Traxion training gets businesses qualified

Traxion Training is an innovative Registered Training Organisation offering simplified training solutions for busy businesses.

We deliver our training through a variety of delivery options.

Most clients prefer our convenient, easy to use online format which then adds one:one support through our team of professional trainers both in your workplace and from our help desk.

Traxion Training specialises in the development of ‘return on investment’ programs for sales organisations and team leader positions.

Customising standard training packages to incorporate company-specific topics that are highly relevant from your workplace is also an option.

Plus we specialise in facilitating government funding to cover the costs of our training services where possible – so often the employer is not out of pocket at all.

Traxion Training is a partnership that has grown from two long-established, independent consultants who joined forces to bring together individual strengths to develop a range of training products and services.

In fact, between our two directors we have a combined total of over 50 years business experience. Our purpose is to offer to the business community a range of training solutions for effective training of busy teams in a variety of organisations.

Traxion Training is committed to:

• offer only the highest quality training programs, backed by a support system that gives clients direct access to our company directors for support
• comprehensively qualify the end result desired so that all stakeholders are focused on achieving pre-determined outcomes
• plan projects to ensure deadlines are met and all parties responsible for activity are professionally managed
• ensure all deliverables are focused, add value and endure beyond the life of the project

For more information and the list of course options check out: http://studyfinder.com.au/pages/Traxion-Training.html  

Flight Centre creates a travel academy

Flight Centre Limited is Australasia’s best known travel agency group and now boasts more than 2,000 shops and businesses in 11 countries.

Flight Centre Limited’s best known and most successful business is the Flight Centre retail travel brand. Internationally, the company employs about 8,000 consultants and support staff. Now to add to the already decorated business, Flight Centre has created a travel academy to help train the future travel and tourism consultants.

At Flight Centre Travel Academy, they specialise in creating and providing tourism courses for individuals Australia-wide.

All Travel Academy trainers hold years of practical experience in Flight Centre Retail stores, experience training in the Flight Centre Novice Consultant programs, along with holding recognised travel and training qualifications with many Flight Centre best practice qualifications.

FCTA’s training combines training based on real-world experience with the training received by Flight Centre employees.

Students who complete the qualification receive a nationally recognised certificate. with locations operating in Brisbane and Melbourne and soon to open in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, this is one awesome institute to look int if you want a Career in Tourism!

Check out there courses now: http://studyfinder.com.au/pages/Flight-Centre-Travel-Academy.html

Consider a career in Project Management.

We recently applied some new courses onto Studyfinder based on Project Management, these courses we added are delivered by 2 fantastic Institutes; 3TProjects and i Learning Solutions. Check out both these options as they are offering great incentives and also different options for studying ranging from online, face to face and RPL.

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Find your Future!

Australian Universities and TAFE Open Days: 2012

University  and TAFE Open Days

2012 Open Days

These dates may change without notice, please review on the Uni /TAFE websites.

Date	Institute Open Day	Location
25-Jul-12	Southbank Institute of Technology Info Night	South Brisbane, QLD
19-Aug-12	University of Notre Dame	Fremantle, WA
25-Aug-12		Sydney, NSW
29-Jul-12	QUT Open Day	Kelvin Grove, QLD
4-Aug-12	Monash University	Berwick, Gippsland, Peninsula, VIC
5-Aug-12		Caulfield, Clayton, Parkville, VIC
5-Aug-12	University of Southern Queensland	Hervey Bay, QLD
19-Aug-12		Toowoomba, QLD
26-Aug-12		Springfield, QLD
15-Jul-12	CQUniversity Open Day 2012	CQUniversity Brisbane
22-Jul-12		CQUniversity Gold Coast
22-Jul-12		CQUniversity Melbourne
29-Jul-12		CQUniversity Sydney
3-Aug-12		CQUniversity Gladstone
5-Aug-12		CQUniversity Noosa
12-Aug-12		CQUniversity Bundaberg
19-Aug-12		CQUniversity Mackay
26-Aug-12		CQUniversity Rockhampton
5-Aug-12	La Trobe University Open Day	Albury-Wodonga
10-Aug-12		Shepparton, VIC
17-Aug-12		Mildura, VIC
19-Aug-12		Bendigo, VIC
26-Aug-12		Melbourne, VIC
29-Jul-12	Edith Cowan University Open Day	Joondalup Campus
12-Aug-12		Mount Lawley Campus
19-Aug-12	Murdoch University	Perth, WA
5-Aug-12	University of Queensland	St Lucia, QLD
8-Aug-12		Ipswich, QLD
19-Aug-12		Gatton, QLD
26-Aug-12	UTAS Open Day	Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast Campuses
12-Aug-12	Griffith University	Gold Coast, Nathan and South Bank, QLD
12-Aug-12	RMIT University	Melbourne, VIC
25-Aug-12	Australia National University Open Day	Canberra, ACT
25-Aug-12	Australian Catholic University Open Day & Night	Canberra, ACT
26-Aug-12		Ballarat, VIC
12-Aug-12		Melbourne, VIC
25-Jul-12		Brisbane, QLD
1-Sep-12		North Sydney, NSW
8-Sep-12		Strathfield, NSW
26-Aug-12	Charles Darwin University Open Day	Darwin, NT
5-Aug-12	Curtain University Open Day	Perth, WA
12-Aug-12	Deakin University	Warrnambool, VIC
19-Aug-12		Geelong, VIC
26-Aug-12		Melbourne, VIC
17-18Aug 2012	Flinders University	Adelaide, SA
20-Aug-12	Holmesglen Institute of TAFE	Chadstone, Moorabbin, Waverley, VIC
19-Aug-12	James Cook University Open Day	Cairns, QLD
26-Aug-12		Townsville, QLD
5-Aug-12		Mackay, QLD
8-Sep-12	Macquarie University Open Day	North Ryde, NSW
19-Aug-12	Swinburne University	Melbourne, VIC
25-Aug-12	Sydney Uni Open Day	Sydney, NSW
19-Aug-12	University of Adelaide	Adelaide, SA
26-Aug-12	University of Ballarat	Ballarat, VIC
27-Aug-12	University of Canberra Open Day	Canberra, ACT
19-Aug-12	University of Melbourne	Melbourne, VIC
18-Aug-12	University of Newcastle Open day	Central Coast, NSW
25-Aug-12		Newcastle, NSW
30-Aug-12		Port Macquarie, NSW
19-Aug-12	University of South Australia Open day	Adelaide, SA
12-Aug-12	University of Sunshine Coast Open Day	Sunshine Coast, QLD
12-Aug-12	University of Western Australia	Perth, WA
26-Aug-12	University of Western Sydney Open Day	Parramatta, NSW
1-Sep-12	UNSW Info Day 2012	Kensington Campus, NSW
25-Aug-12	UTS Open day	Sydney, NSW

