Australian Grain Industry Code of Practice - Pulse Australia

2.5 Training and Professional Development
The Code encourages professional development though the continual
development of training to maintain high professional standards.
Industry participants should train staff (and authorised
representatives and/or registered officers) so they can competently
and efficiently discharge their functions and provide the services
they are authorised to provide and have an adequate knowledge of
the provisions of this Code.
GTA conducts a comprehensive professional development program
across Australia. Each year GTA trains in excess of 300 grain industry
personnel. Workshops are conducted in each State on a range of
topics including contract terms & conditions, trade rules, Australian
Financial Services Licence, commodity pricing, arbitration and
grain accounting.
GTA offers the Professional Certificate in Grain Marketing which
can be combined with further modules leading to the Professional
Diploma in Commodity Trading Management. The Professional
Certificate in Grain Marketing course includes modules on:
GTA Trade Rules, Contracts & Dispute Resolution
Grain Commodity Marketing & Trading
Grain Standards
NACMA WA, Curtin University and Department of Primary
Industry WA developed the Understanding Grain Markets course
that has been an outstanding success in WA. GTA will conduct the
Understanding Grain Markets course in all States except Western
Australia from 2009.
In addition, modules are being developed for Grain Accounting
and Arbitration.
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