David holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Teaching (Newcastle).

Certificate III in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft is a national standard qualification for those who want to work or prepare for further study in Visual Arts. This qualification is designed to cover a broad range skills and knowledge that apply to the arts industry.
If you want to develop yourself as an artist, study drawing, painting, learn about art history, colour theory and design processes including how to select and prepare work for an exhibition, then this national certificate course will assist you. For further details download a course information sheet (requires Acrobat Reader).

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Certificate IV in Training and Assessment is the national standard qualification for teaching in the vocational education and training sector. This qualification will give you the knowledge and skills to plan, design, teach and assess accredited courses for registered training organisations and TAFE. Course content includes: Adult Learning Theory; Learning Facilitation Processes; Presentation Skills; Learning and Assessment Design and the Organisation and Structure of Vocational Education in Australia. For further details download a course information sheet (requires Acrobat Reader).

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This Diploma in Training and Assessment is for adult education practitioners who would like to engage in meaningful professional development. The course will focus on applying adult learning theory to the design and delivery of high quality learning and assessment; contextualizing vocational education to address environmental sustainability and the coordination/management of training and assessment services. The program is suitable for VET Managers and VET Teachers and is designed to address the recent findings from research into the VET workforce (published in 2011) that found:

• Australia needs a VET workforce with qualifications above the Certificate IV in TAA; and
• VET practitioners need to engage in more Professional Development.

For further details download a course information sheet (requires Acrobat Reader).

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Based on direct feedback from Community Service Providers about professional development requirements the following set of short specialized qualifications are being offered in the first semester of 2012. You can enroll in one or more courses to complement or update your experience and qualifications. All the skill sets offered are at Certificate IV or Diploma level. For further details download a course information sheet (requires Acrobat Reader).

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Byron College is a registered training organisation offering this certificate with the support of Djanbung Gardens Permaculture College, Byron Herb Nursery and Mullumbimby Community Gardens.

The Certificate III provides trade equivalent skills training in permaculture, preparing you to operate in a skilled and independent manner developing and operating permaculture systems.

Permaculture principles can be applied to any environment, at any scale from dense urban settlements to individual homes, from farms to entire regions. Permaculture aims to create stable, productive systems that provide for human needs, harmoniously integrating land with inhabitants.

The ecological processes of plants, animals, their nutrient cycles, climatic factors and weather cycles are all part of permaculture. In a Permaculture system, work is minimised, “waste” become resources, productivity and yields increase, and environments are restored.
Byron College offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in the permaculture lifestyle, providing a balance of theory and active experience on permaculture farms both urban and rural. For further details download a course information sheet (requires Acrobat Reader).

Have any questions? Contact our friendly staff on 02 6684 3374 or admin@byroncollege.org.au

Byron College is a registered training organisation offering this certificate with the support of Djanbung Gardens Permaculture College, Byron Herb Nursery and Mullumbimby Community Gardens.

The Diploma provides training in permaculture for those working as project managers on community permaculture projects, those seeking to become permaculture system designers and/or advisors and those supervising permaculture works on rural and urban properties.

Permaculture principles can be applied to any environment, at any scale from dense urban settlements to individual homes, from farms to entire regions. Permaculture aims to create stable, productive systems that provide for human needs, harmoniously integrating land with inhabitants.

Byron College offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in the permaculture lifestyle, providing a balance of theory and active experience on permaculture farms both urban and rural. For further details download a course information sheet (requires Acrobat Reader).

Have any questions? Contact our friendly staff on 02 6684 3374 or admin@byroncollege.org.au