TRAINING PACKAGE CHANGES
I mentioned in the December 2015 issue of Newsline there had been several Training Package changes throughout the year which affected the Resources and Infrastructure and Business industries.  Just recently we also received notification that the Glass and Glazing and the Training and Education Training Packages have been upgraded.

Over the years Progressive Training Pty Ltd has formed strong partnerships with a number of organisations and corporate clients and together we have provided a variety of highly successful training and consulting services, courses and programs.   One such partnership of which we are very proud is the long-term relationship we have with Kimberley Group Training (KGT) in both Broome and Kununurra.   Since 2013 Progressive Training and KGT have worked together to deliver the SEE (Skills for Education and Employment) program in Broome.    Mary Zbierski-West, specialist literacy teacher, tells of her success with the program.........and the success of one of her students, Sam Stream.

Over that past four months I’ve been working on a number of projects at Port Hedland.
The majority of the projects are focused in the electrical technical training area in meeting BHP Billiton’s requirements under the Mines Safety & Inspection Act.
These include:
• HV Switching Operator Levels 1, 2 & 3.
• Substation Safety & Arc Flash
• Statutory requirements for Electrical Supervisors
• Electrical Welding
• Electrical Induction
• Electrical Safety Observer
• Low Voltage Safety Procedures

As there are package and version changes occurring regularly, the Scope and Training Operations Department is constantly kept busy checking, updating and modifying. It will always be a continuous circle of improvement.

Towards the end of this year and early in the New Year, it is likely there will be some big changes to some of the packages we have on Scope. Just three of these packages that will be affected are:
• TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• RII09 Resource & Infrastructure, and
• BSB07 Business

These changes will be quite significant and will require a great deal of time, energy and patience to implement. So, be aware, they are coming!

The last few months for Josh have included lots of Workforce Development Centre (WDC) workshops, updates to our website, continual resource development, Excel training and the unique opportunity of getting to ride a ship into port.