Forsythes Training Update – October 2022

In this issue

• FREE Resilience First Aid seminar – November 18, 2022
• Contextualised leadership training helps mine supervisors step up
• Fee free Job Trainer Digital Skills
• Meet the team – Digital skills guru Wayne Robinson
• TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment programs support Thiess’ workforce capability
• More support for TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment students
• Course Spotlight – BSBS50820 Diploma Project Management
• ICAM investigators an asset to organisations
• NSW Smart and Skilled Partially Funded Qualifications and the latest training – 2023 programs available for enrolment.

Resilience First Aid seminar

9am, November 18
Green Room, Townson Oval, Merewether

Thomas Pulleine will present an insight into our latest course Resilience First Aid at a morning tea on November 18.

Thomas has a lived experience of mental health issues from his service in the Australian Army.  He talks to work groups about the resilient mindset which helped him to recover from physical and mental injuries  while serving as an infantry soldier and after leaving the ADF.  As a civilian, Thomas has a successful career as a business owner and workplace trainer; applying the principles of Resilience First Aid.

He will talk about the current state of mental health issues that workplaces are facing and how using a proactive prevention, instead of reactively treating problems after they occur, can improve performance and reduce costs for Australian businesses.

Thomas will then provide an overview of Resilience First Aid and what the certification involves for workplaces including how to:

• train resilience champions & understand what protects mental health
• have proactive conversations that lift resilience
• learn how to spot risk and refer appropriately
• build own resilience and sustainability.

Why Resilience First Aid?

• Only 1 in 10 people have resilience that’s strong enough to protect against mental illness. This means 9 out of 10 of people can benefit from increasing resilience skills to boost protection against depression, anxiety, and other forms of mental ill-health.
• 50% of people will experience a period of mental illness in their life, but only two thirds will feel confident to talk about it with someone they trust.
• In Australia, the mental health crisis costs somewhere between $43 billion and $51 billion per year, while a further $130 billion is the cost of the loss in productivity due to the mental health issues.

To register your attendance e-mail jaded@forsythestraining.com.au

Contextualised leadership training helps mine supervisors step up

We’ve started delivering a customised and contextualised pilot training program to give foundational leadership skills to supervisors at a Hunter Valley mine’s Coal Handling Preparation Plant .

The program is based on our popular Team Leader Supervisor Step-Up program. It focuses on six leadership competencies identified by the mine as business critical plus baseline skills in Microsoft Office and computing to address a gap in skills.

Experienced mine manager and trainer Jeff Hanlon is delivering the course. Jeff spent time interviewing mine management and reviewing policies and procedures to ensure the training is immediately relevant and engaging so participants can easily apply their learnings on the job.

Read more about Step Up.

JobTrainer -Digital Skills Training

You can access FEE FREE digital skills training thanks to Federal and NSW Government JobTrainer funding.

We can help improve the computer literacy of your workforce to enhance productivity and efficiency. We have mapped some of our Microsoft Office 365 courses to units of competency. Dedicated events only. (Minimum of five attendees.)

Talk to our team about how we can develop MS Office skills in your organisation.

Meet the team – Wayne Robinson

Our Applications Trainer and computing guru, Wayne, makes understanding and using computer applications easy, no matter what your skill level.

An Adobe Certified Expert and Microsoft Certified Professional with 20 plus years of training experience, he knows everything there is to know about Adobe, MS Project and Microsoft Office.

Read more about computer training.

TAE40116 Skill sets support Thiess’ workforce capability

It is great to have an ongoing working relationship with a leading national mining services provider that has a strong focus on workforce capability.

We’ve delivered several TAE40116 programs to Thiess. Its Training & Compliance Superintendent for NSW, WA and SA, Brendan Ward, says the training has been of great benefit in supporting the business’ continued growth.

“This training supports intakes of trainees and apprentices as well as the upskilling of our existing workforce,” Brendan says.

“The feedback on the training delivery – in terms of content and facilitation – was excellent. Our trainers and assessors have the “tools” to better equip and expand the workforce.”

More TAE40116 student support

One of the things that sets our TAE40116 training apart from other providers is our level of student support. All participants have access to 30 minute one on one Zoom meetings with mentors. But wait, there’s more!

• Office hours help desk
• Student support days – attend virtually or in person
• Pre-recorded assessment tips
• A portal with interactive e-learning theory and other resources
• Arrangement for participants to deliver two training sessions with an adult audience of 8, so no work placement required. (Newcastle only).

Course Spotlight – BSB50820 Diploma Project Management

The world is increasingly project based so your organisation and its people need the practical skills to manage change or projects to time and budget. The BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management is for people in project leadership and management roles.

We deliver the training in 7 workshops spread out over a year. Train your way with face to face workshops or virtual classroom. You need to be employed or have access to a workplace to complete this course. Smart and Skilled training subsidies may be available.

If you just need the basic concepts of project management, we recommend our 2 day Project Management Fundamentals workshop.

Read how project management training has changed the life of one Council employee.

ICAM investigators an asset for organisations

Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM) lead investigators are an asset for any organisation wanting to maximise learning from adverse events, to avoid reoccurrence, and to improve future resilience to hazards.

This course introduces best practice in incident investigation and teaches practical skills to apply in your workplace. The course content is mapped to the unit of competency BSBWHS505 Investigate WHS Incidents. Participants have the option to complete the assessment.

ICAM is becoming the preferred method for investigating incidents as a required skill for WHS personnel.

Read how Viterra has used ICAM for continuous improvement.

Smart and Skilled qualifications

• TAE40116 Upgrade – November – Newcastle
• TAE40116 Upgrade – Live Virtual classroom -Australia Wide – November
• BSB50820 Diploma Project Management 2023
• BSB50420 Diploma Leadership and Management – Face to face or virtual classroom
• BSB40520 Certificate IV Leadership & Management – Face to face or live virtual classroom
• BSB41419 Certificate IV Work Health & Safety – face to face or live virtual classroom.

Short Courses

Click here to see the complete list of all our public scheduled short courses for 2022. We can offer dedicated events across NSW.

Popular programs

• WHS Responsibilities for Supervisors
• Office 365 and other computer training – Available now on Zoom, your premise or ours
• Project Management Fundamentals
• Emotional Intelligence
• LEAD One day practical leadership workshop
• ICAM – Via zoom or face to face
• Outlook & Time Management.