Advanced Certificate In Applied Management (Photography)

Course Code	VBS001
Fee Code	AC
Number of Modules	8
Duration (approx)	900 hours

CORE UNITS Click on each module for more details

 

Office Practices
Develops basic office skills covering use of equipment, communication systems (telephone, fax, etc) and office procedures such as filing, security, workplace organisations, etc. 

Business Operations

Develops knowledge of basic business operations and procedures (eg. types of businesses, financial management, business analysis, staffing, productivity, etc) and the skills to develop a 12 month business plan.

 

Management

Develops knowledge of management structures, terminology, supervision, recruitment and workplace health and safety.

 

Marketing Foundations.

Develops a broad understanding of marketing and specific skills in writing advertisements, undertaking market research, developing an appropriate marketing plan and selling.

STREAM STUDIES

PHOTOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION STAGE 1

1. Origins of Photography
2. Film
3. Photo Equipment: Part 1
4. Photo Equipment: Part 2
5. Developing Film
6. Enlarging
7. Lighting
8. Fault Finding

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE STAGE 2

1. Composition
2. Photographing People
3. Nature & Landscape Photography
4. Colour vs. Black & White
5. Special Techniques
6. Illustrative Photography
7. Publishing
8. Business Opportunities in Photography

PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY STAGE 3

1. Image Formatting
2. Lighting
3. Sensitometry Part 1.
4. Sensitometry Part 2.
5. Understanding Colour
6. Chemistry of Colour Photography
7. Filters & Attachments
8. Lenses

Note: Enrolment fees do not include exam fees (x 7).

An exam fee is paid when each exam is sat.

Final Requirement:
200 hrs work experience or a workplace project of similar duration.

Here are two options available to you to satisfy this requirement:

Alternative 1.

If you work in the industry that you have been studying; you may submit a reference from your employer, in an effort to satisfy this industry (ie. workplace project) requirement; on the basis of RPL (ie. recognition for prior learning), achieved through your current and past work experience.

The reference must indicate that you have skills and an awareness of your industry, which is sufficient for you to work in a position of responsibility.

Alternative 2.

If you do not work in the relevant industry, you need to undertake a project as follows.

Procedure for a Workplace Project

This project is a major part of the course involving the number of hours relevant to the course (see above). Although the course does not contain mandatory work requirements, work experience is seen as highly desirable.

This project is based on applications in the work place and specifically aims to provide the student with the opportunity to apply and integrate skills and knowledge developed through various areas of formal study.

Students will design this project in consultation with a tutor to involve industry based activities in the area of specialized study which they select to follow in the course. The project outcomes may take the form of a written report, folio, visuals or a mixture of forms. Participants with relevant, current or past work experience will be given exemption from this project if they can provide suitable references from employers that show they have already fulfilled the requirements of this project.

For courses that involve more than 100 hours, more than one workplace project topic may be selected. For example, 200 hours may be split into two projects each of 100 hours. This will offer the student better scope to fulfill the needs of their course and to meet the number of hours required. Alternatively, the student may wish to do one large project with a duration of 200 hours.

Students will be assessed on how well they achieve the goals and outcomes they originally set as part of their negotiations with their tutor. During each 100 hours of the project, the students will present three short progress reports. These progress reports will be taken into account when evaluating the final submission. The tutor must be satisfied that the work submitted is original.

If the student wishes to do one large 200 hour report, then only three progressive reports will be needed (however the length of each report will be longer).

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:

• THE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION COUNCIL
• THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• AGP (ACS GLOBAL PARTNER)
• BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• STUDY GOLD COAST

This course is designed to train people for supervisory or managerial positions in the photographic industry. There are 7 modules plus a workplace project in this course. These are the 4 core units common to all streams of this Advanced Certificate, C12CN001. These involve 400 hours of study in total and cover Communications, Management, Office Practices, Business Operations and Marketing. Three photography units involve another 300 hours of study. A workplace project on the photography industry involves the final 200 hrs of study. This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C.