Human Resources Short Courses
HR is evolving; your skills should too
Six focused short courses in the skills HR teams use every day: foundational HR, people and culture, Xero payroll, resilience coaching and change management. 100% online and self-paced, priced from $395, and you can start today without a multi-year commitment.
Human Resources in Australia
Human resources professionals help organisations attract, support and retain staff, manage workplace policies and build strong people and culture practices across modern Australian workplaces.
Human Resource Managers are a well-established occupation in Australia, while common roles across the field also include Human Resource Advisers, Recruitment Consultants and Workplace Relations Advisers.
Jobs and Skills Australia continues to track occupation shortages nationally, and employers still report shortage pressures across parts of the labour market, making capable people and culture professionals valuable to workforce planning and retention.
Human Resource Managers have median weekly earnings of $2,768 in Australia, showing the value placed on leadership in recruitment, workplace relations, people strategy and organisational performance.
What these HR skills let you do
Manage
Run payroll
Support
Support the people function
Culture
Manage people and culture
Change
Lead change
Support
Build resilience
People FIrst
Think in terms of people strategy
FAQs
Find answers to common questions about our human resources short courses and online studying with Upskilled.
These short courses are suited to learners who want to build practical skills in human resources, people and culture, payroll and workplace wellbeing. They can be a good fit for those starting out in HR, moving into people-focused roles or looking to strengthen their knowledge in their current position.
Some human resources short courses are suitable for beginners, while others are better suited to learners with existing workplace experience. You can choose a course based on your current level, interests and the type of HR or people management skills you want to develop.
Yes. The Short Course in Human Resources gives you a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment with 4 units of competency drawn from the BSB40420 Certificate IV in Human Resource Management. Combined with the people and culture and payroll courses, you build a strong foundation for entry-level HR roles like HR Assistant, HR Coordinator or Payroll Officer.
Payroll is a core function within most HR and People and Culture teams, particularly in small-to-medium businesses where HR professionals are responsible for processing pay runs, managing leave entitlements, superannuation and single touch payroll reporting. Xero is one of the most widely used payroll platforms in Australia and this course gives you hands-on proficiency with the software.
Yes. The Short Course in Human Resources draws its units directly from the Certificate IV in Human Resource Management (BSB40420). Completing the short course gives you a head start if you choose to enrol in the full Cert IV or Diploma of Human Resource Management later. Speak to an Education Consultant about your pathway options.
Upskilled offers flexible online learning designed to help students build practical, workplace-relevant skills. Human resources short courses can help learners develop knowledge that supports people-focused roles across many industries and organisational settings.
The Mini MBA in People and Culture is an 8-module program covering the full breadth of people strategy, workforce planning, employee engagement and HR leadership. Managing People and Culture is a shorter 4-unit, 4-hour program focused on the practical fundamentals of managing teams and workplace culture. Think of the Mini MBA as the deep dive and Managing People and Culture as the essentials.
Zaiba Hozam Khan
Head of Vocational Education — BSB, Upskilled
Zaiba leads the BSB Business stream at Upskilled and brings more than two decades of experience across teaching, training and senior education leadership. She has trained in business, management and HR qualifications across Australia and overseas, and holds a Master of Education along with advanced credentials in training, assessment, leadership and HR. She reviews Upskilled's business qualification content to ensure it reflects current industry practice and accurately represents the skills and outcomes of the BSB framework.
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