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Version Effective: 1st of October, 2025
Version Effective: 1st of October, 2025

PDC151653 - First Nations Cultural Awareness Training (Level 1)

Course Details

Course Summary

PDC151653 First Nations Cultural Awareness Training (Level 1) is designed to support participants in the development of First Nations cultural awareness. This micro-credential builds participant knowledge and understanding of the histories, lived experiences, cultures and rights of First Nations peoples. This micro credential presents critical examination of the threads of First Nations social inequality and associated outcomes and explores ways that reconciliation is expressed at the individual and organisational levels.  This micro-credential is designed to assist participants in developing a deepened awareness and understanding of the contemporary context of Australia’s First Nations peoples within a changing Australian society from the point of colonisation in 1788 and through key shaping events into a 21st century context of deepened social inequality. Participants are taken through the complex historical threads and their undercurrents flowing into an Australian liberal market economy and its interactions with globalisation that lead to contested First Nations social justice pursuits. Through this knowledge journey participants consider their individual steps in responding to key strategic policies and reports, including National Reconciliation and Closing the Gap. 

This micro-credential is designed for a broadened participant audience and organisational contexts.

This micro-credential is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.

This micro-credential is aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

What is a Digital Badge?

 

Requirements - To Be Eligible

For your application to be considered, you must meet the following entry requirements.

Entry Requirements

This micro-credential is designed for anyone to access. You do not need to be a CQUniversity student or staff member.

CQUniversity staff can access this micro-credential through EMPower Learning. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for your micro-credential completion to be reflected in EMPower Learning.

The enrolment key for CQUniversity students to access this micro-credential can be found at MYCQU under the Discover Articles.

Course Details

Course Type Short Course (Professional Development)
Student Availability
  • Domestic
  • International
Fees
Full Fee $250
Application Mode
  • Other
How to Apply
  1.  Once you have selected your desired micro-credential, you can now add it to your shopping cart to enable you to purchase more than one "course" in a single transaction.
  2.  Once you have added all the micro-credentials you wish to purchase, you will be directed to the payment gateway and will be asked to "authenticate" your account on our Learning Management System Be Different. 
    • If you have an existing account on the Be Different platform, please use sign in options used to access micro-credential courses
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  3.  After successful authentication, you will be redirected to the CQUniversity secure payment gateway. Please add your payment details to complete the transaction. 
  4.  Following a successful payment, you will automatically be redirected to the course in the Learning Management System Be Different where you will find your selection of micro-credentials on your Dashboard. 
Study Area
  • Education and Humanities
  • Work and Study Preparation
Skill Area
  • Education Support
  • General Education and Training

Admission Codes

Domestic Students
Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes 		Not Applicable
International Students
CRICOS Codes 		Not Applicable

Student Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations

Undertaking this micro-credential enables participants to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, participants will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.

Course Structures

Study Mode Definitions

  • Online: Online courses provide the flexibility to study without normally requiring a student to visit a campus. Course content is studied through a number of means including the use of online discussion forums, electronic library resources, by contacting lecturers and teachers, and receiving study materials online/electronically. Work integrated learning, including placements, may be included in some courses.
  • On-campus: Students studying in on-campus mode typically are expected to attend and participate in regular, structured on-campus teaching and learning activities throughout the University’s academic term. These activities may include lectures, tutorials, workshops and practice, online or other activities and normally will be timetabled at a CQUniversity campus or approved delivery site.
  • Mixed Mode: Students studying in mixed mode will participate in a combination of online learning activities in addition to site-specific learning activities, which may include residential schools, co-op placements and/or work-integrated learning as a compulsory requirement of a unit. The additional site-specific learning activities are what differentiates a mixed-mode unit from an online unit.

*All study modes may include Vocational placement and/or work integrated learning.

Select a course structure below to view the delivery details, including the different study modes offered for each structure.

Micro-credential

2.0 hours online self-paced learning.

  • Online
No units are associated with this course


Course Assessment Information

RPL - Students who have previous informal and formal learning need to advise their trainer/assessor prior to enrolment. If the student wishes to apply for an RPL they need to apply to the RPL Centre.
Credit transfer - If credit for relevant formal qualifications is sought, then the process will be actioned after the student has enrolled in at least one unit of competency as directed by the relevant trainer/assessor. The Trainer/Assessor will work with the student on their credit transfer application, and provide advice and support as necessary.
Assessment Types
Online Quiz(zes)
Course Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes:

  1. Identify the deep impacts of Australia’s early colonial history on First Nations peoples
  2. Identify the key racialised treatment in policies aimed at First Nations peoples
  3. Identify First Nations social justice tensions in a developing Australian society
  4. Identify Australia structural tensions from 1992 onwards towards class layering and First Nations social justice pursuits
  5. Identify contemporary footprints through the deepening intersections of First Nations wealth and racialised inequality
  6. Identify progressive approaches that can be exercised towards Australian reconciliation.
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