Small-to-medium employers and their workers will benefit from the launch of a new website offering up-to-date training and advice on workplace safety. The new ‘Safety First’ website (www.safetyfirst.org.au) launched by the Group Training Association of Victoria today, will help businesses to know their legal obligations and create safe workplaces. GTAV executive director Gary Workman said… Read more
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WorkCo – lifelong learning model WORKCO is a not for profit organisation and was established in 1986 as a Group Training Organisation, in Horsham. Over the past 25 years, the organisation has grown to include a Recruitment & Labour Hire service, a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and a Youth Careers Centre. It also joined a… Read more
Greenhouse Project Community-driven housing schemes are not new – but getting the model right so that it is able to be used in a variety of regions across Australia to employ apprentices and trainees, requires partnerships with synergistic organisations. MEGT partnered with Stocklands and Porter Davis Homes to pilot a model that would generate employment… Read more
Mike has an extensive history in promoting innovation and excellence in OHS both within his organisation and more broadly across the group training network. Mike has, and continues to provided authoritive advice and assistance on all occupation health and safety matters in particular as they pertain to the activities of our Group Training Operations, this… Read more
Students graduating from high schools this year are facing a drop in the number of apprenticeships which will limit their job prospects, the Group Training Association of Victoria said today. Gary Workman, executive director of GTAV said that figures released today by Skills Minister Peter Hall showed that the number of apprentices in Victoria had… Read more
The Group Training Association of Victoria (GTAV)* has raised concerns over recent reports in the media which criticise poor vocational education and training outcomes of privately Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). Gary Workman, Executive Director of GTAV comments that recent media reporting implied that privately run training is inferior to publicly funded training, a comparison which… Read more