Review of the Registered Clubs Industry in NSW - Clubs NSW

9 Improving corporate governance
Greater promotion of training
IPART considers there should be greater promotion of training. The various
programs offering club-specific training for directors and managers appear to be
relevant and generally well-received by the stakeholders who participate in them.
Continuing to raise awareness of the benefits of training will likely lead to an
increase in participation by directors and management.
Therefore, IPART considers that ClubsNSW should continue to promote ongoing
training as best practice. Further, it considers that ClubsNSW should encourage
clubs to record in their annual reports any ongoing training undertaken by directors
in addition to the core training modules. This would increase the industry’s
awareness of the importance of ongoing training.
ClubsNSW has indicated it will continue to develop new avenues to promote
training, for example by re-launching its Club Director magazine. 180
Recommendation
52 That improvements be made to the existing club-specific training available to club
directors and managers by ClubsNSW:
– offering accredited training for directors, ideally under the Australian Qualifications
Framework
– offering more flexible delivery options for director training
– with other providers of club-specific training, increasing their promotion of the
programs that they offer.
180 ClubsNSW submission, 4 April 2008, p 36.
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