2025 - It's time to get qualified!
Upskill your officers in 2025 with a new Local Government Diploma
As one of the state’s largest Registered Training Organisations (RTO: 30003) specially built for Queensland Local Government, Peak Services has maintained RTO status for over 22 years, delivering high-quality accredited and non-accredited programs for the Queensland Local Government Sector. Peak Services is fully owned by the Local Government Association of Queensland, therefore councils benefit from their training budget expenditure, as profits are returned to the LGAQ and ultimately to councils in the services provided by them.
Now is the perfect time to consider your employees’ 2025 training and development needs to upskill them with qualifications tailored specifically for local government.
Qualifications can assist your officers acquire skills directly relevant to their roles; boost job retention and loyalty; and enhance job security. Additionally, training can help increase loyalty and confidence for both staff members and their teams.
Peak’s Local Government Diplomas and Certificate IV courses start early in 2025:
LGA50120 Diploma of Local Government (Corporate Services)
Working in local government requires a broad range of managerial, co-ordination and planning skills. The Diploma of Local Government (Corporate Services) allows you to develop management systems together with plans and policies within the local government context. Successful completion of this qualification broadens your skills and knowledge in Council’s Corporate Services requirements. This Diploma is made up of 12 units of competency covering areas such as:
Delivered over 3 x 2-day virtual workshops, our first 2025 course dates are as follows:
- Managing organisational customer service
- Managing business risk
- Ensuring a safe workplace
- Leading communication
- Community engagement, consultations and maintaining relationships
- Managing performance
- Project management
- Budgets and providing advice to council
- Detailed assessment work is required to attain competency and achieve the LGA50120 Diploma of Local Government (Corporate Services)
Delivered over 3 x 2-day virtual workshops, our first 2025 block starts March:
$4,150 PP (No GST applies)
BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management
Whether you’re looking to start your project management journey, or you already work in a council role and are seeking to validate, verify and further develop your knowledge, this nationally recognised course equips you with the skills you need for daily work. Peak’s virtual program will enhance your knowledge and skills and build the following learning outcomes:
- Plan, lead and execute projects end-to-end (PMBOK model)
- Scope risk, budget, quality and human resources
- Improve your influencing skills, meeting management and understand your compliance requirements
- Develop more complex spreadsheets
- Detailed assessment work is required to attain competency and achieve the BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management
Delivered over 3 x 2-day virtual workshops, our first 2025 block starts April:
$3,750 PP (No GST applies)
PSP40416 Certificate IV Government Investigations (Regulatory compliance specialisation)
This qualification provides local laws officers, inspectors, investigators and other authorised officers with the skills and knowledge to undertake regulatory and administrative inspections and investigations.
The course program covers understanding and application of regulatory powers, planning and conducting investigations, gathering and managing evidence, interviewing skills and reporting on investigation outcomes. The regulatory compliance specialisation covers the skills required by those responsible for ensuring statutory compliance with the requirements of legislation, regulations and organisational policy and is suited to local government officers who need to carry out regulatory compliance investigations for council. Our program is made up of 15 units of competency covering subjects such as:
- Plan and initiate an investigation
- Conduct investigations
- Finalise investigations
- Apply regulatory powers and assess compliance
- Search and seizures
- Interview process
- Inspections and monitoring
- Evidence
- Detailed assessment work is required to attain competency and achieve the PSP40416 Certificate IV Government Investigations (Regulatory compliance specialisation)
Delivered over 3 x 2-day virtual workshops, our first 2025 block starts April:
$4,150 PP (No GST applies)
PSPSS00040 Government Investigations Skill Set
The PSPSS00040 Government Investigations skill set is designed for individuals in regulatory roles requiring evidence collection and interviews with persons of interest. It equips professionals with the necessary skills to identify potential non-compliance, and to plan, conduct, and report on investigations.
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Plan and initiate an investigation
- Conduct investigations
- Finalise investigations
- Detailed post training assessment and project work is required to attain competency and achieve the PSPSS00040 Government Investigations Skill Set
Delivered over 2 days, our first 2025 certificate starts April:
$1,800 PP (No GST applies)
To enrol, click on the BOOK NOW button above to complete your enrolment form and return directly to me.
All courses listed are also available for delivery at your council.
If you have any questions, please call Patricia Paolini, Business Development Manager - Training Services on M 0407 966 716 or E ppaolini@wearepeak.com.au
0407 966 716