A reputation built on excellence

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Western Australia is a driving force of

Australia’s economy. There is much

talk these days about a skills

shortage as new construction

projects come on board to underpin

the growth of both the Australian and

Western Australian economy.

Our goal at the Construction Skills Training

Centre is to play a professional role in building a

highly skilled workforce for the Construction

Industry.

Achieving this goal means that we continually

improve our performance, while also delivering

training at a price that means individual workers

and businesses can access the full range of our

training. We also continue to ensure that we

provide the very best equipment and other

relevant resources to our trainees.

Since 2000, the number of courses we

conduct each year has grown to well over 900.

The number of workers accessing our courses

has grown to over 6,300 and this continues to

grow each year. The cost of our courses

remains competitive – and many trainees pay

heavily discounted fees or no fees at all, thanks

to industry rebates from the CTF, Construction

Training Fund, formerly the BCTIF.

Importantly, we have maintained the quality of

our training. We underwent an audit in line with

the Australian Quality Training Framework and

following this, our official accreditation was

renewed to 2013.

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As the techniques and skills of the construction industry worker has changed considerably

over the last 30 to 40 years, the CSTC began with a vision to keep pace by ensuring

workers had the chance to learn new skills and up-skill existing ones to reflect changing

needs, technologies and demands in the marketplace.

The Construction Skills Training Centre was established in 1992 with a desire to contribute

to better safety and quality in construction, and to provide training at a price that all workers

and businesses can afford. When we first started it was a barren landscape for building and

construction workers to get the training they needed and the skills companies demanded.

Back in 1992 the CSTC did not have a headquarters of its own and we provided training

courses in a couple of rented classrooms at the back of an office, while other more complex

courses were contracted out to private providers.

All that changed in 1998 with the purchase a 5 acre site in Welshpool WA where the CSTC

stands now.

At the time it was a substantial investment (1.5 million dollars), needed to ensure the

industry’s future. A $1 million dollar grant from the ‘ANTA’ Australian National Training

Authority helped to establish the training centre with new equipment. It is one of the very

few construction training centres in Australia with its own tower crane on site. When it

opened, the new centre also included 10 lecture/classrooms for course lectures and theory.

From the outset, an attitude was forged to only employ quality trainers with ‘real world’

practical experience in the construction industry. As a result it wasn’t long before the CSTC

was considered by industry and students alike as the best construction skills training centre

of its type in Australia.

The CSTC now provides more than 45 industry related courses and, on average, over 5000

people have received nationally recognised training each year since the centre opened.

That’s over 90,000 graduates.

And more than 6,000 businesses regularly use our training programs.

Importantly, nearly 40% of our training involves an occupational health and safety

competency. At a time when workplace safety standards are under close scrutiny, we are

absolutely committed to providing quality training in this area.

The Construction Skills Training Centre is responding to the challenge of maintaining

up-to-date and high-quality courses through a number of quality management initiatives

that will lay the groundwork for the expansion of the CSTC into providing regional,

interstate and international opportunities.

A consistent, strong performance in the marketplace now means we are able to invest

further in skills development. While remaining solidly WA-based, we are now looking to play

an increasing role in resolving skills issues at a national level as well as providing some

important workplace safety programs within the South-East Asia region.

With the full support of a highly competent and committed team, the Construction Skills

Training Centre is helping deliver a modern, professional and highly-skilled workforce in

Australia’s construction industry.

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SAFETY: OUR F IRST PR IOR ITY

The Construction Skills Training Centre has workplace safety as an absolute first priority.

While there have been massive improvements in recent years, the risk profile of the construction industry remains

unacceptably high, with a consistently higher average number of Lost Time Injuries.

In the 15 years from 1988/99 to 2002/2003, there were 53 workplace related deaths in the Construction Industry in

Western Australia. This is an unacceptable situation.

The Construction Skills Training Centre is committed to a safer construction industry, with more than one-third of all our

training resources dedicated to safety-related courses.

Our nationally-recognised safety courses include:

Working Safely in the Construction industry – provides new and existing building workers with the necessary knowledge,

understanding and skills to be able to identify hazards that have the potential to place workers and others at risk.

Safety & Health Management – designed for Supervisor/Managers who are required as part of their duty statement to

undertake the role of overseeing workers, on site or in offices, for issues such as risk management & assessment,

hazards and hazardous substances in the workplace, incident and accident reporting, auditing and planning and, not

limited to emergency procedures.

Carry Out Tilt-up Work Safely – provides building workers with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand the

legislative requirements associated with tilt-up and precast concrete construction from the design phase through to the

completion of the project.

Senior First Aid – provides building workers with the necessary understanding, knowledge and skills to be able to treat a

fellow worker in a first aid emergency.

