Be Constructive® Careers Expo 2008

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Koolat Safety

Koolat Safety is based on the Gold Coast and is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and as such must ensure that it complies with the legislative requirements of AQTF 2007, the Department of Education Training & the Arts and also Workplace Health & Safety Queensland.

Since the introduction of the new licensing system in July 2007, legislation now requires that formal training be conducted. Anyone wishing to obtain a licence in a prescribed occupation needs to have formal as well as informal training - Koolat Safety can provide both.

The formal training conducted by Koolat Safety includes Work Safely at Heights, Cranes, Dogging, Rigging, Scaffolding, Forklift, Elevated Work Platforms, Traffic Control and Earthmoving.

Training focuses on both the theory and practical aspects for each course and the life and work experiences of individuals are fully considered when Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is sought. Training plans and logbooks are also available as well as learning resources.

Koolat Safety is able to customise formal training to suit the specific needs of industry. They have over 20 registered trainers and assessors and can deliver training at any workplace or at their training facility in Molendinar.

Koolat Safety’s commitment to continual improvement and flexibility means that Koolat Safety will always ensure complete satisfaction for all of its clients, from large multi-national companies to young trainees entering the workforce.

P: 07 5564 6266
F: 07 5564 5644
W: www.koolatsafety.com.au

Careers Australia Institute of Training

Careers Australia Institute of Training (CAIT) is a Registered Training Organisation offering training in areas including Electrical, Construction, Automotive and Engineering, Business and Hospitality Services.

Since its establishment, Careers Australia has provided a safe and supportive learning environment through which thousands of students have been given the essential skills for today’s workplace and the ability to continue with further study. Careers Australia is passionate about creating opportunities for lifelong learning and, with the demand for skilled workers at an all-time high, continues to play a significant role in helping address the national skills shortage.

Courses are offered in various locations across South-East Queensland, with campuses at the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Cairns, Toowoomba, Salisbury and Brendale providing training in over 40 courses in apprenticeship based trades.

CAIT has a focus on flexible learning and delivery, including workplace delivery and block training to ensure the needs and expectations of employers and apprentices are met and exceeded. CAIT provides employers and students with a continuous education stream with the ability to start vocational education and continue through to full university qualifications if desired. The courses are focused on trade and advanced vocational education.
Through regular contact with students and their supervisors, the trainers have the opportunity to continually assess progress and abilities and skill levels, both on site and at the Institute. Trainers are key to the success of the programmes run at CAIT and hence, they are required to spend time throughout the year in Industry to ensure their skills are current and can bring their wealth of knowledge back to CAIT which in turn benefit students.

P: 07 3216 6478
F: 07 3216 6529
W: www.careersgroup.com.au

GOLD SPONSORS

Mission Australia Apprenticeship Solutions

Apprenticeship Solutions is part of Mission Australia’s Employment Services Division which successfully tendered in 2006 to operate government registered Australian Apprenticeships Centres (AACs).

Apprenticeship Solutions is one of Australia’s two largest AACs, providing a national service for employers and apprentices/trainees from 34 locations. Our emphasis is on making the process easy. Expert consultants advise employers on upskilling and retaining new and existing staff with traineeships and apprenticeships. We assist with all paperwork and government incentives claims, ensuring employers receive all the financial incentives they are eligible for.

Mission Australia is a large not-for-profit organisation employing over 3,300 staff providing 450+ employment and community services nationwide.

P: 1300 626 227
F: 07 3421 4188
W: www.apprenticeshipsolutions.com.au

Joint Industry Services Training (JIST)

JIST delivers flexible training in Queensland’s regional centres as well as Brisbane and the south-east, and ensures that training meets the needs of both employees and employers.

P: 07 3255 5698
F: 07 3255 5686
W: www.jist.com.au

Gold Coast Institute of TAFE

Gold Coast Institute of TAFE is the largest vocational education and training provider on the Gold Coast, with five campuses based in Coolangatta, Southport (2), Coomera and Ashmore. All courses are designed in close consultation with business and industry ensuring graduates enter the workforce with relevant, practical skills. The Institute offers training across a wide range of Industry sectors and provides qualifications from Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels, to apprenticeships and traineeships.

Gold Coast Institute of TAFE was voted Queensland’s 2007 Public Training Provider of the Year.

P: 07 5581 8300
F: 07 5581 8333
W:www.goldcoast.tafe.qld.gov.au

Smart Employment Solutions

Smart Employment Solutions is a Group Training and Employment Solutions specialist. Through their Group Training Operation Smart Employment Solutions employ and coordinate work for apprentices and trainees in the construction industry throughout South-East Queensland.
Smart Employment Solutions provides businesses with quality solutions to their employment problems. Their ongoing partnership with the businesses that host their employees is the cornerstone of their twenty-two years of success. In the past 10 years Smart Employment Solutions has received 6 awards for “Employer of the Apprentice of the Year” and “Apprentice of the Year” with the Gold Coast Master Builders, a true testimony to the quality and the depth of our apprentices, and our host employer network.

Smart Employment Solutions are able to offer positions from school based to full-time employees with offices located in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Ipswich.

P:13 30 24or07 5556 7777
F: 07 5556 7778
W:www.smartemploymentsolutions.com.au

Australian Technical College - Gold Coast

The Australian Technical College - Gold Coast, is an Independent Senior School (years 11 and 12) with a trade focus. The objectives are for students to achieve a Queensland Certificate of Education and to commence a School-based Apprenticeship in the trade of their choice.

The Australian Technical College – Gold Coast advises on the breadth of opportunities within each trade and the career pathways offered by various industries through Australian School-based Apprenticeships. Students complete up to 30% of their chosen Certificate III trade qualification by the time they graduate through completing 4 week blocks on site and then 4 week blocks at school.

Trades include; Plumbing, Electrical, Painting, Wall & Ceiling Lining, Bricklaying, Carpentry, Cabinet-making, Shop-fitting and Wall and Floor Tiling.
Students at the Australian Technical College – Gold Coast get to experience the best of both worlds - a senior education and commencement of their careers!

P: 1300 852 172
F: 07 5574 2376
W:www.atcgc.qld.edu.au