Training Unit
The Trust becomes an RTO
In 2007, after many months of preparation and planning the Koorie Heritage Trust became a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). As an RTO, the Trust looks forward to delivering nationally accredited qualifications to the Koorie community and the broader non-Koorie community.
The Koorie Heritage Trust has identified key areas of training to focus on over the next 5 years, and is working alongside key stakeholders to develop training programs that address existing training gaps and growth industries. The Trust has a commitment to being flexible in the delivery of all training and will take directions in response to feedback from Industry sectors and the Victorian Koorie community.
Industry Perspectives
The Koorie Heritage Trust believes that it is in a unique position to offer training that is both culturally appropriate and workplace driven.
The move to become a registered training organisation is seen as an opportunity to participate fully in the vocational education sector as a Koorie community organisation, to improve employment options for Koorie people and to obtain greater financial independence to allow the trust to continue it’s work towards the protection, preservation and promotion of the living culture of the Indigenous people of south-eastern Australia.
Partnerships & Relationships
We have also taken to the road delivering training in Arts Administration that compliments and adds values to the skills and programs that are being delivered by the regional Tafe Institutes. Utlisising our links with industry the Trust has engaged a number of successful Koorie artists and business people to deliver training including Kevin Willliams, Graham Atkinson and Wayne Quilliam.
What people say about us
“The opportunity to learn about printmaking has been invaluable to our community & artists. Hopefully we will commence our own printing group & meet on a regular basis. Thank you very much”
Please come back and stay longer, the training was fantasic, I have new skill and a new energy to forge my career as a photographer. Thank you.”
LINKS:
SCOPE of REGISTRATION: http://www.ntis.gov.au/Default.aspx?/rto/21918
VAEAI: http://www.vaeai.org.au/
21 GOALS for INDIGENOUS EDUCATION: http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/indigenous_education/policy_issues_reviews/national_goals_for_indigenous_education.htm
