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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Over the past week I have spent much of my time away from client with my head down reviewing the standards. Basically I am happy with the way they look, they provide greater clarity for providers and I believe it will allow RTOs to concentrate on their one goal – to provide quality training and assessment.
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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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Running an efficient training organisation means providing quality training and assessment as well as handling employee issues when they surface. And when we look at it, managing employees can be one of the most difficult aspects of running your RTO. During the many years of managing both national and small state based RTOs I have found that
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Are your RTO strategies costing you money by not being compliant with the RTO Standards? Time and time again I see common mistakes in the training and assessment strategies (TAS) developed by RTOs. A good TAS is an extremely important document within your RTO, from both audit and strategic business planning perspectives, I have highlighted the most
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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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In a blog post recently Paul Wallbank interviewedfounder Ian Gardiner of Sydney video streaming company VioCorp after he stepped down as CEO. “I ended up getting further and further away from the stuff I’m actually good at,” he said. “You end up as the founder and entrepreneur in a place that is not good for
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I recently found a guide produced by the Hair & Beauty Australia Industry Association (HABA). It is a worthwhile read for anyone working with employers of apprentices or trainees. The new resource is called The Apprentice Edge and helps with understanding the obligations, rights and responsibilities as an employer working with their chosen Registered Training Organisation (RTO). HABA
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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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A video has been created by ASQA on some of the most common non-compliances ASQA has identified when auditing training organisations and providers. It states that organisations applying for initial registration are often found to be non-compliant with Standard 4. Standard 4 requires the applicant to have strategies in place to provide quality training and
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