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Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling
Open for Registration
Open for Registration
Course Type
Specialist Diplomas
Business
Human Resources & Career Counselling
The Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling (SDCC) aims to prepare participants with the relevant skills and knowledge to provide career counselling.
This course is open for registration. Apply here.
About course
Course objectives
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
Course description
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.
Target audiences
Working adults who perform the role of dedicated career counselling practitioners.
Human Resource professionals, trainers, career placement consultants, teachers and counsellors.
Public servants who may be called upon to provide career counselling in the course of their work.
What is so unique about this course?
The Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling (SDCC) is the first academic programme in career development approved by the Ministry of Education, leading to a formal and post-polytechnic diploma qualification with 240 credit hours issued by an Institute of Higher Learning (IHL).
The curriculum of SDCC has been designed to align with the professional standards and competencies of prominent international career organisations, including the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) and the National Career Development Association (NCDA) in the United States.
The SDCC is endorsed by CICA as it meets the Professional Standards of Australian Career Development Practitioners. This endorsement is significant, as a CICA-endorsed Graduate Certificate in career development is the required entry-level qualification for professional career development practitioners in Australia.
Additionally, the SDCC is also approved as an Alternate Pathway for individuals seeking recognition as a Certified Career Service Provider (CCSP) by the NCDA. This recognition affirms that the SDCC is able to provide the essential skills required to provide career services in any setting.
Course structure
TPG course reference No.
TGS-2023020997
Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling
Post-Diploma Certificate in Career Development
Module name | Module synopsis |
|---|---|
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. |
Post-Diploma Certificate in Counselling and Coaching
Module name | Module synopsis |
|---|---|
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 of coaching processes; participants will learn to plan, facilitate, and manage group dynamics in group coaching and assist 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. |
Entry requirements
Applicants should possess a local polytechnic Diploma, ITE Technical Diploma/Technical Engineer Diploma/Work-Study Technical Diploma or a Degree in any discipline.
Applicants who do not meet the entry requirements may be considered for admission to the course based on evidence of at least five 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 an entrance test. The polytechnic reserves the right to shortlist and admit applicants.
Conditional Offer
Graduating students (in their final semester) from a local polytechnic or Institute of Technical Education (ITE) may apply for the programme.
Click here for more information on how to apply for the programme and receive a Conditional Offer.
Course schedule
Course schedule information
Commencement Date | Duration | Mode and Venue | Schedule | Application Start and End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April and October | 1 year | Face-to-face at Republic Polytechnic/Online learning | 3 weekdays (evening) | April Intake: Mid-November to Mid-March October Intake: Mid-May to Mid-September Application outcome will be released at least 3 weeks before course commencement. |
Note: RP reserves the right to reschedule/cancel any programme and amend information without prior notice.
Refer to the Academic Calendar on the Republic Polytechnic website or key dates and important information to help you plan your learning journey.
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Company Sponsorship
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