2008 Training Program

Part of our ongoing budgeting has made available ongoing funds for the training of our staff.  We do this in order to continue the personal development of each staff member in order for them to reach their full potential while acquiring skills that will continue to develop Gilkatho's business.  We believe that this budget commitment is well above what is normal for a company of our size.  Formal training activities taking place this year:

 

• In the past year we have had one trainee complete a Cert IV in business.  This year we are adding another two traineeships to our training budget.
• In mid-February we are engaging all staff and contractors in a one day skills workshop.  A follow-up workshop is in August.
• Management will continue to develop skills through our association with the Australian Institute of Management.

 

With all of the news heralding Australia's skills crisis I was surprised at how difficult it is to put in place the various parties to access the federal government's traineeship funding.  In the last two weeks we decided that it was simply too hard to access the funding and decided to go ahead with our own training plans.  As it turned out, we were able to get all of the parties together and formalise the arrangement to the satisfaction of the boffins.

 

2008 looks like being the year of the workshop retreat.