Changes to the Construction Industry Training Package

The Australian Industry Skills Council has approved 25 updated qualifications from the building and construction training package. This means you will soon need to start enroling any new apprentices in the new qualification. Existing students who are due to complete within the next 12 months will be able to continue in their current course. There […]

Top Eight Tips for Construction Apprentice E-learning

The construction industry poses its own unique challenges to RTOs and organisations providing an e-learning solution. Here are our top eight tips and hints to successfully use e-learning for construction apprenticeships: Use multi-media effectively. It’s no secret that tradies hate reading and writing. Otherwise they wouldn’t be tradies. They learn kinetically, with their eyes and […]

New Green Tradies Program Launched

Thousands of trades people and trade contractors will now able to receive training in sustainability through a new program called ‘Green Tradies™’, developed by the Green Building Institute. The Green Tradies™ Program has been developed especially for trade contractors wanting to ‘green’ their business and learn how to choose and recommend sustainable materials. It also […]