Graduate Certificate in Construction Management

Graduate Certificate in Construction Management. It’s your gateway to making it happen.

Like any sort of profession, construction management is in itself a skill. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the role to enable you, as a graduate, to apply your skills and knowledge to a wide range of technical and management roles in the project-based construction industry.

Develop specialised knowledge of construction management such as managing people, equipment, materials, built environment and infrastructure assets. And learn how best to oversee technological processes and managerial aspects related to the design, construction and maintenance of buildings and civil infrastructure.

It’s an ideal pathway for students with related qualifications to progress to a higher level of education in the field. Graduates, meanwhile, will be well-positioned to seek work in the burgeoning construction industry.

Applicants are required to have one of the following:

a Bachelor (Honours) (AQF level 8) or a Bachelor (AQF level 7) degree in any of following disciplines: Engineering (Civil/ Construction); Building; Architecture; Quantity Surveying; Construction Management; Other related engineering/ technology disciplines assessed to be appropriate,

OR an Associate Degree or Advanced Diploma (AQF level 6) in one of the above-mentioned cognate fields plus 3 years relevant work experience in the construction management domain;

OR a Diploma (AQF level 5) in a cognate field plus 5 years relevant work experience in the construction management domain;

OR a Bachelor degree (AQF level 7 or 8) in any discipline plus 5 years relevant work experience in the construction management domain

English language requirements

Satisfactory completion of one of the following:

• Swinburne’s English for Academic Purposes (EAP 5 Advanced level) with overall 70%, all skills 65%
• minimum IELTS overall band of 6.5 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 6.0
• Pearson (PTE) minimum score of 58 (no communicative skills less than 50)
• TOEFL iBT (internet-based) -79 (no less than 13 in reading, 12 in listening, 18 in speaking 21 in writing)
• C1 Advanced - 176, no band less than 169
• any other equivalent assessment of English language proficiency.