Training & Personal Development at Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business

There are good opportunities for more specialized trainings and to attend internal workshops and seminars.

It is mandatory for the graduates to take the assigned writing courses and constructive conversations on managing upwards.

The graduate program has some training courses as part of the program. Sometimes some negotiation is required to obtain specialist training.

We had graduate trainings which were somewhat useful. The most useful trainings I have been to are externally run which your area pays for. These have been specific to my job - for example employment law.

Mandatory training is sometimes one size fits all when it needs to be more tailored

As graduates we have been offered comprehensive training in workplace skills like writing and communicating with colleagues, and also valuable career skills like how to manage and approach performance discussions and how to manage upwards.

Throughout the graduate program there have been a number of training programs available to the graduates. These included: essential writing in the APS, constructive conversations with managers, and Indigenous cultural awareness training.

Cultural Awareness Training Verbal and Nonverbal communication Employability skills

Excellent training to improve writing, public speaking and management skills. Cultural awareness and public service responsibilities training are good additions.

There are various training available such as writing training, job search training and as long as you like learning, the online learning resources are very helpful too.

Grad training was good for the most part except for the 'Constructive Conversations'.

A large range of training and development programmes available.

Various e-learning modules. Some face to face training. Average in quality. Workshop on writing for the APS was most beneficial. Learnt to write succinctly, in simple language.

Writing courses, specialist program training like Qlik Sense and SAS. Helps with foundational skills, but most of the learning is on the job.

As graduate, we have quite a lot of training about government structure, how to be a good APS officer, writing, security awareness, system training. So generally all the basic skills you need to understand how to work for government properly.