also ideal as an in-house team building exercise for newly formed project teams.
Access and Equity
As a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), Tanner James strives to provide the optimum access and equity for candidates to its training services. To this end, it is important that clients notify Tanner James as early as possible when a participant may need to take advantage of these provisions.
Code: PMCICS
Duration: 5 days including competency assessment