All Access
Learning: induction online
All Access provides technical experts and riggers for major
entertainment events. They are constantly employing new casual staff
who cannot go on-site without proof of induction. They have created
an online induction in their OLC with assessment that is marked
automatically and the printout is used as proof.
Australian College of Educators
Learning: online professional development
ACE is Canberra based but their teacher membership is Australia
wide. They ran a series of professional development programs for
specialist groups across Australia as a one year project, facilitating
live forums, discussion boards and messaging through the OLC.
Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Council Australia
Learning: online and facilitated
This peak industry body needed to prepare candidates before they
sat for the Customs Brokers National Examination but learners were
in the workforce fulltime and scattered across Australia. They
deployed the study course via the OLC and now several hundred
users per semester take this university style fully facilitated online
course. Learners are also located in Asia Pacific and Europe.
Entertainment and Technical Event Training College
Learning: blending online and offline
ETETC have been using the OLC for over five years to conduct
training and assessment for Entertainment and the Arts trainees
located across Queensland/N.S.W. They mix face-to-face training
with self paced units of work.
Foster’s & Carlton United Breweries
Learning: Product knowledge self paced online
Foster’s were faced with the challenge of increasing the knowledge
base of a diverse workforce about draught beer as a product. They
used the OLC to deploy training to 800 personnel across Australia.
They also used it to share knowledge with their clients about how to
troubleshoot problems with draught beer.
OneSteel
Learning: operational readiness online
Onesteel’s Project Magnet was a $300 million investment in
processing plant. Operators needed to understand the new
equipment and associated SCADA system as well as their operational
duties. They commissioned a customised online learning program
that operates within their OLC and it is now used to enhance the
work based training of operators.
Roadtek: QLD Department of Main Roads
Learning: blending online and offline
Roadtek used the OLC to provide online support materials for
frontline management units where the training had been delivered
face-to-face. Assessment was a mix of online knowledge tests and
work based projects.
