DUMP TRUCK COURSES
We are happy to announce that we are now offering the Dump Truck course on an on-going basis.
Several of you have called and enquired about this over the last few months, and we are now in the process of calling everyone who was interested back in order to give them all first preferenace in booking themselves in before we offer the course to the general public.
This is due to the limited class size, as you can all understand means that everybody will get more training time and less time standing around waiting whilst others are doing their training.
If you would like to enquire about booking into the class, please give us a call on (03) 9776 4466 and we can provide you with some more information.
Friday, October 06, 2006
FORKLIFT LICENCING- SHOP AROUND!
We recommned you shop around before booking into your next training course. Not just referring to price here, ask about service ratios.
A common complaint that we hear from our clients is when they are booking into a course that they previously attempted elsewhere (in particular Forklift Licencing) is that they were bundled into a class with 12 other students, who all had to share the ONE trainer and ONE forklift.
The students that shared this information with us told us the following:
1. It was a three day training course
2. The first day consisted of theory training (watching videos, listing to the trainer)
3. The second day they all trained on the forklift, with one forklift, between 12 people, they got approx 30 minutes of driving time, and stood around watching the other guys most of the time
4. On the third day, they did their tests. After they each did thier tests, they went home.
5. Out of the twelve students, 6 failed - thats 50% of the class!!
Obviously, to the six people that failed, it was not only a waste of time, but a huge waste of money. (I'm not going to mention how much they paid for this, but I am going to say that I think it was way too much in the first place)
To those looking at booking in for a forklift licence, a piece of advice about what to ask before handing over your hard earned is:
1. Ask how many forklifts they have
2. Ask how many forklift types they have
3. Ask how many other students are going to be in the class, and what their class maximum is
4. Ask how many trainers their will be taking the course
This will give you pretty good guide to the type of company they are and what you are actually going to get in return for your money.
To show that we practice what we preach, in response to the same questions:
1. Ask how many forklifts they have. Answer: At least 3 at each of our sites
2. Ask how many types of forklifts they have. Answer: At least two types at each site
3. Ask how many other students are going to be in the same class... Answer: A Maximum of 8 students between 3 forklifts
4. Ask how many trainers will be taking the course. Answer: A maximun of 1 trainer per 4 students, or 2 trainers in a full class of 8 students.
Hope that this clears things up for you all, and gives you somthing else to think and ask about before booking in for your courses.
We recommned you shop around before booking into your next training course. Not just referring to price here, ask about service ratios.
A common complaint that we hear from our clients is when they are booking into a course that they previously attempted elsewhere (in particular Forklift Licencing) is that they were bundled into a class with 12 other students, who all had to share the ONE trainer and ONE forklift.
The students that shared this information with us told us the following:
1. It was a three day training course
2. The first day consisted of theory training (watching videos, listing to the trainer)
3. The second day they all trained on the forklift, with one forklift, between 12 people, they got approx 30 minutes of driving time, and stood around watching the other guys most of the time
4. On the third day, they did their tests. After they each did thier tests, they went home.
5. Out of the twelve students, 6 failed - thats 50% of the class!!
Obviously, to the six people that failed, it was not only a waste of time, but a huge waste of money. (I'm not going to mention how much they paid for this, but I am going to say that I think it was way too much in the first place)
To those looking at booking in for a forklift licence, a piece of advice about what to ask before handing over your hard earned is:
1. Ask how many forklifts they have
2. Ask how many forklift types they have
3. Ask how many other students are going to be in the class, and what their class maximum is
4. Ask how many trainers their will be taking the course
This will give you pretty good guide to the type of company they are and what you are actually going to get in return for your money.
To show that we practice what we preach, in response to the same questions:
1. Ask how many forklifts they have. Answer: At least 3 at each of our sites
2. Ask how many types of forklifts they have. Answer: At least two types at each site
3. Ask how many other students are going to be in the same class... Answer: A Maximum of 8 students between 3 forklifts
4. Ask how many trainers will be taking the course. Answer: A maximun of 1 trainer per 4 students, or 2 trainers in a full class of 8 students.
Hope that this clears things up for you all, and gives you somthing else to think and ask about before booking in for your courses.
RESPONSIBLE SERVICE OF ALCOHOL (RSA) - ACCREDITED PROVIDERS
It has come to our attention that a certain company in the local area is misleading the public regarding companies that are accredited to provide Responsbile Service of Alcohol (RSA) certificates.
