Be a business owner, manager or team leader in the photo industry.

• Learn about management, marketing and business
• Learn about photography and the photographic industry
• Combine these skills and discover opportunities for employment and business in the photo industry
• 900 hour, self paced practical course with options to upgrade to a diploma

This course is designed to train people for supervisory or managerial positions in the photographic industry.

There are seven modules plus a workplace project in this course.

There are the four core units common to all streams of this Advanced Certificate and three photography units involving another 300 hours of study.

A workplace project on the photography industry involves the final 200 hrs of study. 

Modules

Note that each module in the Advanced Certificate In Applied Management (Photography) is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.

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

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

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 related learning (eg. experience or a workplace project).

Here are various options available to you to satisfy this requirement, such as:

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).

Why Choose this Course?

Learn more than just Photography

• Develop an awareness of the industry and start networking with others in this industry
• Gain buisiness, communications and management skills that complement an understanding of photography and improve your opportunities for work.

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