CC20 - Graduate Diploma of Asset and Maintenance Management

Overview

Optional Residential School

Some units in this course require you to attend an optional Residential School or Work Integrated Learning. Please see Course Features in the Getting Started tab for further information.

Course Overview

CQUniversity offers three post-graduate courses in the discipline of asset and maintenance management leading to the qualifications of a Graduate Certificate in Asset and Maintenance Management, a Graduate Diploma of Asset and Maintenance Management and a Master of Asset and Maintenance Management. The courses are specifically aimed at people currently working in the asset and/or maintenance field and wanting to upgrade their qualifications and skills.

The development of these courses has been in response to a strong and clearly-voiced demand from the industry. The units within these courses have been designed and developed in close collaboration with industry partners and experts.

The Asset and Maintenance Management course aims to produce graduates who understand asset management principles, maintenance philosophies, strategies and processes. Graduates will be able to develop their analytical skills to create sustainable, safe and cost-effective solutions. Further, graduates will apply a range of practical skills and knowledge using the latest asset and management tools.

Career Information

The course is suited to those currently employed in the areas of maintenance engineering or maintenance and asset management, who would like to advance their careers through professional upgrading of their knowledge, skills and qualifications. It is appropriate for maintenance personnel across all industries as it covers maintenance/ asset management principles and practices that can be applied to any industrial maintenance organisation. The course is practically focused in that it develops the essential knowledge and skills required by both asset maintenance managers and maintenance practitioners to support the goals of the industrial organisation. This qualification is highly regarded by industry as reflected by the increasing requirement for maintenance engineering/maintenance management qualifications in the selection criteria for many vacancies in the maintenance management field. This course will help to advance the career of professionals associated with any engineering asset intensive organisation.

Course Details
Duration 2 years full-time or 4 years part-time
Credit Points that Must be Earned 48
Number of Units Required CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in postgraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24).
Expected Hours of Study One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term.
Course Type Postgraduate Award
Qualification (post nominal) GradDipAssetMaintMgt
AQF Level Level 8: Graduate Diploma
Course Fees
Indicative Year - 2024
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $30,600
  • International Indicative First Term Fee - $15,720
  • International Indicative First Year Fee - $31,440
Indicative Year - 2023
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $28,860

Admission Codes

Domestic Students
Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes
Not Applicable
International Students
CRICOS Codes
Not Applicable
Where and when can I start?
Units offered internally at the below campuses may be delivered using a combination of face-to-face and video conferencing style teaching.
Units offered via MIX mode are delivered online and require compulsory attendance of site-specific learning activities such as on-campus residential schools, placements and/or work integrated learning. See Course Features tab for further information. Online units are delivered using online resources only.
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The following tables list the courses availabilities by location and term. Directing your pointer over your preferred location will provide further information if this course is not available for the full duration. Please be sure to also check individual unit availability by location and term prior to enrolling.

Domestic Availability

Term 3 - 2025

Sorry, no domestic availabilities found.

Term 2 - 2025

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International Availability

Term 3 - 2025

Sorry, no international availabilities found.

Term 2 - 2025

Sorry, no international availabilities found.

Term 1 - 2025

Sorry, no international availabilities found.

Term 2 - 2024

Online

Term 1 - 2024

Online

Term 2 - 2023

Online

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Online

Term 1 - 2021

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For any problems regarding admissions availability for the selected course please contact 13 CQUni (13 27 86) or send us an email at http://contactus.cqu.edu.au/
What do I need to start?
Entry Requirements

To be eligible for entry into this course, applicants must hold:

  • A completed Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) equivalent Graduate Certificate of Asset and Maintenance Management; and
  • Current employment in maintenance engineering/maintenance/asset management; OR
  • A completed AQF Associate Diploma in Engineering, Technology or Applied Science with either:-
    • minimum 1 year relevant asset/maintenance management employment experience OR
    • minimum 3 years relevant maintenance engineering employment experience

Employment experience must be shown in a letter of employment which is presented on a company letterhead as well as signed and dated by a delegated authority. The letter must contain your full name, position title, duties performed and length of service.

English Language Proficiency Requirements:

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University. Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:

  • A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
  • An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) diploma level qualification, or
  • Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years full time with a minimum overall GPA 4.0

Completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.

