The Fair Work Ombudsman has highlighted the importance of employee inductions, saying employers who fail to properly induct new employees risk disrupting their entire workplace. In an article for The Sydney Morning Herald, Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson said his office investigates complaints from more than 20,000 employees nationally each year. According to [...]
Worksafe has an excellent handout that all staff should receive. It focuses on inspection safety and the correct procedures to protect you and your staff from unwarrented and unwanted personal attention. The website is www.worksafe.vic.gov.au Go to “Search” on the top navigation bar and type in ‘ real estate’. The document to download is ‘Property [...]
Hundreds of underqualified real estate agents are exploiting a legal loophole that enables them to own and operate Victorian estate agencies after just five days training in New South Wales. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria has attacked the practice as a “blatant scam”,potentially exposing home buyers and sellers to unprofessional and incompetent agents. The [...]
An article in The Age newspaper stated that a large Melbourne based registered training organisation (RTO) recently told teachers to “dumb down” the tests and assessments so that students could pass easily and would become “competent quicker”. As well, “The standard of English language required for courses was lowered to pass students who would otherwise [...]
On 02.02.11, In auction training, by Geoff Buck
Someone once said “an auction is like a love affair – any fool can start it but keeping it interesting requires considerable skill”.