Forsythes Training Update – January 2025

30 January 2025 in Newsletter

In this issue

Now is the time to get qualified and skilled up
Kickstart a career in the VET sector
What people say about our TAE training
Do you have leaders of the future?
NEW BSB40520 Certificate IV Leadership and Management
Deliver projects on time and on budget
Use Microsoft Power BI for powerful reports
Is Power BI the same as Excel?
What do MHFA, feedback and professional development have in common?
Meet the Team – Talia Taylor Jones
Popular accredited qualifications and short courses.

Now is the time to get qualified and skilled up

Happy New Year.

We can help you to make 2025 the year to get that new qualification or skill you need for a promotion, a career change or to work smarter, not harder..

We also provide businesses and organisations with customised training programs to give their people the right skills to be more productive and competitive or to ensure they meet their WHS or other regulatory requirements.

Why Forsythes Training?

Nationally accredited qualifications, short courses or skill sets
Public courses or customised programs for your workplace
Highly experienced accredited trainers with real world experience
Additional student support
Flexible learning – face to face or virtual classroom.

See why Australia’s best businesses – big and small – choose Forsythes Training.

Kickstart a career in the VET sector

Looking for a new career? Kickstart one in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector as a trainer or assessor with our nationally recognised Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (TAE40122).

Read why we are industry leaders in TAE training.

Learn your way with face-to-face, virtual classroom, and self-directed courses. We also provide customised and contextualised full qualification and skill set training in TAE at workplaces.

What people say about our TAE training

Here’s what James and Skye said on LinkedIn about their TAE experience with Forsythes Training.

“When I got my Cert IV’s in leadership & management and my TAE at Forsythes not only did I get the qualifications they also ensured we had the understanding of what will be required for me to succeed in your career pathways.” James H, Trainer and Assessor.

“I did Cert IV Tae with Forsythes in 2022 and loved it! So valuable and I’ve definitely used a lot of what we learnt in my role as a learning designer.” Skye S, Instructional and e-learning Designer.

Do you have leaders of the future?

Does your business or organisation have people moving into a supervisor or other leadership role?

They can’t build and retain efficient and effective teams unless they understand their leadership style. Are they task or people focussed? Self awareness, emotional intelligence, communication and conflict resolution are essential skills for successful leaders. Many leaders do not have or have not been given training to develop these skills.

Our practical two day Leaders for the Future course gives leaders insight and tools to build better working relationships with their team, peers and your manager.

We can come to your workplace to run this course with the flexibility of people joining online via virtual classroom. We can also provide individual or group coaching as post course support.

Our public 2 day Effective Leadership program is also very popular.

Course explainer – NEW BSB40520 Certificate IV Leadership and Management

Our new BSB40520 Certificate IV Leadership and Management better meets the needs of workplaces and leaders and supervisors. The blended learning program has less training days and requires more workplace evidence.

It is ideal for existing supervisors to formalise their skills and knowledge. They will complete the nationally recognised qualification over seven workshops in just nine months.

The program commences March 2025 – face to face at our Newcastle training centre or via live virtual classrooms. We can also deliver a dedicated, customised program for your workplace.

We also offer the 12 month BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management.

Use Microsoft Power BI for powerful reports

Do your reports stand out and provide clear, easy to understand data?

Power BI is a new Microsoft business intelligence program. It creates powerful and visually appealing dashboards and graphical visualisations using data from Excel and other programs.

Our certified trainer offers 1-day Level 1 or level 2 courses face to face or via live virtual classroom. You need an intermediate or Level 2 understanding of Excel to do a Level 1 Power BI course.

Is Power BI the same as Excel?

Power BI does not edit, add or change data like Excel. It tidies and normalises data from Excel into “Fact” and “Dimension” tables for more efficient data manipulation.

Our Desktop Applications trainer Wayne Robinson can train you in Excel and other Microsoft applications such as Word and Project.

We now issue Statements of Attainment for eligible Desktop Applications.

Deliver projects on time and on budget

We can give you the skills to deliver projects on time and on budget.

Our project management trainers have real world experience. They will show you how to better plan, implement and adapt projects effectively.

Choose from nationally accredited qualifications or a 2 day workshop in project management fundamentals. Study your way with both face to face and virtual online classroom options.

Q. What do MHFA, feedback and professional development have in common?

Our Trainer and Assessor in Mental Health, Resilience and Leadership Tommy Pulleine has had the privilege of training thousands of people in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). One of his favourite moments is hearing how people have applied what they learnt.

MHFA gives you a clear process and the confidence and the right language to have a meaningful conversation with someone to guide them toward the help they need. It is something everyone could benefit from doing, especially in businesses or organisations wanting to be mentally healthy and resilient workplaces.

Like all our trainers and assessors, Tommy undertakes regular professional development and other training to give our participants the best quality training possible. He was in Melbourne last month to complete a Resilience First Aid refresher upskill course. Tommy says professional development deepens understanding and provides fresh insights to make a difference.

A. So, the answer to the question is they can all make a positive difference.

Meet the team – Talia Taylor Jones

Talia is highly skilled at designing and delivering training programs that meet your needs.

An accredited trainers and assessor, she delivers TAE40122 and Leadership skill sets and qualifications.

Talia has 15 years experience in training, including working as a Project Manager or Principal Trainer for several private registered training organisations.

She also brings real world industry experience into the classroom having worked for more than a decade in business development for a private business.

Upcoming training in popular qualifications

BSB41419 Certificate IV Work Health & Safety – face to face or live virtual classroom
BSB40520 Certificate IV in Leadership & Management – face to face or live virtual classroom
BSB50820 Diploma Project Management 2025
TAE40122 Live Virtual Classroom – Weekday 2025
TAE40122 Face to Face Newcastle – Weekday 2025

Popular short training courses

Click here to see the complete list of all our public scheduled short courses. We can offer dedicated events across NSW.

Microsoft BI – Introduction and Intermediate
WHS Responsibilities for Supervisors
Mentoring and coaching
Office 365 and other computer training – Available now on Zoom, your premise or ours
Project Management Fundamentals
Emotional Intelligence
Outlook & Time Management.