Places & Registration

GGA is pleased to offer a fully accredited Diploma of Project Management as part of our Capacity Building program.

20 places are available with 12 places especially for GGA Network organisations and 8 for the wider industry.

Package Details

An acreddited trainer will deliver the course. The bulk of the learning will take place in a 4- day residential live-in short-course at The Muresk Institute in Northam from 4-7 June 2024.

This will be an immersion learning, collegiate experience, designed to give participants the opportunity to build connections and network with staff from other Grower Groups and the wider agriculture industry.

Fee:

An all-inclusive fee per person covers tuition, accommodation & meals.

GGA member rate $1,300 pp
Industry rate $1,600 pp

Tuition:

Tuition includes the four days at Muresk and a practical project assessment during the week.

Delegates obtain the nationally accredited Diploma of Project Management course number is BSB50820.

Content will cover Project Management Overview and theory covering the Project Management Body of Knowledge (10 PMBOK principles): Integration, Scope, HR, Stakeholders, Communication, Risk, Quality, Procurement, Cost, Time

The content will be delivered in are 8 core units and 4 elective units we have selected suited to the typical agricultural industry R&D Trial or event project management context:

Core Units

1. Project integration BSBPMG540
2. Project scope BSBPMG530
3. Time management BSBPMG531
4. Cost management BSBPMG533
5. Quality management BSBPMG532
6. Human resource management BSBPMG534
7. Project information and communication BSBPMG535
8. Risk management BSBPMG536

Electives

1. Project stakeholder engagement BSBPMG538
2. Team effectiveness BSBTWK5022
3. Communicating for influence BSBCMM511
4. Managing performance BSBLDR522

Accommodation:

Accommodated on campus at Muresk in the student quarters, delegates will have a private modest room with shared bathroom facilities and access to a fully equipped kitchen (including stove and fridge), lounge room with a television and plenty of space to wander outside for exercise or recharging.

Day 1, 2, 3 (Tues, Wed, Thur night) overnight accommodation included.

Day 4 - delegates return home at the end of day [3.00pm course finish].

Meals:

Meal packs will be provided for delegates catering for all dietary requirements allowing participants to eat with fellow students or retreat to your room or the grounds for a private break. Kitchenette facilities are available in the training room to heat up food or back in your accommodation quarters.

Day 1 - lunch, afternoon tea and dinner included

Day 2& 3- breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. On Wednesday night we will dine out with a social dinner off campus at a local restaurant in Northam - fun, fun!

Day 4 - breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea.

* Social night - pictured above at Temperance tapas bar Farmers Home Hotel, Northam. Venue used subject to availablibilty.

Textbook

The recommended text for the Diploma of Project Management is:

Project Management in Practice CIV and Diploma,2nd Edition by Neil Pearson, Erik W. Larson, Clifford F. Gray

ISBN 1743767323 · 9781743767320

Publisher: McGraw Hill

Textbooks are not provided as part of the fees quoted.

Book priced on Amazon for circa $79.95

Getting there

Address: Muresk Rd, Northam

14 km or approx 17 minutes from Northam

T: 1300 994 031

Email: mureskbookings@dtwd.wa.gov.au

Questions

Contact Course Co-ordinator: Kallista Bolton, Stakeholder & Communications Manager at the Grower Group Alliance.

0421 623 406 or email kbolton@gga.org.au