TAFE Victoria is having some challenges ahead…

Recently in the state of Victoria the Vocational Education and Training sector, specifically the TAFEs are facing new realities with huge budget cuts  handed out left right and centre. How does this affect the local student?

With the funding that TAFEs receive from State and/or Federal government helps towards providing a more affordable training platform for students to gain practical skill sets for gaining employment. Therefore in a nutshell, less funding means programs will go up in fee price or programs get axed, staff loses jobs, unemployment increases! FACT!

Some examples emerging online like this from the University of Ballarat (found on the ABC online website):

“The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says the University of Ballarat has slashed 40 TAFE courses as a result of Victorian Government funding cuts.

The university will stop teaching the courses and will streamline the TAFE to address the loss of $20 million in State Government funding.”

or “A Latrobe Valley community action group has been formed to fight against state government cuts to TAFE 

About 200 people attended a community forum on the impact of TAFE funding cuts at Latrobe City Council offices.

The group, made up of current and former TAFE employees, Gippsland Trades and Labour Council, unions and the general public will lobby the state government to reverse funding cuts to TAFE.” 

But the problem is not isolated to Victoria, other states are now facing similar actions from their State Government counterparts, like in NSW, Hunter TAFE is axing up to 30 courses in the wake of TAFE revenue cuts of $16million. In QLD the similar circumstances may not be far from the books too as Premier Campbell Newman is reviewing spending across his govenrment bodies to find savings.

So how does this fit into the federal governments focus on skilling people up for employment and with a growing mining industry how does all this fit into the overall picture? Well we are still piecing it all together.

But for the future until…..it looks like TAFEs are doing it tough, maybe it is time the Federal Government steps up the funding and focus on where they need to evaluate the real needs for training. Today TAFEs and Unis work closer if not are dual sector players focusing on articulations, pathways and recognition of prior learning (RPL) to help assist people gain qualifications and practical work experience in the shortest and reasonable priced time frame making them more employable (this is the key of today)

How do we contribute to a solution? Well basically we dont have all the answers, within Studyfinder we have worked on methodologies to try and establish a way that students can obtain information on courses and compare prices, funding options and also the ability to seek RPL. One thing we are looking at is developing a way to create a pathway guide for all programs on our platform. Hopefully our tool can help students find their future. We are a small step but we aim to be the first most important step in your educational direction.

Anyway enough blogging we have work to do!

Interest in Engineering can be found in one Institute in Brisbane

Southbank Institute of Technology offering (Associate Degree) Engineering course to students wanting to seek employment as an associate professional, as a design drafter using computers in the production of drawings for a broad range of engineering applications

 

Sustainability: Join the Discussion and Explore Your Career Options

As a driver for change that affects whole industries and market sectors with global reach, how will sustainability forge future careers? What does sustainability mean across sectors?

We invite you to join us at our postgraduate roundtable event, ‘Careers in Sustainability’, as we discuss the latest thinking in this field and help you explore your postgraduate study options in sustainability at the University of Sydney.

