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Advanced Certificate In Applied Management (Photography)

Course CodeVBS001
Fee CodeAC

CORE UNITS Click on each module for more details

Office Practices
Develops basic office skills covering use of equipment, communication systems (telephone, fax, etc) and office procedures such as filing, security, workplace organisations, etc. 

Business Operations
Develops knowledge of basic business operations and procedures (eg. types of businesses, financial management, business analysis, staffing, productivity, etc) and the skills to develop a 12 month business plan.
 
Management
Develops knowledge of management structures, terminology, supervision, recruitment and workplace health and safety.
 
Marketing Foundations.
Develops a broad understanding of marketing and specific skills in writing advertisements, undertaking market research, developing an appropriate marketing plan and selling.

STREAM STUDIES

PHOTOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION STAGE 1

  1. Origins of Photography
  2. Film
  3. Photo Equipment: Part 1
  4. Photo Equipment: Part 2
  5. Developing Film
  6. Enlarging
  7. Lighting
  8. Fault Finding

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE STAGE 2
  1. Composition
  2. Photographing People
  3. Nature & Landscape Photography
  4. Colour vs. Black & White
  5. Special Techniques
  6. Illustrative Photography
  7. Publishing
  8. Business Opportunities in Photography

PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY STAGE 3
  1. Image Formatting
  2. Lighting
  3. Sensitometry Part 1.
  4. Sensitometry Part 2.
  5. Understanding Colour
  6. Chemistry of Colour Photography
  7. Filters & Attachments
  8. Lenses

Final Requirement:
200 hrs work experience or a workplace project of similar duration.

Note: Enrolment fees do not include exam fees (x 7).

An exam fee is paid when each exam is sat.



This course is designed to train people for supervisory or managerial positions in the photographic industry. There are 7 modules plus a workplace project in this course. These are the 4 core units common to all streams of this Advanced Certificate, C12CN001. These involve 400 hours of study in total and cover Communications, Management, Office Practices, Business Operations and Marketing. Three photography units involve another 300 hours of study. A workplace project on the photography industry involves the final 200 hrs of study. This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C.