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Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing

  • Certificate

Explore writing and editing through a professional and creative lens, and gain highly transferrable skills essential to a career in writing.

Key details

Degree Type
Certificate
Duration
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Course Code
C4405
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Are you keen to explore your creativity, while gaining solid technical skills? The Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing offers you the fundamentals to write and edit professionally.

Working with expert teachers, you hone your writing skills in fiction and non-fiction, and sharpen your editing skills for publication. You also learn to write clearly with confidence, as well as craft, design and produce content for target audiences across platforms.

Suited both full- and part-time students, this certificate gives you broad, transferable writing and editing skills relevant to any creative or professional writing context.

Study locations

Melbourne City

Career pathways

With a writing and editing skill set, your career opportunities are broad. Work exists in technical writing, corporate writing, writing in digital media, copywriting, creative writing in myriad forms, journalism and publishing. Employment possibilities range from paid positions to freelance work as either a writer or editor.

Specialised skills are in increasing demand, especially in the areas of social media, content management and copywriting. Your software skills, including facility with Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office, are vital for such work.