Our expert panel of academics and professionals will engage with the complex social, economic, and environmental issues raised in this industry, its demands, the latest in careers, and what sustainability means for various sectors.

After the discussion you will have the opportunity to speak directly with academics and representatives in your field of interest and discover the possibilities for the next step in your career.

This event will suit individuals from a range of backgrounds interested in sustainability or who are looking for postgraduate study opportunities in engineering, natural sciences, building, architecture, urban design and IT.

This event will be held on Tuesday 1 May from 6 – 8 pm on our Darlington campus. Registrations are essential and there is no cost for this event.

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies will also be accepting direct applications on the night.

For detailed information, and to meet our expert panel, please visit: http://sydney.edu.au/future_students/postgraduate/roundtable_events/sustainability.shtml

What: Careers in Sustainability – Postgraduate Roundtable Event

When: Tuesday 1 May, 6 – 8pm

Where: Peter Nicol Russel Lecture Theatre, Engineering Precinct, University of Sydney Darlington Campus

RSVP: Register by 5pm Tuesday 24 April

T: 1300 362 006

E: future.students@sydney.edu.au

Twitter: #USYDSUSTAIN

Explore Your Career Options with The University of Sydney

Join the Discussion and Explore Your Career Options

The University of Sydney will be holding postgraduate roundtable events for professionals and prospective students to connect with the latest thinking in their field and help them find out more about postgraduate study options.

Each event will host engaging discussion between our academics, sharing their knowledge and passion Expert panels of academics and professionals will come together at each event to engage in the key issues of their respective fields, connecting you with the latest thinking and helping you to find out more about your postgraduate study options at the University of Sydney.

You will have the opportunity to speak directly with academics and representatives in your fields of interest and discover the possibilities for the next step in your career.

Our postgraduate roundtable events will be held of an evening at the University of Sydney’s Camperdown campus. Registrations are essential and there is no cost for this event. Please see the following events for key information.

Possibilities in a Global Market – Tuesday 17 April For professionals and prospective students across project management, law, economics, management, marketing, professional communication, public policy, and business sectors.

Greatest Challenges in Healthcare – Wednesday 18 April For professionals and prospective students across a range of health professions, including pharmacy, public health, medicine, dentistry, allied health, and nursing.

Careers in Sustainability – Tuesday 1 May For professionals and prospective students across engineering, natural sciences, building, urban design, and IT.

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies will be accepting direct applications on the night.

Creative Links – Wednesday 16 May

For professionals and prospective students from the areas of education, music, creative arts, and humanities.

For detailed information, and to register, please visit: http://sydney.edu.au/future_students/postgraduate/roundtable_events/

Contact: 1300 362 006

Ignite the possible at the University of Sydney’s Graduate Options Expo

Are you looking to further your career or even change it completely? Perhaps you’d like to gain an edge in your profession or are just interested in expanding your mind for the love of it?

Come and find out what’s possible at the University of Sydney’s Graduate Options (GO) Expo on Thursday 22 September.

Your study load at the University of Sydney can be tailored to suit your needs, motivations and commitments – from studying just one subject per semester to taking on a full-time masters degree.

GO is the one-stop postgraduate study event, providing the opportunity to talk one-on-one with faculty representatives and academics and have all your questions answered at information stalls in the Great Hall.

There will be a range of lectures and round table sessions throughout the evening and across faculties, commencing from 4:00pm.

From research scholarships or the Federal Government’s FEE-HELP scheme to information on a specific course, everything potential postgraduate students will need to know will be available at their fingertips at the Graduate Options Expo.

It is a fantastic opportunity to find out details about degrees new for 2012, including the Master of Project Leadership (Engineering), Master of Molecular Imaging (Health Sciences), and Master of HIV/STIs & Sexual Health (Sydney Medical School).

There are also profession-specific talks on topics ranging from becoming a lawyer, nurse, or teacher, to working in international aid or sustainable design.

At GO you can talk, listen, read and take home all the information you’ll need to make your decision about postgraduate study at the University of Sydney.

Details

What: Graduate Options Expo

When: Thursday 22 September, 3pm to 7pm

Where: Great Hall, Camperdown campus

Ignite the possible, go to:

sydney.edu.au/graduate_options

 T: 1300 362 006

 

Griffith University Open Day..2011!

The time has come for you to visit Griffith University’s Open Day on Sunday 14 August from 9am to 2pm at our Gold Coast, Nathan and South Bank campuses.

There’s a lot to weigh up when you’re choosing a University and degree, your career. There are your natural abilities, your OP score and work life balance to consider. And, that’s just what Griffith University’s Open Day is for.

You can explore the campuses and degrees as well as your full-time, part-time or online study options. You will also discover how you’ll benefit from world-class research facilities and from lecturers who are pioneers in their fields.

When: Open Day – Sunday 14 August 2011

Where: Nathan Campus, Gold Coast Campus and Southbank Campus – Queensland!