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SpectroTech deliver a five-week training programme for RailCorp
11/09/2009 - SpectroTech have recently completed a five-week training programme for RailCorp. This latest programme continues our support to RailCorp over the past few years through provision of leading Wireless LAN training for RailCorp including multiple classes consisting of apprentices, graduates, ICT staff and management.
New WLAN fundamentals course released
02/03/2009 - SpectroTech is excited to announce the release of our new 'WLAN fundamentals' course. This course is the first of our cost effective learning and development solutions developed under our economic relief programme. Click here to learn more about this course and to register for an upcoming class.
SpectroTech develop an economic relief programme for our training customers and clients
28/01/2009 - Why investing in training and development of staff is more important than ever during a financial crisis.
Without doubt the more educated and better trained staff are, the more likely they are to make a valuable contribution.
Learning and development is essential for both employees and employers, as well-trained and motivated staff improve the productivity of businesses.
In the current economic climate, it is more crucial than ever that employers concentrate on developing and retaining the vital skills and knowledge in people that will grow their business.
While it may seem counterintuitive, during difficult economic times, investing in training programs is more important than ever. The care and nurturing of the organization’s most valuable asset—its human resources—is likely to have a profound influence on the overall health of the organisation. Smart employers will seize the opportunity to develop meaningful training paradigms to give their organisations the competitive edge.
What can SpectroTech do?
Over the coming months, SpectroTech will be releasing a number of new cost effective courses. These courses are designed to help individuals and organisations achieve their learning and development goals on a limited training budget whilst not impacting quality of the learning experience.
How do we do this?
The following are some of the measures we will take to help our customers.
- Concentrate on "content" and "delivery". Content is critical to a successful learning and development programme as is the right delivery. Several of our new courses will focus specifically on the content required by our students, without additional information of less relevance, often found in international training and certification programmes. This allows for delivery in a lesser time frame whilst not impacting quality of the learning experience. This also reduces the cost of expensive week long programmes down to a cost effective one or two day learning experiences in some cases.
- Eliminate give-aways. Students do not really need the t-shirts, fancy pens, backpacks and key chains that training companies typically give away as enticements to attend programs. Students will attend those programs they perceive as relevant to their experience whether they receive a key chain or not.
- Concentrate on “substance” not “form.” Handouts are critical to any successful program. These handouts, however, don’t need to be too fancy—just informative, neat, and readable. In some of our courses we will eliminate or use less expensive binding, color printing and bonding to reduce the cost and pass on the savings to our customers.
Woolworths engage SpectroTech to conduct wireless training for IT staff
25/02/2009 - Woolworths have recently engaged SpectroTech to conduct training for Woolworths IT staff and third-party support personnel from Logica. The training, conducted at Woolworths Training Wing inside their Norwest facility in Sydney was designed to assist internal staff from IT and distributed support accross Australia with better understanding and supporting their existing and future wireless networking infrastructure, mainly focussing on their distribution centres throughout Australia. Support staff from Logica, who are responsible for supporting Woolworths distribution centres also attended the training to further their knowledge and support of Woolworths wireless networking infrastruture and client solutions.
Attorney General's Department undergo further training with SpectroTech
02/02/2009 - The Attorney General's Department recently underwent further training with SpectroTech. as a follow on to previous training conducted in December 2008. During the training held at the Australian Federal Police facility in Mildura, ACT, Attorney General's Department personnel underwent training on wireless networking with coverage on security incorporating wireless LAN risks, threats, penetration (intrusion tools and techniques) and mitigation.
Attorney General's Department engage SpectroTech for wireless security training
15/12/2009 - The Attorney General's Department have engaged SpectroTech to deliver training in wireless networking and wireless security under an internal training initiative for their employee's from around Australia. SpectroTech conducted a training needs analysis and worked with Attorney General's Department's staff to identify critical areas within their learning and development needs, focussing on employee's from within both IT and security roles and resposibilities. As an outcome, SpectroTech delivered a number of 5 day courses for the Attorney General's Department at the Australian Federal Police facility in Mildura, ACT.
SpectroTech LABs relocate to a new facility
01/12/2008 - SpectroTech has recently relocated our LAB to a new facility in the Surtherland Shire, just south of the Sydney CBD. The new facility allows our LAB services to operate independently from our Learning Services division which were previously co-located within the same facility. Whilst relocating the lab to a new facility removes the opportunity for students to view the LAB facility during training, an element of the LAB is planned to go online in the future, allowing students to log in via the internet and gain access to various products, tools and utilities remotely. Relocating the LAB has no affect on the practical hands-on labs conducted within SpectroTech courses as dedicated training equipment is maintained by the Learning Services team.
Department of Defence, School of Signals engages SpectroTech for train-the-trainer course
22/08/2008 - SpectroTech were recently engaged by the Department of Defence, School of Signals to deliver a train-the-trainer solution on wireless networking for instructors and staff at the Simpson Army Barracks, in Macleod, Victoria. The training was designed to assist the school with increasing instructor knowledge and expertise in wireless networking and allow for the preparation of wireless networking content to be taught as part of their ongoing training curriculum within the tri-service school for Army, Navy and Airforce personnel undertaking training within the Advanced Training Wing.
Motorola engages SpectroTech to deliver their EWLAN chanel training across Australia and New Zealand
07/2008 - SpectroTech recently completed a major channel training initiative for Motorola, by delivering wireless networking training for Motorola's channel partners throughout Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The training was designed to increase Motorola partners' knowledge and expertise in the design, implementation and support of Motorola's enterprise Wireless LAN equipment, providing a real world focus throughout the training and practical hands-on with Motorola's products including their WS5100 and WS2000 WLAN switches, their AP300 access points and AP5131 autonomous access points.
SpectroTech deliver the wireless security workshop at Wireless World 2008, continuing support of the event for the fourth year
04/04/2008 - SpectroTech were engaged by ACEvents, organisers of Wireless World 2008 to conduct the wireless LAN security workshops as an official technical stream of the event at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. SpectroTech have supported Wireless Australia, Wireless New Zealand and Wireless World with provision of a chairperson, guest speakers, exhibitions and technical workshops for the past four years and continue to maintain our leader status in the delivery of wireless networking and security workshops and training.