Apparantly they are claiming that they are the only accredited providers in the state of Victoria.
Obviously, this is not true, and highly misleading to the general public.
There are many providers that are accredited to provide this training on behalf of Liquor Licencing Victoria, including Universities, TAFE's and other private providers including ourselves.
Misleading the public is against the Department of Education and Trainings' (D.E.T) guidelines for Registered Training Organisations. This kind of conduct should and will be reported to the D.E.T.
For upcoming RSA course dates, please check the website at: www.covetraining.com.au
It has come to our attention that a certain company in the local area is misleading the public regarding companies that are accredited to provide Responsbile Service of Alcohol (RSA) certificates.
Apparantly they are claiming that they are the only accredited providers in the state of Victoria.
Obviously, this is not true, and highly misleading to the general public.
There are many providers that are accredited to provide this training on behalf of Liquor Licencing Victoria, including Universities, TAFE's and other private providers including ourselves.
Misleading the public is against the Department of Education and Trainings' (D.E.T) guidelines for Registered Training Organisations. This kind of conduct should and will be reported to the D.E.T.
For upcoming RSA course dates, please check the website at: www.covetraining.com.au
Thursday, September 28, 2006
In the begining there was a boy.......
This boy loved playing in his sandpit with his tonka trucks. When his parents asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he said that he wanted to own his own school (whacked, we know).
Fast forward 20 years (or so), and there you have it. C.O.V.E Training (stands for Centre Of Vocational Education). The little boys own privately owned, privately funded school, specialising in, you guessed it, real-life tonka trucks.
We deceided to start a blog for a few reasons, one of which is that somehow we went from one man and his dog, a small factory in Cranbourne and a forklift, to several men, two women, about 12 big toys and three locations without really keeping track of how it happend.
Not only that, as in any small business, things are changing constantly around here, some weeks people are wanting nothing but excavator certificates in order to get on certain sites for jobs, and then other weeks we would have trouble giving away an excavator certificate. We figured a company blog would be a great way of letting our clients know whats going on as it happens.
Legislation changes are another thing that are constantly changing around here. We are governed by so may different bodies and associations, it's hard to know what new things have come out and why, and also what other things are now obsolite.
We are a little different to every other training company out there. The boy in the sandpit didn't want to open up just another school, he wanted a school where you actually learn things by doing things, so we try to make our courses as real as possible, so yes, you will be out there in the rain sometimes, and yes it's going to be cold and miserable, but hey, not many machinery operators are working indoors are they?
So, we hope you enjoy this blog, remember, it's a sort of company diary/newsletter. We are not a 'dry toast' company, and nor do we want to be, so the posts will reflect that to some extent. Let us know what you think of it, and of course, we love to know what all our students are up to , so feel free to email us with any photos, or stuff thats going on in your world, we'd love to know. mail@covetraining.com.au
This boy loved playing in his sandpit with his tonka trucks. When his parents asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he said that he wanted to own his own school (whacked, we know).
Fast forward 20 years (or so), and there you have it. C.O.V.E Training (stands for Centre Of Vocational Education). The little boys own privately owned, privately funded school, specialising in, you guessed it, real-life tonka trucks.
We deceided to start a blog for a few reasons, one of which is that somehow we went from one man and his dog, a small factory in Cranbourne and a forklift, to several men, two women, about 12 big toys and three locations without really keeping track of how it happend.
Not only that, as in any small business, things are changing constantly around here, some weeks people are wanting nothing but excavator certificates in order to get on certain sites for jobs, and then other weeks we would have trouble giving away an excavator certificate. We figured a company blog would be a great way of letting our clients know whats going on as it happens.
Legislation changes are another thing that are constantly changing around here. We are governed by so may different bodies and associations, it's hard to know what new things have come out and why, and also what other things are now obsolite.
We are a little different to every other training company out there. The boy in the sandpit didn't want to open up just another school, he wanted a school where you actually learn things by doing things, so we try to make our courses as real as possible, so yes, you will be out there in the rain sometimes, and yes it's going to be cold and miserable, but hey, not many machinery operators are working indoors are they?
So, we hope you enjoy this blog, remember, it's a sort of company diary/newsletter. We are not a 'dry toast' company, and nor do we want to be, so the posts will reflect that to some extent. Let us know what you think of it, and of course, we love to know what all our students are up to , so feel free to email us with any photos, or stuff thats going on in your world, we'd love to know. mail@covetraining.com.au
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