Professional Book Editing, Proofreading
& Publishing
Diploma EDIT14, SoA
Journalism, Editing & Publishing
Learning Method: Correspondence with online support

This course has been developed against the Australian Standards for Editing Practice. It is packed with practical real-life activities and you will have real manuscript extracts to edit and proofread. In addition, you can access the online activities in the eLearning Centre to further practise and test your knowledge and skills. And you can talk with other students from all over the country in the Student Forum.

Materials: Your course includes College folder and student case, all modules (tutorials and assignment projects), textbooks, learning tools, tutor feedback and marking, College support, progressive Transcripts of Study, Graduate Awards and final Academic Transcripts, access to the eCampus, eNews, Student ID Pass, and access to educational discounts.

This course has been developed against the Australian Standards for Editing Practice, and includes practical activities and industry relevant projects.

Why learn about editing, proofreading and publishing? Because it's a great career you can do from home either in a full-time capacity or part-time to earn some extra money. Alternatively, you can aim for an interesting and rewarding job in one of many exciting fields. For those already working in your chosen profession gaining editing and proofreading skills can improve your writing to a professional standard.

If it is a career change you are looking for then one of the many opportunities you can explore is to establish and run your own editing and proofreading business from home. People with good editing and proofreading skills are needed to check and correct manuscripts, educational books, student texts, business documents, newspaper articles, magazine features, websites, advertisements, promotional material, and government documents.

You can also choose whether to pursue a career as an editor/proofreader or simply focus on one of the skill areas, such as editing. There is a wealth of work out there and it is an excellent field for the person who wants to work from home.

Undertaking a course in editing and proofreading is also beneficial if you simply want to improve your writing skills. You could be freelance writing, writing reports and correspondence for work, copywriting or writing a novel. Editing and proofreading skills are an invaluable tool for the creative writer, journalist, novelist, the business person, sub-editor, advertiser and business writer.