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Competency Standards and the Road Transport Industry – (Part 3) The Assessment

In this blog we will cover the assessment process. Assessment is the crux of Competency Based Training. We have a set of Competency Standards and Assessment. These are the endorsed parts of training. We don’t care what comes in the middle. As long as you ...
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October 30, 2016 / Courses News

New course pays off for some drivers

AFM’s new course is already paying dividends for drivers that have signed up. The E3028 Complete a Work Diary in the Road Transport Industry serves as both a refresher and remedial training when non-compliance is endemic. The course is much more than simply an instructional ...
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October 28, 2016 / Courses News

Competency Standards and the Road Transport Industry – (Part 2) The Framework

So, we now have a set of Competency Standards and Qualifications. One of the other reasons these were developed was because it was recognised that many people already had the skills to do the job. That was pretty obvious because the Standards were developed from ...
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October 26, 2016 / Courses News

Competency Standards and the Road Transport Industry – (Part 1) Background.

There are a number of myths floating around regarding having to go to training courses to receive qualifications. What I’m going to attempt to do in this blog and as simply as I can, is explain why you don’t necessarily have to go to a ...
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October 22, 2016 / Courses News

USI Numbers Still Causing Problems for Drivers

The Unique Student Identifier (USI) is stll causing problems for some users. If you are a new or continuing student undertaking any of AFMs training courses, you will need a USI in order to receive your qualification or statement of attainment. By law, if you ...
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October 10, 2016 / Courses News

New Fatigue Management Course

It’s been 8 years since Australian Fatigue Management burst upon the Fatigue Management scene with our free fatigue management training CD. Since then over 20,000 drivers and schedulers have completed our training and gained their Certification through the online video training courses. AFMs corporate clients ...
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September 12, 2016 / Courses News

Tell Us What Is Happening

Transport drivers are everywhere and know better than anyone what is happening on our roads. Tell us about roadworks and other traffic hazards. Share what you see and tell us what you what like to know and you will read about it here on this ...
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September 9, 2016 / Company News