Green Skills Training Australia

Your choice ... Your sustainable future

As environmental awareness and responsibilities grow, so does the demand for `Green Skills'.

People and businesses will increasingly need the knowledge, experience and know how to address environmental impacts and reduce carbon footprints.

Green Skills Training Australia offers solutions that include `Green Skills' components such as best practice models, cutting edge techniques and footprint reduction. Organisations can benefit not only by committing to the environment to ensure a sustainable future but also financially through reductions in energy costs.

Green Skills Services

What `Green Skills' services can assist you in achieving your sustainable future?

• Consulting
• Customised workshops
• Customised e-learning resource development
• Onsite delivery
• Nationally accredited training
• Training needs analysis
• Sourcing funding opportunities
• Industry partnerships

Business Owners

We can customise environmental programs for individual businesses as well as train staff in `Green Skills'.

• Do you want to increase your efficiencies through `Green Skills' solutions?
• Do you want to think smarter about how you do business and act now to be ready for market choice and government regulation?
• Are you a small business needing to respond to sustainability targets?
• Do you want to be a part of the `Green Skills' workforce addressing climate change?

Working Towards a Sustainable environment

We currently work towards a sustainable environment with:

• Veolia Water
• Sydney Water
• Kiama Council
• Shoalhaven City Council

Sustainability Advantage

We are also bronze partner in the Sustainability Advantage initiative. This is a business support service from the Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW (DECC) designed to help organisations understand sustainability, successfully manage for a better environment and add business value.

For more information contact
Green Skills Training Australia:Ph: 02 4229 0483
Email: iitbc@tafensw.edu.au

Green Skills Courses for Business

Participate in Environmentally Sustainable Work Practices
Reduce business operating costs through savings on energy, water and waste costs, and to become more resource efficient.
Learn about efficient resource use, potential environmental hazards, regulatory compliance, improving environmental performance (within the scope of competency, authority and own level of responsibility).
Duration: 7 hours 9am - 4pm
Price: $175
Location: Wollongong, Nowra, Goulburn, Moss Vale, Queanbeyan, Yass

Saving Water in the Workplace
Develop skills to ensure staff understand, measure, monitor and ultimately reduce their water bills.
Topics include: understanding water; measuring usage; water savings; staff engagement and getting help.
Duration: 3 hours
Price: $95
Location: Wollongong, Nowra & Queanbeyan

Saving Energy in the WorkplaceDevelop skills to ensure staff understand, measure, monitor and ultimately reduce their energy bills.
Topics include: understanding energy; measuring usage; energy efficiency; staff engagement and getting help.
Duration: 3 hours
Price: $95
Location: Wollongong, Nowra & Queanbeyan

Nationally Recognised Training Qualifications

Agriculture (Organic) Develop skills and knowledge in supervising/managing organic production programs, producing marketable goods to meet customer specifications, applying quality assurance practices to industry standards, and maintaining the sustainability of the enterprise according to National Organic Standards
Duration: Flexible
Price: Dependent on delivery option selected
Location: Goulburn, Bega, Cooma, Moss Vale, Flexible (offered across Australia)

Asset Maintenance (Waste Management)Learn about the operational principles of relevant equipment, how to monitor and rehabilitate a waste site, and how to monitor, review, evaluate, document and audit waste assessment data.
Duration: Flexible
Price: Dependent on delivery option selected
Location: Flexible (offered across Australia)

Conservation and Land Management
Develop competencies in: the natural area restoration; weed management; vertebrate pest management; conservation earthworks; lands, parks and wildlife; community coordination and facilitation; and indigenous land management.
Duration: Flexible
Price: Dependent on delivery option selected
Location: Goulburn, Yallah

Environmental Monitoring and TechnologyAcquire scientific and technical skills used in waste management, pollution monitoring and control and other environmental applications.
Duration: Flexible
Price: Dependent on delivery option selected
Location: Wollongong Flexible (offered across Australia)

Farm Planning for Sustainability
Learn the process of developing a whole farm plan for a rural enterprise. Enhance your skills in sustainable land management practices, property planning processes and approaches, land capability, conservation management strategies, legal requirements, SWOT analysis and risk management.
Duration: 6 weekend workshops 9 am - 4pm
Price: $775
Location: Goulburn

Environmentally Sustainable Insulation InstallationThis course provides training for the installation of domestic installation products. Develop the skills and knowledge to safely install insulation products having regard for environmental sustainability. Successful completion enables candidates to register on the department of Environment Provider Register under the Energy Efficient Home Package.
Duration: 2 days 8.00am - 4.00pm
Location: Wollongong

Green Small Business Incentives

You may be able to access funded training through Green Small Business Incentives if you operate a business in NSW, have up to 20 employees, and contribute 10% (ie $100) of course cost. This may apply for up to 2 employees in your business.

For more information refer to the Green Small Business Incentives information sheet

Green Skills Training Australia Brochure

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Green Small Business Incentives information sheet

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