Entries by Stephen

New Workplace Exposure Limits

Are you ready for the new Workplace Exposure Limits? Earlier this year, Safe Work Australia announced that Workplace Exposure Standards will be renamed Workplace Exposure Limits starting from December 1st, 2026. Along with the new name, they have introduced lower exposure limits for 160 airborne contaminants to improve worker safety. One key change is the […]

Could virtual classrooms be here to stay?

There is no doubt that along with all other industries, the Vocational Education and Training sector has had to adapt to change throughout the current Covid-19 pandemic. But could some of these changes be here to stay? So far we are receiving a lot of feedback from employers that the Virtual Classroom has been a […]

Wouldn’t RPL be easy if…..

Wouldn’t RPL be easy if someone tapped you on the shoulder at the beginning of your career and said “hey keep a portfolio of things that you work on, it could help you out big time in the future”. We can’t go back to the past and change that but it might be something you […]

USI transcripts now available to employers

The Unique Student Identifier has been around since January 2015. Any student enrolling in a VET course (unless exempt) has been required to hold a USI in order to be issued with a Statement of Attainment or Certificate. At first, we possibly all saw the USI system as a hassle but now we’re starting to […]

The Employer Portal

    When we moved to our current Student Management System in September 2019 we let a test group of clients know about a new feature called our Employer Portal. Now that we’ve received great feedback on the Employer Portal, we think it is time to open it up to more workplaces. The Employer Portal allows […]

Remote Learning

Virtual Classrooms to keep essential services working   As a safety training company, we understand that many of our clients fall into the essential services category. We want to do whatever we can to ensure that your workers remain safe so that they can continue to keep our communities going. To support your organisations ongoing […]

Placement of harness inspection tags

  Our trainers are often seeing equipment inspection tags being used on harnesses as a means of showing a record of inspection but could this tag pose a new hazard? Australian Standard 1891.4 requires that harnesses and lanyards inspected by a competent person every 6 months and that there is a record of that inspection. […]

Implementation of a COVID-19 Action Plan

  A message from Bob Bryden – Managing Director PARCOR Implementation of a COVID-19 Action Plan I would like to take this opportunity to contact you regarding the dynamic situation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and reassure you that the safety of our clients and our PARCOR team has always has been our top priority. […]

Self-Paced Online Learning

  We are excited to announce that we have launched self-paced online learning for the following courses. BSB41419 – Certificate IV in Workplace Health and Safety BSB51319 – Diploma of Workplace Health and Safety TLID2003 Handle Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances For more information or to book contact us on 1300 666 101.  

Emergency Services Discount

    25% off public courses for Emergency Service Volunteers. PARCOR is offering discounted training for Emergency Services Volunteers for public courses conducted before 30th April. This offer is valid for Emergency Service Volunteers such as CFA, SES and St Johns Ambulance as a way of saying Thank You. To arrange your discount and book; […]