Workforce Development Newsletter

Monday, 6 July 2020

Welcome to Ai Group’s Workforce Development update. As businesses now move to developing longer term strategies that reflect necessary changes and innovations made during lockdown, many will face skills challenges. Have important skills been lost? Do changed business models mean new skills sets are needed and if so how will they be found or built in the business? Our solutions can support your renewed workforce development needs and assist you to adapt.

Learning online: virtual reality showcases cutting-edge examples

The COVID-19 crisis has opened the way for creative collaboration between industry and tertiary education providers, who acted swiftly to switch to distance and online learning. And Ai Group members have been at the cutting edge of innovative learning, aiming to ensure they meet the skills needs of their customers. 

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Mental Health Awareness for Managers (COVID-19)

Amid the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees may be feeling afraid, worried, anxious and overwhelmed. Managers and supervisors need to understand mental health and illness, the signs to look for, and what they can to do to assist employees to find the help they require.

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Expert advice, funding & assistance: help your business innovate, compete & grow

Hear from game-changing Aussie entrepreneurs about how they developed their clever idea, overcame hurdles and used the Entrepreneurs’ Programme to propel their business success.

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Are you certified for a COVID-safe workplace?

Ai Group is proud to partner with Deakin University in the development of the Occupational COVID-19 Workplace Safety Scheme – a program we feel is key to getting industry back to capacity in the near future.

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Good news to celebrate: apprentices win awards – and overcome a setback

"When the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, I was a third-year apprentice in a workshop that relied heavily on the education sector. The host company I was employed by stood down all staff until further notice." Find out how AiGATC helped this 20-year-old apprentice take on a new opportunity.

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Are skills shortages the cloud's biggest security threat? 

Cloud adoption in Australia could soon hit a major speed-bump – skills shortages in cloud security. AustCyber predicts that the nation will need around 18,000 more cybersecurity workers by 2026, a number significantly beyond our current trajectory. 

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The Ai Group Digital Classroom is here!

Ai Group has launched the Digital Classroom to help keep you and your staff skilled and fully supported during these tough, and often inflexible, times.

Participants will be able to talk and discuss with the facilitator and the group – just like a normal class, only different!

Topics offered this month include:

• Annualised Salaries Training
• Chain of Responsibility (CoR)
• Communication Skills
• Dealing with Difficult People and Conflict
• Discrimination, Bullying and Harassment Awareness for Employees
• Discrimination, Bullying and Harassment Awareness for Managers
• Employment Law Awareness for Managers and Supervisors
• Infection Control in the Workplace
• Leading Through a Crisis
• Managing Remote Teams
• Managing Stress in the Current Environment (COVID-19)
• Mental Health and Awareness for Employees
• Mental Health and Awareness for Managers and Supervisors
• Performance Management (Disciplinary Procedures)
• Safety 101 for Employees
• Time Management

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