If you do not satisfy any of the above you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores as below:

  • An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Requires 550 or better overall & minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or
  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or
  • An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.

English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.

If you are an International student please visit International students English requirements for further information.

Each student will be assessed individually.

Security Requirements
No information available at this time
Health Requirements
No information available at this time
Assumed Knowledge

N/A

Fees and Charges
Course Features

Awards and Accreditation

Interim Awards CC19 - Graduate Certificate in Asset and Maintenance Management
Exit Awards CC19 - Graduate Certificate in Asset and Maintenance Management
Accreditation
  • Learned Society: Core
    World Partners in Asset Management

    Upon completion of this course, you can approach the Asset Management Council, Australia, to validate your experience for the Certified Practitioner in Asset Management (CPAM) award.

Residential School Requirements

Optional Residential School Commencing Graduate Diploma of Asset and Maintenance Management students may choose to attend an Induction Workshop in conjunction with ENMM20023 Introduction to Asset and Maintenance Management. Students should check the CQU Residential School webpage for details of date and location.
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Practicum/Work Placement

Not applicable

Previous and Current Enrolments

Year Number of Students
2024 14
2023 27
2022 25
2021 39
2020 49
Inherent Requirements
There are Inherent Requirements (IRs) that you need to be aware of, and fulfil, to achieve the core learning outcomes of the units and course. IRs are the essential capabilities, knowledge, behaviours and skills that are needed to complete a unit or course.

Please note that in some instances there may be similarities between course, entry and inherent requirements.

If you experience difficulties meeting these requirements, reasonable adjustments may be made upon contacting accessibility@cqu.edu.au. Adjustment must not compromise the academic integrity of the degree or course chosen at CQUniversity or the legal requirements of field education.

General Information

This course demands that students are well aware of complying with academic and non-academic misconduct policies and procedures such as CQUniversity’s Student Charter, Student Misconduct Policy and Student Behavioural Misconduct Procedures and Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). Using your knowledge and skills for the benefit of the community to create solutions for a sustainable future, in accordance with the Engineers Australia Code of Ethics. In doing so, you will strive to serve the community ahead of other personal or sectarian interests.

Ethical Behaviour

This course demand that students comply with academic and non-academic misconduct policies and procedures such as University's Student Charter, Student Misconduct Policy and Student Behavioural Misconduct Procedures and Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). Any question that you attempt in your assignment, using your knowledge and skills for the benefit of the community to create solutions for a sustainable future. In doing so, you will strive to serve the community ahead of other personal or sectarian interests. you are also required to demonstrate integrity, scientific and technical competence, exude leadership qualities and promote sustainability, in the course of your professional practice.

Behavioural Stability

While studying this course you must be reflective with personal behaviours in relation to professional performance and being positive and receptive to processing constructive supervisor/lecturer feedback or criticism. Interacting with people from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures in a calm and composed manner in difficult to deal with situations and having the desire to solve problems in order to improve the standard of living of the people in the community are basic responsibilities of a student in this course.

Legal Compliance

You must follow the CQU policies, in case of a doubt.such as you cannot give a public statement on behalf of CQU.  While using resources from outside or academic references proper referencing is a must and you should obey the plagiarism policy of the university. Before publishing your company information in a journal or conference, it is your responsivity to seek permission from your company.

Communication Skills (Verbal, Non-verbal, Written and Technology)

 As a student, in this course  you will communicate in the English language with accuracy, appropriateness and effectiveness this may include listening writing and reading. The language that you use must be  appropriate to the context of the individual, group or workplace including teaching team. You will be required to competently and appropriately constructing written assessment work in a logical, coherent manner, and with correct grammar and punctuation to the required academic standards. You must  have capability to access a computer for your studies, and possessing basic computer knowledge and skills to engage in the on-line learning environment that may include completing relevant on-line assessments and participating in on-line forums or responding to emails. To keep a pace with the class you must be accessing the Internet for research, and email for communication with peers and lecturers.

