Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing

This course will provide you with theoretical and practical skills in a range of writing, editing and content production tasks. You'll have the opportunity to participate in literary events and in writing for a range of publications.

You'll build a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to succeed in the writing, editing and publishing industries. Writing skills are also highly valued in almost all industries.

You will gain experience and understanding to work effectively in the creative arts industry, including:

• writing and editing skills for fiction and non-fiction across a range of genres and forms
• understanding and implementing copyright requirements
• copyright requirements
• technological skills and use of the internet
• concept development
• history and theory of writing and literature.

Writing skills are highly sought after in almost every industry. Employment opportunities for trained professional writers and editors are strong, particularly in the growing field of social media marketing.

Your skills will allow you to pursue a variety of career options in government, commercial and not-for-profit organisations. This course will prepare you to work across communications, editing, publications and media, on a full time, part time, contract or freelance basis.

Your career path could include roles such as:

• creative writer
• professional writer
• content writer/developer
• editor
• freelance writer
• media officer
• digital publisher
• multimedia communications officer.

To be awarded the CUA40118 Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing, a student must successfully complete a total of twelve (12) units of competency, comprising of:

• six (6) core units, and;
• six (6) elective units, of which:

• four (4) units must be selected from the electives listed in the CUA40118 Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing qualification, and;
• two (2) units may be selected from the remaining listed electives or any currently endorsed training package qualification or accredited course.

Elective units must be relevant to the work environment and the qualification, maintain the overall integrity of the AQF alignment and contribute to a valid vocational outcome as well as be approved by the Polytechnic.

You may be able to complete your qualification sooner through formal recognition of your existing skills. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

To receive RPL, we assess your previous work, education and life experiences against recognised qualifications. Applications for RPL can be made prior to enrolling.

Call us on 1300 TAFE VP (1300 823 387) to discuss RPL options with the course manager.