Short courses
Completing a short course may give you a competitive advantage when seeking employment. The links below may assist you to identify short courses that will help you develop skills for the type of part-time job that you may want to pursue while you are studying.
Hospitality
Courses include Responsible Serving of Alcohol (RSA), Espresso Coffee Making, Food Hygiene, Bar Tending, Waiting/Food & Beverage Service and Crowd Control/Security.
Some course providers: Australian Institute of Public Safety | Box Hill TAFE | Chisholm TAFE | Complete Hospitality Training | International Security Training Academy | Kangan Batman TAFE | NMIT TAFE | Swinburne University TAFE | Victoria University TAFE
Customer Service / Retail
Courses include Customer Service, Retail Skills, Negotiation Skills, Handling Difficult Clients.
Some course providers: ATC Training | Box Hill TAFE | Chisholm TAFE | Council of Adult Education (CAE) | Kangan Batman TAFE | NMIT TAFE | Swinburne University TAFE | Victoria University TAFE |
Computer / Web skills
If you need to learn how to use a particular MS Office program, such as Excel, Word or PowerPoint, the University of Melbourne's Information Division has online courses for current students such as "Pick It Up Online" and best of all, they're free of charge. Go to the Student IT Skills program page for more information.
Some other providers of Computing / Web skills: ATC Training | Box Hill TAFE | Council of Adult Education (CAE) | NMIT TAFE | Swinburne University TAFE |
Office / Business
Courses include Basic Office Skills, MYOB, Business Writing, Medical Reception and Medical Terminology.
Some course providers: ATC Training | Australian Red Cross | Kangan Batman TAFE | NMIT TAFE | Swinburne University TAFE | Victoria University TAFE |
Other
Courses include First Aid, Child Care, Swim Teaching.
Some course providers: Aquatics & Recreation Victoria | Box Hill TAFE | Kangan Batman TAFE | NMIT TAFE | Swimming Victoria | Swinburne University TAFE | St John Ambulance
Disclaimer: Please note that Careers & Employment does not endorse or recommend any short course or training provider. The training providers listed on this page were chosen as a selection of possible training companies, based on information available about their courses, price, and location.
Other training providers offering similar courses can be found at Shortcourses Victoria: www.shortcourses.vic.gov.au/