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Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling

About the Course

The Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling (SDCC) aims to prepare participants with the relevant skills and knowledge to provide career counselling. This programme will equip participants with the essential counselling and coaching competencies that will enable them to perform the role of a dedicated Career Counselling Practitioner or to incorporate relevant concepts and principles into their current roles. 

Upon completion of the programme, participants will acquire competencies to:

  • Recommend, interpret, and use appropriate psychometric tests to help clients evaluate their career needs
  • Provide comprehensive guidance throughout all stages of their career, from self-awareness to career pathways and job placement
  • Advise clients on possible career plans, including techniques in job search, personal development, self-improvement as well as identifying barriers, and constraints
  • Counsel and coach clients to achieve their career goals holistically

Target Audience

  • Working adults who perform the role as dedicated career counselling practitioners.
  • Human Resource professionals, trainers, career placement consultants, teacher and counsellors
  • Public servants who may be called upon to provide career counselling in the course of their work

Participants will be awarded the Post-Diploma Certificate (PDC) upon successful completion of each certificate programme. The Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling will be issued upon meeting 50% of attendance requirement and attaining Grade D or better for all the modules.

Certification (120 to 135 hours) Modules (30 to 45 hours)
Counselling and Coaching
  1. Positive Psychology
  2. Counselling and Coaching Skills
  3. Psychometric Assessment
Career Development
  1. Job and Labour Market Analysis
  2. Career Development and Counselling
  3. Career Counselling Project

This includes self-learning hours in the form of e-learning, assessments, case study analysis and revision required by the module.

Module Synopses


1. Post-Diploma Certificate in Counselling and Coaching

Positive Psychology

This module introduces participants to the topics related to positive life experiences, positive emotions, positive character, and positive institutions. The first part of the module will focus on the theories in positive psychology and the methods used to study happiness, while the second half will be practical applications of the science of positive psychology to life situations.

Counselling and Coaching Skills

This module provides the foundation of counselling theories and practical counselling skills to be applied in a variety of situations and relationships in the counselling process; from the initial contact to rapport building, intervention, and termination. It also provides the foundation on coaching processes; participants will learn to plan, facilitate, and manage group dynamics in group coaching and assisting the groups in defining their direction and developing solutions.

Psychometric Assessment

This module introduces participants to the basic principles of psychometrics in 3 different settings, career, education, and development.

2. Post-Diploma Certificate in Career Development

Job and Labour Market Analysis

This module equips participants with knowledge on the demand aspect of job seeking, occupational trends, learning and development resources, labour market information and resources, as well as recent and emerging trends in employment.

Career Development and Counselling

This module provides participants with career development theories and practices to assist clients in making choices about themselves and their careers; incorporating their family needs and their styles of interaction in the most meaningful way.

Career Counselling Project

The module provides participants with the practical experience of career counselling. Participants will be expected to provide the complete range of career counselling services for an actual client and present holistic solutions for the client’s needs, motivation, life-stage demands, skills and competencies, values, and goals.
Commencement Date Duration Venue Schedule
October 255 hours, ~1 year Republic Polytechnic Campus View Schedule Here

Please submit your application by 5th August 2019.

Applicants should possess a relevant local polytechnic Diploma or Degree in any discipline. They should also have at least 2 years of relevant working experience.

Applicants who do not meet the entry requirements may be considered for admission to the course based on evidence of at least 5 years of relevant working experience or supporting evidence of competency readiness. Suitable applicants who are shortlisted will have to go through an interview and/or entrance test. The Polytechnic reserves the right to shortlist and admit applicants.

Singapore Citizens

Fees Payable (After Subsidy & GST)

Post Diploma Certificate 1 (PDC) Fee

Post Diploma Certificate 2 (PDC) Fee

Total Course Fee (Inclusive of GST)

Workfare Training Support (WTS) Scheme

$155.88

$175.37

$331.25

SME-sponsored

$290.88

$327.24

$618.12

40 years & above

$282.48

$317.79

$600.27

below 40 years old

$410.88

$462.24

$873.12

Singapore Permanent Resident

Post Diploma Certificate 1 (PDC) Fee

Post Diploma Certificate 2 (PDC) Fee

Total Course Fee (Inclusive of GST)

$1,104.24

$1,242.27

$2,346.51

Others

Post Diploma Certificate 1 (PDC) Fee

Post Diploma Certificate 2 (PDC) Fee

Total Course Fee (Inclusive of GST)

$2,760.60

$3,105.68

 $5,866.28

*Skillsfuture Credit approved



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Last updated on 05 Mar 2019

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Republic Polytechnic reserves the right to make changes to the course fee and application closing dates without prior notice.  The commencement of each course is subject to a sufficient number of participants. All information is accurate at time of publishing.