Business (Frontline Management)

Frontline Management (Certificate III in Business)

Organise personal work priorities and development
Contribute to effective workplace relationships
Support operational plan
Contribute to team effectiveness

Deliver and monitor a service to customers
Maintain workplace safety

Frontline Management (Certificate IV in Business)

Develop work priorities
Coordinate implementation of customer service strategies
Monitor a safe workplace
Implement operational plan
Promote team effectiveness
Implement effective workplace relationships
Implement and monitor environmental policies
Manage projects

Frontline Management (Diploma)

Manage personal work priorities and professional development
Manage effective workplace relationships
Manage operational plan
Manage worplace information systems
Manage quality customer service
Facilitate continuous improvement
Ensure team effectiveness
Ensure a safe workplace
Manage people
Manage projects
Identify risk and apply risk management processes

 

 

Frontline Management (Certificate III in Business)

Frontline managers are central to improved productivity in the workplace. This program is a powerful change management tool. The workplace becomes the 'classroom' as participants improve their management skills on the job. Participants take on important tasks and relevant projects which are the vehicle for developing new skills and knowledge. Both the organisation and the participants benefit from this approach, which contributes to the development of a learning culture.

This qualification is targeted to organisations wishing to develop their staff. The program is a nationally recognised management qualification concentrating on transferable management competencies. Participants will be able to apply these skills to advance to more senior positions.

The program is a competency-based program and blends on-line learning with an emphasis on the practical application of key concepts in the work setting.

The Frontline Management program will provide you with a breadth of tools and skills which will assist in your ability to direct and manage work teams in line with broader organisational objectives. At the completion of the program, you should be able to:

  • Understand business objectives and use these to develop personal and workgroup plans
  • Identify and analyse your own work performance, with feedback from others in your organisation
  • Act as a leader and role model
  • Communicate in an effective manner, giving consideration to broader business issues and cultural and social diversity
  • Support operational plans
  • Contribute to effective workplace relationships
  • Deliver and monitor customer service
  • Support a culture of continuous improvement

Price

$2,500

Components

Organise personal work priorities and development
Support Leadership in the workplace
Contribute to effective workplace relationships
Support operational plan
Deliver and monitor a service to customers
Maintain workplace safety

Organise personal work priorities and development

This unit is about being successful in our chosen career. Success increases our levels of confidence, makes us more employable, easier to work with and allows us to feel in control of our career.

This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to organise own work schedules, monitor and obtain feedback on work performance, and maintain required levels of competence.

The modules you will cover in this topic are:

  • Plan and Complete own Work Schedule
  • Monitor own Work Performance
  • Coordinate Professional Development

Contribute to effective workplace relationships

Effective relationships and good communication go hand in hand. Being credible and respectful in your relationships with others is critical because you depend on them in your important role.

This unit specifies the outcomes required to gather information and maintain effective working relationships and networks, with particular regard to communication and representation

The modules you will cover in this topic are:

  • Gather, Convey and Receive Information and Ideas
  • Develop Trust and Confidence
  • Build and Maintain Networks and Relationships
  • Manage Difficulties to Achieve Positive Outcomes

Support Operational Plan

This unit specifies the outcomes required to provide support for operational practices and procedures within the organisation's productivity and profitability plans. Plans are required for your organisation, yourself and your work team to be successful. This important role is undertaken to provide safe, efficient and effective service provision to your customer's satisfaction.

The modules you will cover in this topic are:

  • Plan Resource Use
  • Acquire Resources
  • Monitor Operational Performance

Contribute to team effectiveness

This unit specifies the outcomes required of frontline managers to promote teamwork. It involves developing team plans to meet expected outcomes, leading the work team, and proactively working with the management of the organisation.

The modules you will cover in this topic are:

  • Contribute to Team Outcomes
  • Support Team Cohesion
  • Participate in Work Team
  • Communicate with Management

Deliver and monitor a service to customers

Customers are the reason organisations exist - without customers no organisation would exist. This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to identify customer's needs and monitor the service provided to them to ensure ongoing levels of satisfaction.

The modules you will cover in this topic are:

  • Advise on Customer Service Needs
  • Support Implementation of Customer Service Strategies
  • Evaluate and Report on Customer Service

Maintain workplace safety

There is a legal framework in Australian that protects workers from injury and poor health in the workplace. This framework is made up of Acts, Regulations, codes of practice and standards. This unit is concerned with the OH&S responsibilities of employees to implement and monitor the organisation's OH&S policies, procedures and programs.

