Recently, Goondiwindi Regional Council received funding from the State Government’s TMR - Statewide Capability Development Fund to upskill staff in Native Title and Cultural Heritage compliance for infrastructure projects. Due to the additional costs of accommodation and potential loss of productivity in sending multiple staff to other locations for training we can only usually afford to send a very small handful of staff away at any one time.

IPWEA-QNT were able to provide this training course, combined with a neighbouring Council, over two days to share costs and upskill more staff in a shorter, more cost effective time frame. The convenience of holding the training less than two hours away meant that Council was able to upskill 15 staff members who only required travel to and from the course on the day that they were allocated to attend. The benefits of IPWEA-QNT tailoring this training course to suit our needs meant we were able to upskill more staff and the potential for loss of productivity was minimised.