Way back in April, we brought you Recipe for Learning (Part 1). For successful learning you need a message or topic, some learners and a suitable training space. In part 1 we looked at what makes a training space conducive to learning. Now we will look at what makes a learner ready and able to […]
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Nov
Nov
It has been a while since our last post, but the reason is a good one – for us anyway. We have been flat out. And it is largely due to one customer. eMarketer, Shiv Singh said: “The purpose of a business is to create a customer who creates customers.” This is so true and […]
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Nov
Nov
Last Saturday the Pertrain Team attended the Sunshine Coast Business Awards as finalists at the Sunshine Coast University’s Innovation Centre. This was the 20th anniversary of the local business awards. While we didn’t win, it was great to see the award for our category (Knowledge Industries & Professional Services) going to another organisation focussed on […]
02
Oct
Oct
As from January 1, 2015, if you enroll in nationally recognised accredited training you must have a Unique Student Identifier (USI) number. Your USI number stays with you for life. Your USI will: give you the ability to access a complete record of your Vocational Education and Training (VET) enrolments and achievements from a single online source […]
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Oct
Oct
As an organisation, we are supporting Heads Up a workplace mental health initiative. Here are a few interesting facts and figures from them. 3.8 million employees in Australia regularly skip their lunch break with half claiming they are too busy. But research tells us that lack of personal time will actually reduce productivity in the […]
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Aug
Aug
Are you OK? These three little words are very important and they could save someone’s life. Like millions of people world-wide we were shocked and saddened by the apparent suicide of Robin Williams. But his death is just one of many such deaths caused, at least in part, by depression. According to beyondblue, at least […]
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Jul
Jul
Probably not, but advocates of this holistic training model swear that it’s far more effective than using traditional training methods alone. The 70:20:10 model is based on the idea that people learn more effectively when learning combines new information with retrieved knowledge (what the person already knows) and practical application (work experience). The approximate weighing […]
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Apr
Apr
Muscle builders do it. Obstetricians and Gynaecologists do it. Some seventeen-year-old drivers do it too. What is ‘it’? Maintain a training log book. A training log book is used to record informal training and operational experience obtained in situ (the workplace, on the road, etc). This training/experience usually comes after the person has received formal […]
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Apr
Apr
Recipe for learning Ingredients 1 need to pass on important information 1 topic at a time 1-10 learners A dash of learning difficulties A sprinkle of different training tools to suit experience, attitudes and learning styles. Method Place all ingredients into a suitable learning space and mix well. If only it was that easy… Training and […]
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Mar
Mar
A group of 10 people were doing a tour of an old chocolate factory. Their escort, Willy, mumbled a lot and spoke in riddles. The visitors wandered around the plant as they liked. Willy operated the transport equipment way too fast, but he did at least insist that the visitors wore the proper PPE – […]
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Feb
Feb
Many companies use a Learning Management System (LMS) to manage learners, present training material and track results. But with so many software solutions and systems out there, how can you prevent leading your eLearning projects down a digital dead end? In 2000 Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), part of the US Defence Department, developed the Shareable […]
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Jan
Jan
Who cares! Do you really want to convey 1000 words with one image? Probably not. But what you probably DO want to convey is something that is hard to explain, or something that needs extra emphasis. Graphics play an important part in information sharing. Photos and technical drawings are great, but sometimes a cartoon is […]
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Dec
Dec
Click here for a FREE presentation on proof reading and quality control that you can adapt and use for your organisation. Typographical errors, or typos, are a fact of life. Luckily most of the time they don’t result in devastating or fatal outcomes. But when people’s health and safety is on the line, you can’t […]
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Dec
Dec
Good communication at work is essential for safe and efficient operations. You don’t want any misunderstandings when you are spotting for a 30 tonne haul truck in a busy open cut pit, setting explosives into the backs of an underground mine or working on a scaffold 20 stories up. Part of good communication is using […]
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Nov
Nov
Magnums, moe-iced cakes and frothy, moustache making milkshakes will be the order of the day at Pertrain’s moustache-inspired moe-ning tea, to raise money for Movember. Pertrain has been a proud supporter of Movember for a number of years and this year we are aiming to raise at least $1000 to support prostate cancer and men’s […]