The modules you will cover in this topic are:

  • Provide information about OH&S policies and procedures
  • Implement and monitor OH&S arrangement
  • Implement and monitor OH&S training procedures
  • Implement and monitor procedures for identifying hazards and assessing risks
  • Implement and monitor procedures for maintaining team OH&S records

Frontline Management (Certificate IV in Business)

Frontline Management is best defined as the first level of management, that is, the level of management that oversees or manages the actual doing of the work. People in Frontline Management positions co-ordinate the work of other employees and frequently report to middle management, and in some cases directly to senior management. They are typically involved in organisations as coordinators, team leaders, supervisors, forepersons and project or office managers.

On a daily basis, Frontline Managers play a crucial role in co-ordinating and influencing a group of employees. Decisions made by Frontline Managers have a direct impact on productivity and workplace relations, and can have serious ramifications in terms of profitability, relationships with clients and workplace morale.

The Frontline Management training program is directed at those individuals in or moving into first line management roles. The program is a competency-based program and blends on-line learning with an emphasis on the practical application of key concepts in the work setting.

The Frontline Management program will provide you with a breadth of tools and skills which will assist in your ability to lead and manage work teams in line with broader organisational objectives. At the completion of the program, you should be able to:

  • Understand business objectives and use these to develop personal and workgroup plans
    Identify and analyse your own work performance, with feedback from others in your organisation
  • Act as a leader and role model, and incorporate performance plans
  • Communicate in an effective manner, giving consideration to broader business issues and cultural and social diversity
  • Implement and manage operational plans
  • Implement and monitor a safe workplace
  • Manage and develop teams
  • Implement and manage customer service strategies
  • Undertake and maintain a culture of continuous improvement

Price

$2,800

The Frontline Management program is a competency-based program and therefore, as such, there is no prescribed length of course. The program is intended to be completed in a self-paced manner.

Develop work priorities
Coordinate implementation of customer service strategies
Monitor a safe workplace
Implement operational plan

Develop work priorities

Develop work priorities covers the skills and knowledge required to plan own work schedules, monitor and obtain feedback on work performance and development.

Assessment is competency based. This means that you will be required to complete a 'portfolio of evidence' which shows how you can effectively apply the skills you learn in a workplace setting.

This program involves completion of a range of assignments which will be agreed on an individual basis with your facilitator.

  • Plan and Complete own Work Schedule
  • Monitor own Work Performance
  • Coordinate Professional Development

Coordinate implementation of customer service strategies

Coordinate implementation of customer service strategies covers the skills and knowledge required to advise on, and carry out customer service strategies, and evaluate customer strategies on the basis of feedback and design strategies for improvement.

Assessment is competency based. This means that you will be required to complete a 'portfolio of evidence' which shows how you can effectively apply the skills you learn in a workplace setting.

This program involves completion of a range of assignments which will be agreed on an individual basis with your facilitator.

  • Advise on Customer Service Needs
  • Support Implementation of Customer Service Strategies
  • Evaluate and Report on Customer Service

Monitor a safe workplace

Monitor a safe workplace is concerned with Occupational Health and Safety responsibilities of employees with supervisory responsibilities to implement and monitor the organisations OHS policies, procedures and programs in the relevant work area to meet legislative requirements.

Assessment is competency based. This means that you will be required to complete a 'portfolio of evidence' which shows how you can effectively apply the skills you learn in a workplace setting.

This program involves completion of a range of assignments which will be agreed on an individual basis with your facilitator.

  • Provide Information to the Work Group about OH & S Policies and Procedures
  • Implement and Monitor Participative Arrangements for the Management of OH & S
  • Implement and Monitor the Organisations Procedures for Providing OH & S Training
  • Implement and Monitor Procedures for Identifying Hazards and Assessing Risks
  • Implement and Monitor the Organisations Procedures for Controlling Risks
  • Implement and Monitor the Organisations Procedures for Maintaining OH & S Records for the Team

Implement Operational Plan

Implement operational plan covers the important role played by frontline management in actively planning, implementing, monitoring and recording performance to achieve the business plans of the team/organisation. This key role is carried out to provide safe, efficient and effective products and services to customer satisfaction within the organisations productivity and profitability plans

Assessment is competency based. This means that you will be required to complete a 'portfolio of evidence' which shows how you can effectively apply the skills you learn in a workplace setting.

This program involves completion of a range of assignments which will be agreed on an individual basis with your facilitator.

  • Plan Resource Use
  • Acquire Resources
  • Monitor Operational Performance

Implement Effective Workplace Relationships

This unit specifies the outcomes required to collect, analyse and communicate information and to use that information to develop and maintain effective working relationships and networks, with particular regard to communication and representation.

This program involves completion of a range of assignments which will be agreed on an individual basis with your facilitator.

  • Collect, Analyse and communicate
  • Develop trust and confidence
  • Develop and maintain networks and relationships
  • Manage difficulties into positive outcomes

Promote Team Effectiveness

This unit specifies the outcomes required of frontline managers to promote teamwork. It involves developing team plans to meet expected outcomes, leading the work team, and proactively working with the management of the organisation.

