You're Already Doing The Job. Now Get The Diploma To Prove It.
If you're already managing budgets, leading teams and making the calls — this qualification formalises what you already know. And with Recognition of Prior Learning, your existing experience can fast-track a real chunk of the course.
A Certificate IV gets you leading a team. A Diploma gets you leading the business.
This is the qualification that sits behind Operations Managers, Department Managers and General Managers.
Four Capabilities Of Senior Leaders
The BSB50420 at Obelisk Training moves beyond team leadership into genuine management — the budgets, people decisions and operational calls that come with the next level.
Influence & Critical Thinking
Communicate with influence, develop critical thinking in others, and lead difficult conversations with senior-level confidence.
Emotional Intelligence & Teams
Develop and use emotional intelligence, manage effective workplace relationships, and lift team effectiveness across the business.
Operations & Financial Management
Manage business operational plans, budgets and financial plans, and financial compliance obligations with real accountability.
People & Workforce Planning
Manage employee and industrial relations, and coordinate workforce plan implementation across teams and departments.
The Gap Between "Leading A Team" And "Managing The Business"
"Team leaders manage people day to day. Managers own the outcome — the budget, the plan, and the people strategy behind it."
The Diploma of Leadership and Management is where team leadership turns into genuine management accountability. Across 12 units, you'll build the capability to manage operational plans, budgets and financial compliance, lead workforce planning, and navigate employee and industrial relations — the parts of the job that used to be someone else's problem.
It's the qualification that sits behind titles like Operations Manager, Department Manager and Program Manager — and it's built for people already doing pieces of this work right now.
Built On Real Management Tasks
Every assessment mirrors a genuine budget, plan or people decision.
Recognised At AQF Level 5
The same national framework recognised by employers, universities and industry.
Built For Working Managers
Study around your role — no need to step back from your team to move forward.
Principles That Scale With Seniority
You May Already Qualify For Part Of This Diploma
Most people starting a Diploma of Leadership and Management aren't starting from zero — they're already managing budgets, running teams and making the calls this qualification is built around. Obelisk's RPL pathway is how that experience gets counted.
Are You A Good RPL Candidate?
- Your prior experience is directly relevant to leadership and management.
- Your skills and knowledge are current — especially if evidence needs to be recent.
- Your experience transfers across different teams, situations or settings.
- You can provide authentic, verifiable evidence of your work.
- Your experience sits at the right level for a Diploma-level unit.
- You have the foundation skills to back it up — communication, problem-solving, digital literacy.
Not sure? Our team will review your experience against the course requirements with you — no cost, no obligation.
Submit Your Evidence
Work samples, position descriptions, performance reviews, references or past certificates.
Assessor Review
A qualified assessor maps your evidence against each unit of competency.
Get Credited
Approved units are credited immediately — no repeating what you already know.
Study Only What's Left
Any gaps become a short, tailored training plan — not a full qualification from scratch.
"If your RPL application isn't approved for everything, you're not starting over — we build a training plan for exactly what's missing, and nothing more."
A Sophisticated Learning System, Built For Working Managers
This isn't a static PDF course. Obelisk Training's learning environment is designed in-house by instructional design specialists to keep you engaged, supported and genuinely progressing — around a job that doesn't stop.
Structured Digital Modules
Milestone-based learning pathways with interactive content, case studies and real management scenarios — not passive reading.
Dedicated Trainer Support
Direct access to qualified, experienced trainers who give personalised, timely feedback on every assessment.
Live Progress Dashboard
Track modules completed, assessments due and RPL credit applied from your own student portal, any time.
Real-World Assessment
Tasks built from genuine management scenarios so what you submit is what you'll actually use in the role.
Every cohort brings together supervisors stepping up, existing managers formalising their skills, and business owners building their own capability.
Support That Feels Personal, Not Automated
Flexible Payment Plans
Weekly instalment options make studying accessible without financial strain.
RPL Built Into The Journey
Your enrolment process starts by checking what you can already claim credit for.
In-House Designed Materials
Tailored, interactive resources built by Obelisk's own instructional designers — not generic templates.
Genuine Human Support
Real people responding to real questions — from enrolment through to graduation.
Where Your Skills Will Sharpen
All skills assessed through real-world, industry-relevant tasks.
12 Units. A Genuine Management Skill Set.
Six core units build the leadership, communication and operational foundation. Six electives add financial management, people strategy and creative problem-solving — the full toolkit of a modern manager.
| Code | Unit of Competency | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BSBCMM511 | Communicate with influence | Core |
| BSBCRT511 | Develop critical thinking in others | Core |
| BSBLDR523 | Lead and manage effective workplace relationships | Core |
| BSBOPS502 | Manage business operational plans | Core |
| BSBPEF502 | Develop and use emotional intelligence | Core |
| BSBTWK502 | Manage team effectiveness | Core |
| BSBCMM412 | Lead difficult conversations | Elective |
| BSBCRT512 | Originate and develop concepts | Elective |
| BSBFIN501 | Manage budgets and financial plans | Elective |
| BSBFIN502 | Manage financial compliance | Elective |
| BSBHRM522 | Manage employee and industrial relations | Elective |
| BSBHRM524 | Coordinate workforce plan implementation | Elective |
Already competent in some of these areas? Many students bring existing evidence for several of these units through RPL.
Where Graduates Go
Operations Manager
Own business operational plans, budgets and cross-functional teams to deliver on organisational targets.
Department / Program Manager
Lead multiple teams, manage financial compliance, and coordinate workforce planning across a department.
People & Culture Advisor
Manage employee and industrial relations, and support a high-performing, well-led workplace culture.
Senior Team Leader / Area Manager
Step up from frontline supervision into multi-team leadership with real budget and people accountability.
A Clear Pathway, Not A Dead End
Whether you're arriving from a Certificate IV or straight from experience via RPL, BSB50420 is a genuine stepping stone — not a final stop.
BSB40520 or Experience
Certificate IV in Leadership and Management, or equivalent experience assessed via RPL.
BSB50420
Diploma of Leadership and Management — 2026 intake enrolling now.
BSB60420
Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management — senior strategy & executive leadership.
Senior Roles
Operations Manager · Department Manager · General Manager · Head of Operations.
Management Roles Are Where The Ceiling Lifts
"Managers and supervisors are among the roles projected to keep growing across Australian industries over the next five years."
— Framed on Australian Government Jobs and Skills Australia / Job Outlook occupational projections for managers and supervisors.
Typical Operations / Department Manager salary range across Australian industries.
Management capability transfers across retail, trades, health, government and more.
Existing managers can claim credit for units they already have evidence for.
Get The Diploma That Matches The Job You're Already Doing
Obelisk Training's BSB50420 is built for people already carrying management responsibility. Start with an RPL check — you may already hold credit for several units — then enrol for 2026 and finish the rest online, at your own pace.