Community Training

Waltja is committed to providing training in partnership with Aboriginal communities to meet Waltja’s five strategic goals (see Waltja's goals):

• Helping people know
  
• New ways to do things
  
• Working together
  
• Better help for families
  
• Good ways to do things

Waltja offers workshops and one-to-one training in a range of community development and community service areas, such as nutrition, health, child care, youth, aged care and disability services, life skills, fund-raising, program management, financial management and governance of community organisations. Our training supports Aboriginal community development and self-determination, and the employment of Aboriginal people in community-based services.

We can assist with training needs analysis and the development of Community Training Plans. We advise communities about funding support for training and help to prepare submissions.

Waltja has a Standard Procedure for Training Needs Analysis for Aboriginal Client Communities.

Waltja is working toward being able to offer more accredited training in remote communities within our scope of registration, and to expand our scope to meet wider community needs.

Waltja is a Registered Training Organisation (Waltja's RTO Provider number is 6892)

This means that Waltja is able to offer training and assessment leading to nationally recognised qualifications, for courses within Waltja’s scope of registration.

	In 2002, 2005 & 2007 Waltja was audited against the National Standards for Registered Training Organisations. Waltja has been granted continued RTO registration. This photo shows the auditor John Bishop and DEET Liaison Officer Beth Hansen with Waltja staff Kate Lawrence and Claudia Manu-Preston at the end of the audit. Waltja is currently registered to 30 June 2012.

Waltja is committed to meeting the Australian Quality Training Framework Standards for Registered Training Organisations.

Laws and Rules about VET

Useful links and resources for trainers and assessors

Qualifications offered by Waltja

CHC10101 Certificate I in Work Preparation (Community Services)

• Competency Standards
• Delivery Strategy

CHC20202 Certificate II in Community Services Work

• Competency Standards
• Delivery Strategy
  

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Waltja Training Nintiringtjaku

Waltja is working to create employment for 'Training Nintiringtjaku': Aboriginal people who facilitate training on their communities.Training Nintiringtjaku aims are to:

• enable senior Aboriginal people to gain paid work supporting training organisations to deliver accredited training on their communities and supporting locals to participate successfully,
  
• assist RTOs to overcome the high risk factors which often prevent remote delivery or lead to poor outcomes,
  
• thereby encourage improved and increased delivery of VET to Aboriginal people in their remote communities in Central Australia.
  

Painting a banner to promote training on Mt Liebig community	Research Nintiringtjaku workshop at Ross River July 2006	Marie Briscoe with her painting on "Learning in the Community: Learning Two Ways Together"

Waltja Training Nintiringtjaku project in 2007-2008

In 2007 and 2008 Waltja will support Nintiringtjaku nominees to gain knowledge, competence and communication skills in the use of office equipment and information technologies on their communities. These competencies are necessary for their ‘Training Nintiringtjaku’ work facilitating VET delivery in their remote communities, and ‘Research Nintiringttjaku’ work facilitating research projects in their communities. Participants will complete Certificate I in Business and may progress to Certificate II Business. Waltja has been granted funding for this training and support from Department of Employment Education and Training (DEET) and Department of Educations Science and Technology (DEST) under the Joint Indigenous Funding Pool.

Alison Multa and Kathleen Nungurrayi reporting on a workshop exercise mapping jobs and training needs on communities

Staff Training

All Waltja staff are supported to gain qualifications that are related to their work. This includes accredited training in Administration and Business Services, Multimedia, Children's Services, Youth Work and Community Services, Assessment and Workplace Training, Senior First Aid and Four Wheel Driving. Staff have also had training in website design, health promotion, video production and editing, and other programs.

Waltja has had funding from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) through the STEP Program to help with the training and career development of our trainee Aboriginal staff. We have also received funding from the NT Department of Employment Education and Training (DEET)for apprenticeship training.

Waltja Report on Training Needs in Central Australia

In 2005 Waltja was funded by Security4Women and Women in Adult and
Vocational Education (WAVE) to write up the story of Waltja’s research into
training needs for Aboriginal women and for their communities. This research
is all gathered together in the report “Helping People to Help Themselves”.

Download report

Waltja article in Journal of Vocational Education and Training

Aboriginal women working in vocational education and training: a story from
Central Australia.

Download article: Waltja JVET 2006 pre-press