This program involves completion of a range of assignments which will be agreed on an individual basis with your facilitator.

  • Plan to Acheive Team Outcomes
  • Develop Team Cohesion
  • Participate in and Facilitate the work team
  • Communicate Information

Implement and Monitor Environmental Policies

 

This program involves completion of a range of assignments which will be agreed on an individual basis with your facilitator.

  • Resource Use
  • Acquire Resources

Manage Projects

Change management skills are essential is today’s dynamic working environment. Project Management is the process of managing change. It refers to any project that has a defined ending that is finite in length. Critical for the success of any project is the ability to define the vision and objectives, recognise the core recourses necessary, meet the required timelines and budgetary limits, and adhere to quality standards.

Manage Projects provides frontline management with the essential tools to plan, organise and control a successful project.

This program involves completion of a range of assignments which will be agreed on an individual basis with your facilitator.

  • Define a Project
  • Develop a Project Plan
  • Administer and Monitor a Project
  • Finalyse and Review a Project

Frontline Management (Diploma in Business)

The Diploma of Business (Frontline Management) :

  • is designed to provide you with the skills, knowledge and attributes to undertake your role as a Team Leader/Manager within your organisation.
  • is based on competency standards from the National Business Services Training Package.
  • is a nationally recognised qualification at Level 5 of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).

 

The Frontline Management Program has direct relevance to the role you perform as a Team Leader/Manager. The content of the program and the associated Assessment Activities have a strong workplace focus and will assist you in achieving your team’s (and organisations) desired business outcomes.

Characteristics of learning outcomes at diploma level include breadth, depth and complexity covering planning and initiation of alternative approaches to skills or knowledge applications across a broad range of technical and/or management requirements, evaluation and co-ordination. Applicants will be required to participate in the development of strategic initiatives as well as display responsibility and autonomy in performing complex technical operations or organising others.

Price

$3,200

 

Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Good leadership involves setting the benchmark for other employees. Manage Personal Work Priorities and Professional Development provides the frontline manager with skills to establish personal work goals, set and meet own work priorities, analyse information and develop and maintain professional competence within multifaceted and diverse situations.

 At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • How to establish personal work goals through the analysis of drivers that motivate us

  • How to prioritise competing demands to meet personal and organisational goals

  • How to assess professional competence against competency standards to determine developmental needs and priorities

  • How to develop a personal career plan and recognise management development

  • Opportunities essential for your growth

Manage effective workplace relationships

Successful managers display behaviours that promote honesty, enhance trust and confidence in the workplace. Important to this is the ability to provide a mentoring role to support and lead staff; accommodate cultural differences and norms to achieve group cohesion; diagnose ineffective performance; remove barriers; and implement strategies for improvement.

 At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • How to manage information and ideas by communicating assertively

  • Filters to understanding and avoid methods that stifle communication

  • How to develop trust and confidence through emphatic assertion, positive use of power and incorporate cultural differences

  • Cultural differences and norms to achieve group cohesion

  • Ineffective performance, remove barriers and implement strategies for improvement

  • Effective negotiation techniques to settle grievances and manage conflict

Manage operational plan

Operational plans are the core of a company's business. Enhance the success with which various operational components interact and improve the effectiveness of the organisation as a whole. Manage Operational Plan will provide frontline managers with the skills to plan effectively; achieve profit and productivity targets; acquire resources and services; and monitor financial and operational performance to ensure results are in line with the overall organisational strategic plan. 

 At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • How to ensure all areas of operations management contribute to the success of the organisation's strategic plan

  • How to plan to achieve profit and productivity targets through performance indicators and contingency plans

  • How to acquire resources using the principles of contract management

  • How to perform assessments of future organisational staffing needs

  • How to monitor operational performance, identify any unsatisfactory areas and rectify the situation

  • How to perform better financial analysis by understanding the purpose and format of different financial reports

Manage workplace information systems

Frontline managers require competencies to identify, collect, and analyse data from all organisational areas including client service, material requirements, financial management and production scheduling data. Management information systems provide this information in a useable, logical, and accessible format.

At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • Information systems and identify information requirements

  • How to improve information analysis and report in a succinct and logical format

  • How to use technology to effectively manage information

  • How to develop successful business plans including strategic, operating and financial plans

  • How to prepare fixed, flexible and zero based budgets focusing on the key elements of effective budgeting.

  • How to manage and prepare effective resource proposals

Manage quality customer service

Customer satisfaction comes from understanding the needs and motives of your clients. The  standard of your products and services must reflect the voice of your customers. Strategies to exceed customer expectations and deliver quality customer service begin with the ability to motivate your staff to succeed, and ensuring there is a constant communication flow with your clients.

