Become a Trainee · Experience Leadership · For trainees
Lead real work. Learn from it. Build confidence through practice.
Experience Leadership is a coached traineeship for people taking on leadership responsibilities at work. You’ll practise guiding a team, managing day-to-day work and leading an improvement project in your workplace.
The work you do builds evidence towards BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management.
Why choose Learnivation
You learn best when the learning fits you, so we build your traineeship around the way you think, the work you already do and the leader you’re becoming.
Your own Learning Coach from the first week to the last, in person or over Zoom. Never lost at the back of a class.
We get to know how you think and learn, then shape every session around it, whether you’re a talker, a doer or a quiet processor.
No block release, no sitting through content you already know. Every hour goes into real work in your job.
One action a week, a portfolio of real work that’s yours to keep, and a nationally recognised qualification at the end.
Is it a fit
You might be stepping into your first team leader role, taking on more responsibility as a supervisor or coordinator, or already finding that people look to you for direction.
You don’t need to have leadership figured out before you begin. You do need a workplace where you can practise: working with a team, contributing to decisions and taking responsibility for an improvement project. Your Learning Coach will help you make sense of what happens as you go.
How it works
You’ll work with the same Learning Coach throughout your traineeship. In each coaching session, you’ll discuss a real situation from work and agree on a practical action to try. At your next session, you’ll review what happened and decide what to work on next.
Your plans, team activities and project work form your Portfolio of Leadership. Your coach helps you understand what evidence is needed for the qualification and how to show the skills you’ve developed. You’ll also meet with your employer at the end of each mission to review your progress together.
The evidence
The three missions
Your traineeship has three missions. Each one builds on the work you do in your role.
Explore how you work, what matters to you and how you respond to challenges. You’ll look at your strengths, wellbeing and development needs, then practise bringing those insights into your day-to-day leadership.
You may create: a Leadership Charter, a personal development plan and a wellbeing plan.
Put your leadership into practice with the people around you. You’ll work on communication and relationships, facilitate team activities and help your team develop and try an idea. Your Learning Coach will observe you leading a team session.
You may create: a Crew Charter, a team communication plan, records of team sessions and an initiative developed with your team.
Take responsibility for an improvement connected to your workplace. You’ll plan the work, use information to guide your decisions, involve others where needed and review what happened. You’ll bring it together in your Discovery Project.
You may create: an operational plan, an analysis of relevant information, a record of the improvement process and a project report.
What you finish with
You’ll have opportunities to practise communicating clearly, supporting a team, coordinating work and making informed decisions. You’ll also have a project and a portfolio you can use to show how you applied your leadership skills.
If you successfully complete all training and assessment requirements, you’ll receive BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management. What comes next could include growing further in your current role or exploring other leadership opportunities.
What is included
Thinking of hosting a trainee? See Experience Leadership for employers →
Units of competency
BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership and Management contains 12 units: five core and seven electives. Your elective units are reviewed when the training plan is developed so they fit the responsibilities you’ll take on at work.
| Code | Unit |
|---|---|
| BSBLDR411 | Demonstrate leadership in the workplace |
| BSBXCM401 | Apply communication strategies in the workplace |
| BSBLDR413 | Lead effective workplace relationships |
| BSBXTW401 | Lead and facilitate a team |
| BSBOPS402 | Coordinate business operational plans |
| Code | Unit |
|---|---|
| BSBPEF401 | Manage personal health and wellbeing |
| BSBPEF403 | Lead personal development |
| BSBCRT411 | Apply critical thinking to work practices |
| BSBCRT413 | Collaborate in creative processes |
| BSBSTR401 | Promote innovation in team environments |
| BSBXBD404 | Use big data for operational decision making |
| BSBSTR502 | Facilitate continuous improvement |
Pathways. BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management · supervisor, team leader and coordinator roles with your organisation.
Getting started
A traineeship needs a suitable role and an employer who can give you opportunities to practise leadership. If you’re already employed, tell us what responsibilities you have now and what you’d like to develop. We can talk with you and your employer about whether Experience Leadership fits.