About Us
Industry Training and Internship Programs.
SkillZone is a division of the Macquarie Institute which
provides International Internship Program and specialised services in training, learning and development
for individuals, professionals, corporates, government and
other organisations.
The SkillZone Division focuses in two main areas:
General training and development
o Corporate programs
o Government funded training
o Certificate and diploma courses
Student internship
o Student development
o International and local internship placement
Client demand for training and the availability of accessible
funding have allowed us to form a series of partnerships in
the general training and RTO training areas and this is proving
increasingly popular with many organisations as they seek
to provide meaningful training opportunities for their staff
Initially focusing on Business Management training we identified
a need among client organisations of other companies in our
group to offer a broader and more flexible training service
particularly in business operations deployment.
We offer programs covering a wide range of business and industry
needs and can tailor our offering to the unique requirements
of most organisations.
In partnership with other training organisations and selected
universities we began to engage graduate and undergraduate
students in work experience internships, placing these in
turn with our client organisations. This program proved very
popular and has since expanded into a fully operational local
and international internship placement company. The parent
company is the Macquarie Institute based in Chatswood, NSW.
Our Offerings:
SkillZone training services meet national and international
benchmark industry standards.
We provide off-the-shelf or specifically customised programs
for almost any type of industry
Telecommunications,
Manufacturing,
Industrial,
Mining
Food Processing,
Pharmaceutical,
Medical equipment,
Hospital and Medical
General SME business,
Corporate, Banking,
Financial,
Insurance
Government agency,
Warehousing,
Packaging
and many more.
Our Approach:
SkillZone Training & Development programs are based on
world-leading practices. We offer a range of consulting services
to business and industry to help them improve operational
efficiencies to maximise productivity and profits. Because
we understand business we ensure that key outcomes are achieved
when we work with your staff. Culture and business awareness
develop and improve at the same time as technical and soft
skills.
We have redefined the training model away from the mundane
class room style approach and offer highly interactive sessions
that keep participants engaged and interested. This differs
from the traditional training approach. Our customised courses
ensure your people and organisation gain the maximum benefit.
We recognise you have a business to run and prefer minimum
downtime, so our programs are designed to result in minimum
disruption to your work schedules.
Our Training & Development team attends to your needs
through a five stage process:
1. Discussion of training needs and your organisational needs
and challenges.
2. Developing various suggested solutions and training packages
3. Evaluation of possible financial grants to offset costs.
4. Flexible delivery of Group Training, 1:1 training, evaluation,
follow- up, momentum building
5. Evaluation and feedback on outcomes
Courses can be delivered in-house in your organisation or
at our recommended training venues.
Courses conducted by our Training & Development experts
are structured to comply with local and international criteria.
The Australian and New Zealand Qualifications Framework set
guidelines for recognition of prior learning and ability for
staff to gain various certifications.
Training areas
You can choose from a broad range of programs offered including
the following areas:
- Stress Prevention
- Project planning
- Effective Time Management
- Team Building
- Job Planning
- Customer Service
- Communication skills
- Creative problem solving
- Right attitude, right culture
- Competitive Manufacturing
- Frontline Management
- Six Sigma
- Business strategy
Funding & Grants:
Training programs may be cost effective solutions to your
business needs as many can be offset, often to 100%
As an employer you may be eligible for government funding
in areas relating to custom and course-work staff education
programs. Grants and funding initiatives may be available
for eligible staff programs.
Although funding programs are many and varied, each has different
qualification requirements. We and our partners have wide
experience in assisting clients to define suitable programs
for the needs of your staff and your business. We of course
handle the complexities in preparing client applications in
order to achieve funding outcomes to offset an organisation's
investment.
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