Forsythes Training is supporting this year’s Mining and Leadership Summit in Sydney on September 17 and 18. Come and visit our stand to speak to our experts about full nationally recognised qualifications as well as short courses and skills sets in leadership for mining sector professionals. Forsythes Training – the […]

The NSW Government has released a policy for the use of Smart and Skilled funding for the delivery of the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116). Smart and Skilled funding for TAE40116 Policy Detail The policy says Smart and Skilled funding cannot be used for the upskilling of currently qualified trainers and assessors (i.e. […]

Client case study Forsythes Training is helping leading Australian community housing provider, Compass Housing, make mental health training mandatory. It requires new staff to complete the Mental Health First Aid course within the first six months of starting work and all staff to undertake the training every three years. Training Officer Lisa Jansen says, following […]

Client Case Study: Compass Housing Services Leadership development, workforce planning and succession planning are vital for the fast growing, Australian community housing provider, Compass Housing. Training Officer Lisa Jansen says the organisation is preparing for staffing changes and ensuring its emerging and future leaders have the right skills. In November 2018 it started a customised […]

Forsythes Training continues to support the Hunter region’s vocational education and training VET sector by again being a major sponsor of HRATA – the Hunter Region Apprenticeship and Traineeship Awards. The annual awards are part of the NSW Training Awards. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on June 21 in Newcastle. Tickets are […]

Before Progress Rail acquired Downer Rail Freight in January 2018, the business went through some tough times and there were a number of job reductions and a number of redundancies. It was after this point that Downer started to invest in leadership training. Progress Rail has increased this strategy to invest in leadership training and […]

Progress Rail has made it a priority to upgrade the its workforce’s training and assessment (TAE) skills. TAE upgrades for compliance and quality For Senior Regional Human Resources Manager, Dave Wilson, the reason is two-fold –  compliance and quality. “We have a compliance expectation and want to be able to demonstrate that we meet all […]

World Day for Safety & Health at Work and Workers’ Memorial Day (Sunday April 28) puts the spotlight on WHS training. This year, the theme is a safe and healthy future of work. Safety experts and authorities such as Safe Work Australia are urging organisations and businesses to promote a safe and healthy workplace. That includes […]

For the first time, Forsythes Training will hold a  public ICAM incident investigation training course in Newcastle The course is on May 30 and 31.at Forsythes Training’s centre in Newcastle West. What is ICAM? ICAM stands for Incident Cause Analysis Method. Professor James T Reason developed the method from his research on human error and its contribution to […]

Trainers and assessors now have until July 1 to upgrade their Training and Assessment Education (TAE) qualifications. The Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) deadline was today (April 1). So, it’s not too late to upgrade you qualifications. The TAE Training Package was updated in 2016. Core units ‘Design and develop assessment tools’ and ‘Address adult language, literacy […]

Our Sales Director Julie Carroll has been recognised for her business leadership skills. Julie was featured as a Hunter Leader in the online business publication Hunter Headline. View Julie’s video interview here. Julie discusses key leadership and management skills and the importance of emotional intelligence. Here is a transcript of Julie’s interview.   Hunter Leader […]

If you like helping people to gain new skills, then a role as a trainer and assessor could be for you. You’ll need to be good at imparting information as well as a good observer with an eye for detail. Many organisations have trainers and assessors so their people are skilled at doing a certain […]