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