R&D

Almost all training and education providers in Australia have a website through which they provide information on courses being offered on their premises or campus - topics covered, availability, when offered and costs. A number of training providers offer online training courses. These have the advantage that they can be undertaken by staff at a time of their choosing and they are not restricted to the training courses offered by institutions in their own city, town or area. The convenience of delivery, and the range of training material offered online across a whole range of disciplines, activities and services, means that staff training is more accessible and potentially more timely and relevant than ever before.

What to do

Many organisations offer training in the use of the Internet and how businesses can maximise the effectiveness of email and their websites.

Try the e-business training section in this website - the link is on the right-hand side of the screen under the Resources heading.

Try the following sources in your local area who might provide training courses or know who does:

• TAFE colleges
• private providers - look in the Yellow Pages ® eg under Computer Training Services
• your local library or local council may know of local training providers
• your industry association
• business advisors who are supported by government and local communities
• your computer suppliers.

Further information sources

You might like to try these websites as sources of information about training courses in Australia:

Courses.com.au

A nationwide directory of short courses, Courses.com.au lists 12,000 courses throughout Australia. Course providers are entitled to list their basic course details on this website for a small fee. The site is free to users. Note on searching this site: the e-businessguide website describes e-business as "doing business using the Internet". The courses.com.au website does not use this language. Instead it focuses on the individual activities that make up e-business such as "email" or "web page design". When you search the courses.com.au database after selecting your state, click a category, either Computing & IT or Business & Finance. You can then select your regional area. Training providers are continually changing their courses so contact the training provider to obtain their course timetable and details of their specific courses. http://www.courses.com.au/index.cfm

National Training Information Service

This website provides a database of vocational education and training in Australia. It contains detailed information on courses, qualifications, training packages, competency standards and training organisations. Note on searching this site: NTIS - the National Training Information Services, provides information about accredited vocational education and training (VET) courses. Click on Courses/Qualifications, then type in e-business (with a hyphen) in the Course Title/ Qualification box. Click on search. Click on the course you are interested in and then "Show all details for this item" button. It is also possible to limit your search by state. If you cannot find the type of course you are looking for, consider searching for business or computing