Source: Megan Rainey, Service Skills SA

Published: 9 November 2011

give your events career a boost with free training

Calling all South Australians who are looking to boost their career skills in creative events!

Register your interest in being part of a "creative event training intensive" to be held in Adelaide, Friday 6 January - Friday 27 January 2012.

Registrations must be received by Wednesday 30 November.

This project is facilitated by Service Skills SA, and aims to create a greater event ready workforce for South Australia and increase employment prospects for participants. The intensive is designed for unemployed or under-employed individuals with limited or no experience within the events sector who are enthusiastically seeking to forge / strengthen a career in this area.

The intensive will run for 3 weeks from 6 January - 27 January in Adelaide, the training is FREE for 24 participants.

Participants will gain the opportunity to acquire a combination of the following skills: forklift and boom-type elevating work platform, scissor-lift, OHS Whitecard, Senior First Aid, Traffic Management, Fire Warden and Hot Fire extinguisher tickets.

Selected participants will undertake a dogging course to gain their dogging ticket (which is a pre-requisite for basic rigging).

TAFE SA will deliver the following accredited modules as one-day workshops from the Certificate III in Events: 'Provide event staging support,' 'Develop and update event industry knowledge,' 'Select Sites & Venues' and 'Work with colleagues and customers' A staging module from the Certificate III in Live Production, Theatre and Events will also be delivered. And there will also be a day full of various industry knowledge seminars so you receive a good overview of the events sector and the opportunities it can offer.

Please note: participants must be permanent residents of South Australia.

Be sure to REGISTER your interest online by 5pm Wednesday 30 November for a chance to be part of this landmark event training intensive!

Please contact Megan Rainey with any queries about the registration process, or if you would like an application form posted or faxed to you.
megan@coaster.net.au or 0424 612 450.

Skills for Creative Events SA is funded through the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, South Australia Works program, which is an initiative of the Government of South Australia.