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ACPE is a place where everyone knows you by name, somewhere to belong, a safe place to start from and always return to. Your career doesn’t start after graduation – it starts immediately as soon as you become an ACPE student. Together, we will set you on the path to success by preparing you for the working world and making the connections that could ignite your career. Our close ties with industry will give you an advantage when it comes to enriching your degree and being a distinctive applicant when you apply for jobs.
The Diploma of Football (Development, Management and Performance) will prepare you with the skills, knowledge and understanding for a range of future career paths in the football industry.
In this unique specialised diploma, you will explore a range of football codes (eg, soccer, rugby league, rugby union, AFL, rugby 7s, wheelchair rugby, futsal, touch football) and will learn how these global sports deliver exemplary practice in contexts such as coaching, officiating, community and participation, inclusion, management skills, and player development and wellbeing.
Look forward to exciting career options including:
- Football Coach (Average salary: $59,000*)
- Game Development Manager (Average salary: $90,000 - $100,000*)
- Referee Coordinator (Average salary: $45,000 - $73,000*)
- Sport Participation Officer (Average salary: $70,000 - $78,000*)
- Sport Performance Analyst/Scout (Average salary: $80,000 - $140,000*)
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Why ACPE?
Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) is Australia's leading sport education provider that is renowned for its specialist accredited degree and diploma programs.
We offer a range of degree and diploma courses in sport, football, health, education, and dance.
Gear up for success at ACPE and turn your passion for sport into a career:
- Gain an industry-leading degree
- Study closely with industry experts
- Gaining a qualification specifically designed by the sport industry for the sport industry
- Be work-ready with experience placements
- Thrive on campus at the home of sport, Sydney Olympic Park
We outshine our competitors based on the Quality Indicators of Learning and Teaching (QILT) Student Experience Survey, which is run by the Government. This is important because it tells you what our current students have said about their experiences at ACPE.
Compared to other universities and education providers, ACPE is rated in the top 20 for the overall quality of the student experience in 2022. We achieved a 92.7% rating for teaching quality, 87.6% for the quality of the overall student experience, and 90.5% for student support - significantly ahead - making ACPE the leading provider of sport, health, and dance courses in Australia.
Located at Sydney Olympic Park, we are surrounded by sport organisations and industry partners presenting opportunities at our doorstep. We are FEE-HELP approved and not ATAR dependent. Turn your passion for sport into a career. Why go anywhere else?
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FEE-HELP approved | Scholarships available
* Salaries are sourced from indeed.com, payscale.com, seek.com.au, glassdoor.com.au and are in $AUD. Information is current as of February 2024.