Trainers and assessors who work in the VET sector and use nationally recognised training must meet the nationally agreed requirements outlined in AQTF Standard 1.4 (d) or SNR 15.4 (d) which states that trainers and assessors must continue to develop their VET knowledge and skills as well as their industry currency and trainer/assessor competence. A […]
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When reading the OHS news recently I came across an article that I have pasted into the blog below. To me, this is a brilliant way of improving the safety culture and providing useful knowledge to not only one person, but many. For me I can only see win-wins. The company learns about ways to
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A fantastic set of resources have become available here. Over 12 hours of training modules, support tools, templates and best-practice tips designed to make you the best trainer you can be. Kognitif Coaching has a site specifically for professional development for trainers, presenters, instructional designers and content developers. Receive updates on learning methods and media, specific training
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Aged Care Service Providers and Educators are invited to the launch of The Useful Educator’s Guide on Thursday 24th July 9:30am – 10:30am at Baptist Village Baxter – 8 Robinsons Road, Frankston South. Background One of the concerns the aged care industry raised in the SE Melbourne WIN region was the skill level and personal attributes of
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An important guide has been developed that can assist many in the training industry. It relates to workplace violence, and can be a very useful resource. Posted in the recent Safety Culture OHS News: A new guide to help employers and workers prevent workplace violence has recently been developed by SafeWork SA. The guide, Preventing
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One of the main reasons I am assisting people in the VET sector is to help the students. It is for the students, and teaching people new areas so they can gain new employment, or improve themselves. When I was reading about the students who had won awards it brought a tear to my eye.
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For Australian apprentices changes are happening with changes to legislation. Wages increases for adult apprentices 1 January 2014. Are you aware of the changes? Does it affect anything in your RTO? Here is a video outlining some of the specifics about the changes. http://www.apprenticeshipscentre.com.au/Home
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When we think of leadership, thoughts of courage, resiliency, boldness and determination come to mind. We think of the person confidently in charge leading the team into success. What we often do not think of is having micro managers or delegation leaders. Micro managers are throughout workplaces, including RTOs. The problem they have is, they
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Just in case you hadn’t heard…. On 3 April 2014 the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, Minister for Industry, chaired the inaugural meeting of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry and Skills Council in Brisbane, attended by state and territory ministers. Australian government ministers made a new commitment to ensuring industry has the skilled workforce
The National VET E-news shared this article, which is very useful of off-line and on-line learning, so I wanted to sahre it with you as well. Enjoy! Content chunking is the strategy of breaking up content into smaller, bite-sized pieces that are more manageable and easier to remember. This is a great technique for designing
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