Workforce Effectiveness
This micro-credential is designed to enable HR professionals to be effective business partners by building their skills in workforce planning, industrial relations, organisational design, and work design.

Key Learning Outcomes
Participants will explore:

• Workforce Planning: Analyse future of work trends, learn how to undertake modelling and scenario planning to inform strategic workforce planning. Leverage AHRI’s Quarterly Australian Work Outlook reports (AHRI’s Quarterly Australian Work Outlook). 

• Industrial Relations: Explore employment frameworks and laws at national and state levels, including those governing employment, contractors, and termination. Gain insights into the role of unions and the regulation of work through contracts, legislation, and bargaining agreements.     

• Organisation Design: Explore key principles, tools and techniques for assessing and improving organisational design. Examine various HR operating models and structures to support business outcomes. 

• Work Design: Build skills in conducting job analysis and job re-design to respond to evolving ways of working and contemporary organisation and work design. 

Course Delivery

With a focus on practical application, we have curated a range of resources in various formats to suit your unique needs and preferences, and to support your development journey. 

Participants can expect to undertaker between 25-40 hours of study over the 6 weeks, although individual experiences may vary.

• Core and Supplementary Resources: Core resources provide essential information, while supplementary resources offer additional insights for deeper understanding.

• Choose Your Own Adventure: Materials are designed for flexibility. Based on confidence and proficiency in each skill and knowledge area, participants can decide how much content to engage with.

• Knowledge Checks: There are various reflection exercises to further apply learning and deepen capability.

• Case Study: Tasks have been provided for to put learning into practice and enhance participant overall skill development in the capability areas and assist with assessment readiness.

Other Course Information 
Delivery mode: Distance via Canvas
Course Dates: 05 May – 15 June 2025

Study Load: 25-40 hours of study over 6 weeks

You will obtain 32 CPD points for completing this course.

Registration Information 
Registration close: 28 April 2025

Having trouble registering? Contact Us or phone 1300 811 880.
By confirming your registration you agree to AHRI’s Terms & Conditions.

Registration Declaration 

By registering and purchasing this Micro-Credential you confirm that you meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Hold Professional MAHRI membership or higher.

And

• Have more than two years’ experience in an HR role, 

• Have foundational knowledge of this capability area, and

• Understand the learning content is designed at the AQF level 8 equivalent to advance me to the Emerging Leader level of the AHRCF.

Terms & Conditions

• Registrations will open 90 days before course commencement

• Micro-Credential registrations are available to AHRI members only – MAHRI level or higher

• By registering for a Micro-Credential, participants verify and declare they meet the eligibility criteria entry requirements

• Registrations for each Micro-Credential close seven (7) days prior to course commencement date

• Withdrawals are refundable minus administration fees, and transfers are accepted prior registration close date

• Request for withdrawals / transfers made after registrations close date will incur a fee

• Request for withdrawals / transfers after course commencement date are not accepted and non-refundable

• Substitutions are accepted in alignment with program T&C and AHRI must be notified prior to course commencement

• The program fees published are subject to change

• AHRI membership is non-refundable