Forsythes Training Update – April 2023

28 April 2023 in Newsletter

In this issue

Case study: NSW State Emergency Services
Insight: What are the WHS responsibilities of supervisors in NSW?
Short Course: WHS Responsibilities for Supervisors
Course spotlight: Certificate IV in WHS
FEE FREE TAE40116 Upgrade MAY
Answers to Q on new TAE40122 qualification
Meet the team – James Nolan
Popular accredited qualifications and short courses

Case study: NSW State Emergency Services

More than two hundred NSW State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers have updated training and assessment skills thanks to a customised TAE40116 skill sets program. With support from Training Services NSW, we delivered the training via virtual classroom on Saturdays and Sundays over the past 18 months. Another eight dedicated programs will be run in the coming months.

The volunteers are now accredited and better equipped to deliver training or assess fellow volunteers in critical skills that support our community.

Insight: What are the WHS responsibilities of supervisors in NSW?

In our latest insight we look at the responsibilities supervisors have in relation to work health and safety (WHS). These responsibilities apply to managers and supervisors as well as people who unofficially supervise people. WHS includes both physical health and mental health.

Do you know your responsibilities and do you have the competencies and skills to meet these obligations?

Read the insight here.

Short Course: WHS Responsibilities for Supervisors

One solution to ensuring supervisors understand their WHS responsibilities is our popular short course. This one day, risk management program covers the WHS legislative framework, hazard identification, emergency management, incident reporting, notification and investigation, plus and creating a safety culture. The next face to face workshop is in Newcastle in May. Places are filling fast.

Book now.

Course spotlight: Certificate IV in WHS

The BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety is for people looking for more in depth WHS skills including managing the overall wellbeing of people. It is suitable for those who work under supervision and those who do not, including co-ordinators, advisors and facilitators who provide guidance and leadership to others but have limited responsibility for direct supervision of people.

Participants need to be employed in a work environment where they can access workplace documents, implement feedback and changes in controls.

The nationally accredited qualification is available online via virtual classroom and face to face.

Book now

FEE FREE* TAE40116 Upgrade – Virtual Classroom

Now is the time to upgrade to TAE40116. TAE40116 is equivalent to the new TAE40122, so we encourage TAE10 holders to upgrade now! Forsythes Training has secured FEE FREE* funding for the following virtual classroom program.

Participants must attend each training day

Upgrade Cluster 1 – May 16 -18
Upgrade Cluster 2 – 2nd June

Assessments due by June 7. See eligibility here.

Apply today.

Answers to questions on new TAE40122 qualification

A new nationally accredited TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment is on its way.

It is equivalent to TAE40116 which means people with that qualification DO NOT need to upgrade. Both TAE40116 or the new TAE40122 will be valid, minimum requirement, trainer and assessor qualifications. If you are currently completing TAE40116 you can confidently proceed with your current studies.

We’re piloting the new qualification and expect to start delivering the new qualification from July. Meanwhile, you can start TAE40116 training now.

We’ve compiled answers to frequently asked questions about the new qualification.

Meet the team: James Nolan

Jim is one of our accredited WHS trainers. He brings industry experience from senior WHS management positions, as as an investigator and in regulatory roles to the classroom. Coupled with more than 15 years’ experience in vocational training.

Jim has developed and delivered a range of WHS training programs and is a specialist in WHS legislative compliance and WHS management systems.