The Right Direction for Competency
The integrity of our vocational education and training (VET) system rests basically on three pillars: the competency standards, the quality of our training and assessment practices, and the capacity to add value to stakeholders with our training proposal. Having a...
TAE Review
Last chance to have your say about the review of the TAE Training & Education Training Package IBSA has completed its initial consultations and has developed the second round of draft materials for validation. This is your last chance to...
Planning for Effective Evaluation
Evaluation, like everything else in life, takes careful planning to reap what one sows. The need to plan an evaluation before conducting it has always been recognized, but the scope and complexity of evaluation projects today demand even better planning...
How Web Conferencing Benefits Employee Training
The use of web conferencing for employee training is becoming more prevalent because it lowers costs to employers, provides a solid training foundation for employees, and makes re-training of current employees seamless. Many companies are beginning to include web conferencing...
Introducing the Core Skills for Work
In August 2013, the Australian Government released the Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework (CSfW). It provides a mechanism for training package developers, curriculum writers and those who develop standards and learning and assessment resources to more clearly articulate the employability...
Join the Australian Delegation to ASTD ICE 2014
ASTD International Conference & Exposition– May 4-7, Washington DC, USA. The ASTD 2014 International Conference & Exposition brings the training and development industry to life. Each aspect of the industry is covered for every level of practitioner, from CEO to specialist, from...
Do you make these 10 employee training mistakes?
According to John Tschohl, president of Service Quality Institute and author of “Achieving Excellence Through Customer Service” a significant amount of the money and time companies spend on training is wasted. “Training that is poorly presented goes in one ear...
Addressing gaps in skills with in-house training
Connect training strategies with the desired business outcomes of your RTO We live in an increasingly evidence-based business world, where records are continuously used to assess business success. For registered training organisations (RTOs) the evidence-based approach affects all aspects of...
Internal Audits
A Systematic Approach to Compliance and Continuous Improvement Changes in the workplace are happening so quickly that they are significantly affecting our strategic planning and operations. There are changes in students’ expectations and needs, competencies required by industry, competitive conditions...
Year-End Achievement Inventory
Before deciding what you should do next year, it’s critical to step back, take a breath, and do your own year-end review. It’s true. As Training and Development professionals, we’re all good at setting our own learning goals and then...