For Mediators:
Mediation Training Courses
Mediation Training will teach you to mediate, refine your skills or to become involved in our mentoring program with the AMA’s dispute resolution specialists. We provide a range of general and specialised mediation and conflict resolution training and consultation opportunities.
Details of 3 courses are outlined on this page.
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AMA Online Mediation Training Course
Obtain the necessary basic process and skill components of mediation training online and become accredited in accordance with the Australian Mediator and Dispute Resolution Accreditation Standards (AMDRAS).
The Australian Mediation Association (AMA) offers a collaborative, interactive training and learning experience, keeping every participant engaged like never before.
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2025 Course Commencement dates – each course is of approximately 5 weeks duration online:
- Week Commencing 3 March 2025
- Week Commencing 2 June 2025
- Week Commencing 29 September 2025
Accepted payment methods:
- Credit Card: Please call 1300 633 428 for processing
- Electronic Funds Transfer: Please provide proof of transfer
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Australian Mediation Association
BSB: 064 121
Account: 10 200 135
Tax Invoice
Australian Mediation Association A.B.N. 40 315 480 252
GPO Box 1347 Brisbane Q 4001
Training Course $4,000.00 (including GST)
This document will be a tax invoice for GST purposes when you make payment. Please print and retain a copy for your GST records.
Cancellations: If cancelled within 2 weeks of the workshop a fee of $275 will be charged.
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Practicum Certificate (PC) Course – Advanced Mediator
The successful completion of the practicum certificate is a requirement to being appointed as an Advanced Mediator: see Part 4, Division 7 and Appendix 1 (pars 32-39) of the AMDRAS.
- Course 1: Tuesday 13/5/2025 and 20/5/2025
- Course 2 : Tuesday 18/11/2025 and 25/11/2025
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Prior to enrolling Participants need to show evidence of:
- being an Accredited Mediator for at least four (4) years (two complete renewal cycles); and
- completed at least 150 practice hours.
to be eligible to enrol in the Practicum Certificate Workshop.
The course will be run over four (4) weeks at 3 hours per week at times to be negotiated. The course will be run online and will be conducted by 1-2 principal instructors depending on numbers and design of workshop.
Program details will be provided upon enrolment to the course, including details around case summary submissions.
Each participant will then present their case study based on their pre- course precis submission; presentations will take 30 to 45 minutes.
Participants will then take part in created exercises and extension activities based on the case studies and the professional, ethical, cultural or other dilemmas that have been identified.
- Pre-course readings
- Program outline
- Exercises and activities created in the workshop
- Assessment details and template
Guidelines
Guidelines for Leading Mediator Accreditation – The Australian Mediator and Dispute Resolution Accreditation Standards (AMDRAS)
This Guideline provides a guide to enable Registered Practitioners to qualify for accreditation as a Leading Mediator under AMDRAS.
There are two different ways to become a Leading Mediator:
The first way is provided for in section 16(a) of the AMDRAS Standards – see HERE. This section requires you to have been an accredited mediator for at least 10 years and to have been previously accredited as an Advanced Mediator or equivalent for at least 6 of those 10 years. You can apply to your Recognised Accreditation Provider (RAP) using this process.
Click Click here to read through the guidelines and process of application to become accredited as a Leading Mediator.
Click here to access the Application Form – Application to become a Leading Mediator pursuant to the AMDRAS Standards.
If you fulfill ALL of the pre-requisite requirements and wish to apply for “Leading Mediator Accreditation” please email your application form and submission addressing all relevant experience as per the AMDRAS Standards to
The second way is to apply to the AMDRAS Board through your RAP using s. 16(b) of AMDRAS where you do not meet the specific requirements of s. 16(a).
This is equivalent, in some ways, to applying for an “alternative pathway” in relation to achieving accredited and advanced standing using AMDRAS sections 34 and 35.
Because there is no training requirement for becoming a Leading Mediator there is no specified “alternative pathway” and these matters are elevated for consideration to the AMDRAS Board.
As s.16(b) makes clear you need to demonstrate to your RAP and the Board that you have sufficient practice experience and have been engaged in the dispute resolution field in such a way that is equivalent to those requirements outlined in s. 16.
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Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution (CHC8115)
Successfully completing the Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution allows graduates to register with the Australian Attorney Generals department to become a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner.
This study can be done quickly and online in the comfort of your own home or office throughout Australia. Read more here.
To be qualified as an FDR practitioner you must meet the accreditation standards in the Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations 2008. The Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution will meet this requirement and allow the FDRP to issue section 60I certificates, which are required by the Family Court of Australia.
Delivered in partnership with the RTO, College of Education Services, provider code: 22487.
Our Philosophy
There is an ancient proverb that says, “you can feed a man a meal of fish and he will be satisfied that day..
..Or you can teach a man how to fish and he will be satisfied for the rest of his life”. Our sentiments exactly.
We don’t just train individuals to become mediators; we develop professionals with tools and techniques to help them deliver better and more profitable businesses.
We understand the benefits conflict management tools and techniques bring to individuals and therefore to businesses.
Working with both our delegates and trainers we have developed conflict resolution and management training courses aimed at supporting all business and legal operations to help increase service delivery levels and client value.
Our practical business programs all aim to achieve this but through different mediums. For instance one of our courses looks at ways of identifying, understanding and then managing client expectations throughout the cycle of that relationship.
This enables you to spot and deal with conflict issues before they sour.
Of course if you simply want to become a mediator or acquire advanced specialist skills then you need look no further for a training provider.
We continually fine-tune our approach to produce interactive and innovative programs. The AMA offers a range of courses, workshops and seminars which can be tailored to a specific orientation (e.g. Commercial Law or Family Law).
