Education and Available Courses

Educational and training courses for records management and related areas are offered in Australia and New Zealand.

Courses recognised by the Records Management Association of Australasia.

The Records Management Association of Australasia recognition program enables academic institutions and training providers to apply for formal RMAA recognition of their courses. Institutions and providers formally recognised by the Association have had their course curricula tested against Association expertise and knowledge of best practice, the ISO Standard for Records Management 15489 and if applicable the Recordkeeping Competency Standards.

Obtaining qualifications from a recognised course allows members to fast track their upgrade to professional membership of the Association

Institutions and Providers with Recognised Courses

Detailed information from the Directory of Archival Education and Training Institutions about recognised courses for the Association’s recognised courses:

Charles Darwin
Graduate Diploma in Information and Knowledge Management
Curtin University
Bachelor of Arts, Librarianship and Corporate Information Management (course code 303780 – major 303575). Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives (course code 187306) Master of Information Management (course code 194304)
Edith Cowan University
Bachelor of Information Technology (U67) (Record Management Major) (MACSRM) Bachelor of Information Technology (U67) (Records Management Minor) (MIRMGT) Graduate Diploma of Science (Information Services) (D79) (Archives and Records) (SPARRE) Graduate Certificate in Information Services (F21) (Archives and Records) Master of Information Services (Q71/H54) Information on fees Enquiries - SCIS Student Support Officer: Email: scis.info@ecu.edu.au Telephone: +61 8 9370 6299
Monash University
Master of Business Information Systems Graduate Diploma in Information and Knowledge Management
Open Learning Institute in Queensland Certificate 3 in Business (Recordkeeping) Certificate IV in Business (Recordkeeping)
Esset Australia Esset Australia Recognised in the 2006 BRW Fast 100. Certificate III of Business (Recordkeeping) Certificate IV of Business (Recordkeeping) Diploma of Business (Recordkeeping) Advanced Diploma of Business (Recordkeeping)
TAFE New South Wales Certificate 3 in Business (Recordkeeping) Certificate IV in Business (Recordkeeping) Diploma in Business (Recordkeeping)
Central TAFE Western Australia
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Level 6 OP6209 Diploma in Records and Information Management
Victoria University of Wellington (VUW)
Postgraduate Certificate of Archives and Records Management Diploma of Archives and Records Management

Other sources of information about courses in records management and related areas

International Council on Archives Section for Archival Education and Training (2002) Directory of Archival Education and Training Institutions.

The complete Directory is freely downloadable as a zip file:

http://www.ica-sae.org/ and follow the publications links.

Amanda Cossham is a Lecturer in Information and Library Studies at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. The table of courses was compiled as part of a post-graduate research project into the professional development needs of records managers in New Zealand.

Cossham, Amanda F. Courses for Records and Information Managers in Australia and New Zealand. Unpublished, 2002.

Short courses in records management and related areas

A range of short courses on records management is available across Australasia. More details can be found here.

Recognition of Courses in Records and Information Management

The Records Management Association of Australasia (RMAA) offers academic institutions formal RMAA recognition of their records and information management courses. Click here for details of the recognition process and guidelines for Institutions wishing to apply for recognition.

 National Records and Archives Competency Standards

National Competency Standards cover all aspects of work performance. They include the particular skills and knowledge required at different levels of employment and work within the Records and Archives industry throughout Australia. They identify the standard at which these tasks are carried out competently on a national basis.