Endorsed Courses - postgraduate
The Career Industry Council of Australia has examined program proposals put forward by the universities as detailed below for the specific courses as listed.
In endorsing these programs the Career Industry Council of Australia has requested that each university work cooperatively with the CICA Endorsement Committee to enhance and further embed the standards within these programs.
CICA commends these universities for their contribution to improving the quality of career services in Australia by conducting programs that meet the professional standards for Australian career development practitioners. This endorsement is for a period of five years.
The programs listed below have been endorsed and meet the standards. A number of other institutions have advised that they are also preparing applications.
Endorsed courses:
Queensland University of Technology (endorsed June 2009)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education
- Master of Education
University of Southern Queensland (endorsed June 2009)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Career Development)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Development (Career Development and Lifelong Learning)
- Master of Learning and Development (Career Development and Lifelong Learning)
Edith Cowan University (endorsed December 2009)
- Graduate Certificate in Career Development
- Master of Career Development - This course remains endorsed, but from August 2012 is not accepting applications.
Auckland University of Technology, NZ (endorsed December 2009)
- Graduate Certificate in Career Development
- Master of Career Development
Australian Catholic University (endorsed 8 October 2010)
(Delivered in Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC & Strathfield, Sydney, NSW)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Career Development)
- Master of Education (Career Development)
James Cook University (endorsed 3 February 2011)
- Graduate Certificate of Career Development
The University of Queensland (endorsed May 2011)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Career Development)
- Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Career Development)
- Master of Educational Studies (Career Development)
RMIT (endorsed September 2011)
- Graduate Certificate in Career Education and
- Graduate Diploma in Career Education and Development
ANIBT (endorsed March 2012)
- Vocational Graduate Certificate in Career Development Practice
- Endorsed for two years starting from March 2012
TAFE SA (endorsed March 2012)
- Vocational Graduate Certificate in Career Development Practice
- Endorsed for two years starting from March 2012
Swinburne University of Technology (July 2012)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Career Development
- Graduate Diploma in Career Development
Career Education Association of Victoria (October 2012)
- Vocational Graduate Certificate in Career Development
It should be noted that only courses that meet the guidelines will receive endorsement.
The courses listed above are the only courses endorsed to date by CICA. Universities are responsible for completion of the Endorsement Application documents. If a postgraduate course is not listed here it has not yet applied for endorsement.
It should be noted that only postgraduate courses endorsed by CICA (and listed above) will meet the requirements of the Professional Standards. Courses must be endorsed by CICA, it is not sufficient for a course to state that it has been "designed to meet the requirements".
If you need information about a course not listed above you should contact the course coordinator or other contact listed in the course information and ask if they will be applying for endorsement of their course.
Please note: the Professional Standards for Australian Career Development Practitioners sets out the minimum qualifications for career development practitioners - Certificate IV is the minimum qualification for Associate Members and a CICA endorsed postgraduate qualification is the minimum qualification for Professional Members.
CICA does not intend to endorse Certificate IV course providers at this time.
