CHC81315 Graduate Certificate in Career Development Practice

This course prepares students for the role of a Professional Career Development Practitioner for work in a range of settings. Graduates of this qualification can apply for registration to practice at the ‘professional’ level with any of the 11 Career Industry Council of Australia Member Associations.

Professional career development practitioners provide services that help people manage their careers, make occupational and study decisions, plan career transitions and find career information.

The Graduate Certificate in Career Development Practice is an AQF Level 8 qualification. Practitioners at this level have advanced knowledge and skills to make high level, independent, complex judgements in the context of providing guidance in career development.

This course features an appropriate balance between theory, models, frameworks and their practical application. The assessment methods reflect this balance, providing students with current and in-depth understandings to support their work with a range of clients. Students are equipped with the skills to research the context of career development services, apply new understandings of quality practice, develop advanced micro skills in career counselling and incorporate ethical practice into their work.

The added value of choosing this course with the CEAV Institute is its design by professional career practitioners with recent experience in cross-sectoral career development services: government and non-government schools, tertiary education, alternative education, counselling, job placement and employment, career coaching and mentoring, workforce re-entry programs and others. All trainers and assessors with the CEAV Institute also practice with ACCE Career Guidance Service, who provide career education and careers counselling services to the community.