Work Safely with Industrial Chemicals and Materials – enables participants to understand and recognise safe

handling procedures associated with chemicals in the workplace.

Occupational Safety & Health Representatives – This five day course is for elected Occupational Safety & Health

Representatives and is accredited by the WA Occupational Safety & Health Commission and Comcare. Successful

participants are registered by WorkSafe WA.

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QUAL ITY AND VALUE : OUR COMPET IT IVE EDGE

The quality of our training is something that the Construction Skills Training Centre takes very seriously. Trainers at the

CSTC are highly-qualified professionals, with years of experience working in the construction industry.

It’s the combination of professional skills and hands-on experience that gives our trainers the edge.

The CSTC invests heavily in maintaining our quality standards. We are continually evaluating and improving our business

processes to ensure we deliver the quality and service levels that our customers demand.

Following a recent audit under the Australian Quality Training Framework, our registration as a recognised Quality Training

Organisation has been extended for the maximum period, to 2013.

But we’re not resting on our successes. We are constantly looking for feedback on ways in which we can do things

better. We’re currently embarking on a major business development initiative that includes:

� Up-to-the-minute analysis of participant feedback to help us evaluate the content and delivery of our courses;

� Direct engagement with employers to continually review the currency and quality of our training program;

� Sophisticated document control and reporting systems to ensure we make the most of today’s technology to monitor,

update and improve our training;

� Benchmarking our performance against the best national and international providers to ensure we are providing the

best service possible; and

� Upgrading our training infrastructure so that participants have access to the latest equipment.

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INVESTMENT IN EQU IPMENT

The CSTC continuously updates and purchases new materials

each year. Recently this has included:

� New Playtek scaffolding equipment, to give students more

variety during their scaffold courses

� Updated signage, 2-way radios and materials for the traffic

courses

� Soft slings, chain slings, chain blocks

� Tifor wire rope/creeper puller and releaser winch

� Tool belts, keys and hammers for the scaffold courses

Due to new changes coming in with the National Licence to

Perform High Risk Work courses in the not too distant future,

CSTC will be investing in the following equipment to comply

with the training requirements:

� A second Tower

� Materials Hoist

� Perimeter Safety Screen

� Cantilevered Loading Platform

� Safety Net

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE AT THE CSTC

When you go on site at the Construction Skills Training Centre there are many

things that stand out.

The facilities. Quality equipment. The 10 training classrooms. The

professionalism of the trainers. Friendly, helpful staff. Not to mention the

sheer size of the place. It’s set out over 5 acres (10,000sqm).

But perhaps the one thing that stands out the most, and symbolises why the

CSTC is the best training centre of its type in Australia, is the huge tower

crane – one of the few tower cranes at a training centre in Australia. People

from regional areas, interstate and even overseas have booked in to be

trained on the CSTC tower crane.

This is not a ‘pretend training centre’. When you participate in a course you

can expect to be trained using the best equipment. Equipment that is used

out there on the actual job. And be trained by professionals who have real

world experience. This is what sets the CSTC apart and the reason why the

CSTC is considered an industry leader in construction training.

It is the preferred training centre for many of WA’s top companies. As Primo

Ciari from CASC Formwork says; “We have always found the CSTC to be

very obliging when looking after our needs. Over the years we have put

through hundreds of workers including Doggers, Scaffy’s, EWP Operators

– often in groups of 8 at a time. It’s been a very useful resource to help our

business.”

At times, the centre has also conducted fly-in fly-out courses throughout the

vast North-West.

It’s just as well the foresight was in place to invest in a centre such as the

CSTC.

Over the last two decades a lot of trade and technical colleges and even

pre-vocational centres in high schools have closed down. The CSTC has

proven to be an educational asset that every individual and company

involved in construction can be proud of.

Apart from practical applications, the CSTC also provides theoretical as well

as safety awareness and safety training related to many of its courses.

The centre is also arguably the leading educator and provider of ‘White

Cards’ for construction industry safety awareness in WA. The CSTC has

always led the way with safety related issues. In fact, it was the first training

centre to design and tailor courses specifically for asbestos removal.

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ALL COURSE INFORMAT ION IS WELL DETA ILED ON

OUR WEBS ITE .

The CSTC website will provide its visitors with valuable information on the

quality of training and services that the CSTC provides. We have specifically

designed our site to indicate not only the courses and what’s involved but

also important training/ industry related changes people need to be aware of

as they come into effect.

A prime example of this is the new regulatory changes that have been

enforced by WorkSafe WA in regards to Construction Induction Training. We

are now able to pass on the changes relating to the construction industry

once we are informed by our governing regulators, through direct links to the

WorkSafe Western Australia website.