At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • Strategies to exceed customer requirements by understanding motives, perceptions and decision making processes

  • Delivery of quality products and services by understanding customer's needs, wants, attitudes and beliefs

  • How to conduct customer research in order to set service standards that reflect the voice of the customer

  • How to manage resources effectively to ensure progress is being made in line with these standards

Facilitate continuous improvement

Continuous Improvement is linked directly to competitiveness. Total Quality Management (TQM) Systems embrace the continuous improvement philosophy and incorporate the concepts of product quality, process control, quality assurance and quality improvement. Meet and exceed the challenge of competitors and ensure that continuous improvement is embedded in your company's culture.

 At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • How to implement TQM systems incorporating the eight key elements

  • How to monitor and adjust performance strategies to improve output and strengthen customer service.

  • How to empower employees and overcome resistance to change, enabling total organisational commitment to continuous improvement practices

Ensure team effectivenes

Ensure Team Effectiveness provides frontline managers with the skills to establish and implement team performance plans, develop and facilitate team cohesion, establish effective communication channels and achieve desired organisational objectives through a combined, supportive effort.

At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • How to establish a team performance plan; set realistic, achievable goals; and set key performance indicators focusing on factors that are critical to good performance

  • How to develop and facilitate team cohesion by improving motivation, enhancing decision-making processes and enhancing cooperation and trust

  • How to facilitate teamwork by designing and modelling teams around their purpose and style of operation

  • How to liaise with stakeholders, communicating effectively through the appropriate channels

Ensure safe workplace

Successful management of OH&S in the workplace ensures that direct and indirect savings are made through the prevention of loss due to workplace injury, death or  disease. The implementation, ongoing maintenance and regular review of an OH&S system are essential management functions of Australian businesses and government organisations alike. Understand your responsibilities under the participative arrangements guiding Australian OH&S legislation and ensure your consultative processes fulfil the regulatory requirements.

At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • How to establish and maintain an OH&S system in line with the relevant legislative requirements; codes of practice; standards and guidance materials; and State jurisdiction

  • How to establish and maintain participative arrangements with employees and their representatives in accordance with relevant OH&S legislation

  • Procedures for ongoing hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control in the workplace

  • How to develop and implement a training plan for your work group based on a comprehensive risk assessment and gap analysis.

Manage people

Optimising the productivity of people involves competently managing staff behaviours and their achievements. Successful managers immediately address individual and team problems and issues, build support and commitment and review performance management processes on an ongoing basis to increase productivity and ensure and ever-increasing standard of performance is achieved. Manage People will provide frontline managers with the skills to do this.

At the successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • How to manage performance of individuals through performance management systems and appraisal techniques

  • How to address performance related issues jointly with the staff member and draft action plans

  • How to minimise interpersonal conflict in teams and implement grievance procedures

  • How to strengthen company values, improve code of conduct and build support and commitment within the team

  • How to review and evaluate the performance management system to ensure it serves its objectives in the area of productivity, quality of work life and legal compliance

Manage projects

Change management skills are essential in today's dynamic working environment. Project management is the process of managing change. It refers to any project that has a defined ending and is finite in length. Critical for the success of any project is the ability to define the vision and objectives; recognise the core resources necessary; meet the required timelines and budgetary limits; and adhere to quality standards. Manage Projects provides frontline managers with the essential tools to plan, organise and control a successful project.

On successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • The key features of a project, identify key roles and essential components to assess feasibility

  • How to develop a project plan by creating a clear vision and purpose, prioritise activities, perform cost benefit analysis and prepare contingency plans

  • How to administer and monitor a project by selecting team members according to required skills, educate and motivate team members, adopt correct leadership styles and implement information systems to record project data

  • How to finalise and review a project to recognise successes, achievements and improvements and document for future reference.

 

Identify risk and apply risk management processes  

Risk management is one of the most critical areas in business management. Prioritising treatment of risks requires solid analytical ability and judgement. Identify how risk provides opportunities that a business can exploit to its advantage. Identify Risk and Apply Risk Management Processes will provide frontline managers with the tools necessary to achieve a continuous risk management process, with successful risk management treatments that are responsive and flexible.

On successful completion of this unit you should be able to understand and explain:

  • How to identify risk and categorise according to influencers, stakeholders, project stage and control

  • How to use a risk register to document risks from initial identification through to project closure

  • Causes of risk and identify the impact of risk events

  • How to prioritise risk treatment using a combination of analysis and graphical presentation tools

  • How to use a hierarchy of control model to select the most appropriate risk treatment

  • How to evaluate risk treatments against measures of success, monitor the risk management process and implement improvements