Cognitive Abilities (Knowledge and Cognitive Skills, Literacy and Numeracy)

You will be required to conceptualise using appropriate knowledge in response to academic assessment items. Applying theoretical knowledge, research evidence, policies and procedures in professional practice are the part of learning in this course. While attempting assignments you will be required to retrieve correct information from appropriate sources, processing it and converting it into simpler terms will be necessary. Basic mathematical skill will be required to present financial aspects of assets.

Sensory Abilities (Visual, Auditory, Tactile)

While you are required to be a full time employee in a company, any part of work that you do at your workplace to meet your study requirements of this course are not risk managed or covered by the CQUniversity. You must observe OHS guidelines of your company.

Relational Skills

You must follow the protocols to communicate with the teaching team administrative staff as well as with your class mates. Your language should not be offensive and you should not share your personal information during formal communication, verbally, in writing or by actions. 

Reflective Skills

You will be required to use your reflective skills for answering a question that requires a discussion as a part of class activity or an assessment. 

Sustainable Performance

While finding a solution to any problem asked in the assignment question, you will be required to keep in mind the sustainability. This will require a sense of environmental and social responsibility.

Strength and Mobility (Gross Motor Skills and Fine Motor Skills)

As apart of assessment you may be required to collect data from the live equipment that may involve travelling to the site recording data from the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), any risks associated with these activities will be your own or your company's responsibility.

Interpersonal Engagement

This course demands that interacting with your colleagues or any other stakeholder in regards to your studies i.e. conduct a discussion, an interview or ask for an advise you have to communicate with respect and integrity. 

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Abilities

While working with your company where are employed while studying this course, you will be required to collect data from CMMS or any equipment that is necessary to answer the question asked in the assignment. Thus Using the Microsoft Office suite of products, in particular Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat.is a must and you must acquire these skills before attempting assignment. Attending online lecture and tutorials is a must for this course and you must be familiar with hardware and software technology required for this purpose. You will be required to use Learning Management System ( Moodle) on a regular basis, your understanding of the system and also the helpdesk contacts details must be handy for seeking help.  You must be equipped with virtual and email communication on your laptop as well as on your mobile phone phone that has roaming or wifi capability, your laptop or desktop should also be ready with a WiFi connection, required softwares and hardware such as mouse, key board headphones external hard drive etc.  .

Core Learning Outcomes
  • 1. Evaluate the body of knowledge and underlying philosophies related to maintenance management using a business centred approach.
  • 2. Apply maintenance philosophies, strategies, tools and techniques relevant to market trends and the needs of an organisation, meeting statutory requirements.
  • 3. Communicate maintenance management philosophies using a range of technical and research skills across all levels of the industry.
  • 4. Critically appraise maintenance needs and develop a sustainable, ethical and professionally responsible plan for maintenance systems.
  • 5. Assess reliability, availability and maintainability issues and devise research focussed solutions to ensure plant integrity and safe operations.
  • 6. Exercise leadership in maintenance and asset management with consideration of ethical and professional issues and critically reflect on self-performance.
  • 7. Actively participate in professional networks by utilising an inter-disciplinary approach.
  Course Learning Outcomes
Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. KNOWLEDGE Have advanced knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge that may include the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills in a new or existing discipline or professional area
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems
3. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas
4. SKILLS Have specialised technical and creative skills in a field of highly skilled and/or professional practice
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concept
6. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to make high level, independent judgements in a range of technical or management functions in varied specialised contexts
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within varied specialised technical and/or creative contexts
9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others within broad parameters
Course Structure

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure
Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

On entry to the course, students will study the following introductory unit, which will assist their transition into the course. Students are encouraged to attend the optional induction workshop for this unit. Check the CQU residential school schedule for details.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ENMM20023 Introduction to Asset and Maintenance Management

Following completion of the introductory unit, students will study the following three foundation units.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ENMM20024 Asset Management Systems
ENMM20025 Asset Maintenance Strategies
ENMM20029 Asset Management Organisation

Students will then study the following advanced units.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ENMM20030 Asset Management Leadership
ENMM20032 Asset Management Maturity

Available units
Students must complete 2 from the following units:
ENMM20028 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety
ENMM20031 Condition Monitoring and Tribology
ENMM20026 Turnaround Maintenance Management
More Details
There is no additional information for this course.