Start date: February 2023
End date: December 2023
Full time 12 months Face to face.
Monday 9.00 am to 4.00 pm
Tuesday 9.00 am to 12.00 pm
Thursday 9.00 am to 12.00 pm
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Our course delivery features a combination of on-campus and remote (online) learning. This flexibility allows our students to continue to study in a safe, guided and supported manner.
JobTrainer
If you are aged 17-24 or looking for work, you may be eligible to study this course for free or low-fee through JobTrainer. It's important to know that you may incur other fees, such as student services fees and materials fees, and you'll need to cover these costs yourself. To find out more, call 13 TAFE (13 8233) or contact us via our online enquiry form.
Certificate IV in Design (CUA40720) is a nationally accredited course designed for students developing a creative folio of individual work they can use as an entry point into the workforce or apply for other design focused study like Bendigo TAFEs Diploma of Graphic Design.
Graphic designers create visual concepts, using computer software or by hand, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate consumers.
They develop the overall layout and production design for various applications such as press, magazine and web advertisements, brochures, flyers, posters, websites and corporate reports.
Graphic design is about using visual communication to inspire, inform and problem-solve. Its the role of a Graphic Designer to determine how to send a message and evoke a response through colour, texture,images and symbols.
You will work in a studio environment, learn to plan your daily workflow and how to collaborate creatively.
To complement your creative and technical skills, you will graduate with employability skills, know how to deliver to a deadline, and manage a project.
You will also develop a portfolio of your original work.
Core and Elective Units
To be awarded the qualification you must successfully complete seven core units and eight elective units. Your course is delivered face-to-face with clusters of units designed to give you hands-on instruction in a range of design techniques you can expect in the graphic design industry.
Study Areas
- Drawing foundations
- Design foundations
- Illustration foundations
- 2D design
- Designing for screens
- 3D design
- Designing brand identity
You will be regularly assessed during the course to show that you have achieved the skills and knowledge required. Assessments may include practical project-work, written and oral tasks.
Your course is classroom centred in a studio-based environment in which you will study individually and occasionally in groups, you will use industry-standard equipment and the latest digital design software.