All the courses listed on the CSTC’s website have detailed information and

action pictures showing what will be involved when a person does a

particular course. There is also the benefit of the FAQ’s feature that is linked

to each course. These are questions that CSTC staff get asked on a regular

basis regarding particular areas of a course. There is the added option of

being able to make a specific course enquiry for those people who would like

details on course availabilities and times.

Visitors to the site will also get the opportunity to see the extent of the world

class equipment and materials used for practical hands on training at our

Welshpool facility.

As the CSTC is always looking for ways to continuously improve the quality

of training and its services, there is also the opportunity for visitors to fill in an

online survey that give us feedback on areas you think we may need to

improve, or courses and information you would like to see on our website.

Check out the CSTC website now at www.cstc.com.au and put it in your

favourites list.

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For many students and companies the first introduction to the CSTC is via our

website, and with the feedback we have received they are not disappointed.

We pride ourselves on keeping up to date with communication technology to

provide useful and practical information.

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Check out the current courses avai lable:

� AC Sheet Treatment Removal

� Accident Investigation

� Advanced Safe Removal & Disposal of Asbestos

� Aluminium Mobile Scaffold (Only up to 4 meters)

� Basic Rigging

� Basic Rigging with EWP/RIGG (4 days +1 day)

� Intermediate Rigging

� Advanced Rigging

� Basic Scaffolding

� Intermediate Scaffolding

� Advanced Scaffolding

� Basic Worksite Traffic Management and

Traffic Control (Part A & B)

a) Basic Worksite Traffic Management

b) Traffic Control

� C6 Crane Operator (C6/CV/CN tickets)

� CS Crane (Self Erector)

� CN Crane Operator (non slewing crane)

(Franna / non slewing crane)

� CV Crane Operator - (Hiab)

� CT Tower Crane

� Chemicals in the Workplace

(Hazardous Substances)

� Carry Out Tilt-up Work Safely

� Dogging

� Elevated Work Platform (Boom Lift)

� Explosive Power Tools

� Forklift Operator 2 Day Course

� Grinder Safety Awareness

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� Hand Held Concrete Cutting

� Hearing Test

� Intro to Confined Space

� Manual Handling Awareness

� Material Hoist

� National White Card Induction Training

� Noise Management & Protection of Hearing

at Work

� Occupational S & H Representative

� Pendant Operated Gantry Crane

(Remote Control)

� Personnel Man & Materials Hoist

� Prevention of Falls in the workplace

a) Safe Work at Heights

b) Harness Appreciation

c) Work Safely on Roofs

� Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN'S)

(Extension of OH&S Course)

� Restricted Asbestos Licence Training Course

� Safe Method of Demolition

� Scissor Lift

� Senior First Aid

� Supervisor/Manager OH&S

� Telescopic Forklift Operator

� Verification of Competency (V.O.C.)

By appointment only

� Recognition of Prior Learning (R.P.L.)

By appointment only

� Workplace Health & Safety Committees

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All of our training courses carry a subsidy from the Construction Training

Fund (CTF) for eligible participants.

The CTF is administered by a government authority and provides subsidies

for skills training for eligible building and construction industry trainees.

The subsidy can greatly reduce the cost of your CSTC training so it is worth

taking the time to apply if you believe you are eligible.

To receive a CTF training subsidy a trainee must be:

� Currently directly employed in the Building and Construction Industry in

Western Australia and on the completion of this course intending to

continue working in the building and construction industry; or

� If unemployed, be able to demonstrate that they were directly employed

in the Building and Construction Industry in Western Australia on a full

time basis, within the previous 3 months from the date of course

commencement.

Please note that the subsidy is not available to:

� Employees or individuals working on construction or maintenance

projects on mining, gas or oil exploration sites;

� Employees of Government agencies and departments;

� Individuals or the employees of companies, who manufacture,

supply/deliver building products, provide/install non building products or

repair/do maintenance work during or on completion of the construction

process;

� The employees of companies, who install, maintain and repair lifts and

escalators; or

� Employees or individuals who intend to work in the resources sector on

completion of their training.

If you think you are eligible for the subsidy, please call us on (08) 9358 6501.

We will go through the claim procedure with you to help you obtain the

rebate.

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recognised as the best construction skillstraining centre of its type in Australia

The CSTC offers more than 45 courses including crane operation, scaffolding,rigging, dogging, forklift operation, working in confined spaces and working atheights.

For a full list of courses contact the CSTC on (08) 9358 6501 or browse ourwebsite at www.cstc.com.au

Enquiries from individuals and companies for group staff training are welcome.

107 Radium Street, Welshpool WA 6106Phone: (08) 9358 6501 Fax: (08) 9358 6502 Email: training@cstc.com.auOpening Hours: 7:00am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday

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