Selwyn Times: October 04, 2016

SELWYN TIMES Tuesday October 4 2016 33
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Southern Institute
of Technology
Ensuring a safe
work place
Monique VanRooyen is
a perfect example of how
the Southern Institute of
Technology (SIT) assists
full time workers to move
forward in their career.
Working in
administration at
SIT for nine years,
Monique jumped at the
opportunity to upskill
in her Administration
Management career with
the National Certificate
in Project Management
(Level 4) in June 2016.
The 18-week blended
delivery course not
only offered the content
she needed to take a
step forward, but its
flexible hours made both
studying and working
viable, she said.
“The biggest benefit
is being able to do the
course outside of work
hours and also the
fact that lectures are
fortnightly, which allows
time to complete each
assignment.”
Though only half way
through the Project
Management certificate,
she said it had already
increased her confidence
to talk in front of large
groups and had given her
Monique VanRooven
a better understanding of
business dealings.
“I enjoy the tutor’s
lecturing style, he has a lot of industry
based knowledge and experience in
this area which enables us to grasp the
concepts [of Project Management] a lot
easier.”
Monique said she would “definitely”
recommend the course to anyone
interested in a managing environment on
any level, especially those looking to excel
in their existing role.
LeARNINg fIRST aid is not only a
part of ensuring a safe work place, but also
an integral part of our engagement with
the wider community. We all learn the
necessary skills to ensure that in times of
emergency we are able to assist our work
colleagues, but are we able to take these
skills home, into the community or on to
the sports field?
Not all work places are the same and
the injury risk for each place can be wide
and variable. The office attended by
administrators does not carry the same
risk as those people working with heavy
machinery, or perhaps at some distance
from a regular ambulance service. It is
therefore essential that you pick the right
first aid course to suit all of your activities –
both professional and social.
Take, for example, an office worker who
does not have a high risk work environment
and whose concern might be to ensure
that they can deal with minor cuts and
superficial injuries, or the ability to perform
effective CPR. These skills can be achieved
on a course of eight hours duration and
would generally fit into low to medium
risk area. But take this same person on to
a sports field either as a spectator or player
when a higher level injury occurs. The eight
hour course covering unit standards 6402
and 6401 (or 26551 and 26552) does not
cover head neck and spinal injuries, eye
injuries, hypothermia and poisonings.
The majority of injuries occur outside of
the work place, in fact one in three injuries
occurs in the home, making it the most
common place for injuries to happen.
New Zealand children are twice as likely
to die through injury as children who live
in Australia. They mostly die as a result
of motor vehicles accidents or falls in the
home. fatalities from leisure and sport are
not far behind those in the workplace.
The wider 12 hour course teaches the
additional unit standard 6400 and provides
a wide knowledge base for medium to high
risk environments. This course covers many
of the skills required to deal with the most
common injuries, such as falls (which can
result in head, neck and spinal injuries) and
dealing with complex scenes such as motor
vehicle accidents.
If you are not sure on the course best
suited to your needs, ask your accredited
first aid training provider. They can explain
the course content and give you options
that will best suit your needs. Look beyond
the workplace and consider your family and
your location. Check that you have a good
quality first aid kit that is up-to-date with
replenished items, and that everyone knows
where it is located.
Adult and Community
Education Term 4, 2016
Come learn with us
Risingholme Community Centre offers a wide range
of short courses each term at a range of venues.
Risingholme Community Centre
Alterations – Upcycling and Recycling, Art, Belly Dancing,
Canvas Craft, Cake Decorating, Christmas Patchwork, Crochet,
Embroidery, ESOL, Fabric & Craft Skills, Floral Art, Healing
with Dreams, Guitar, Italian Language, Making a Gingerbread
House, Making Christmas Crafts, Marquetry group, Master
Your Sewing Machine, Mindfulness, NZ Sign Language, Paint
Your Own cards, Painting with Acrylics, Patchwork & Quilting,
Pilates, Pottery, Roman Blinds, Sewing Skills, Tracing Your
Family History, Using your Overlocker, Weaving, Watercolour
Painting, Wood Sculpture, Woodwork, Woodwork for Women,
Yoga.
Christchurch Girls’ High School
Argentinian Cooking, Baking, Dressmaking, Embroidery,
Empowerment, KiwiSaver, Salads – Raw & Vegan, Screen
Printing, Skincare & Make up, Te Reo Maori, Watercolour
Painting.
Hillmorton High School
Computing, Meditative Yoga, Spanish Language, French
Language, Style Makeover on a Budget, Hands-on Makeup
Application.
Hornby High School
Pattern Making, Sewing Skills, Thai Cooking.
Riccarton High School
Basic Photography, Calligraphy, Chocolate Making, Computing
(Excel & Word), Creative Art Creative Writing, Cupcakes,
Egyptian Cooking, Embroidery, ESOL IELTS, ESOL Business
English, First Aid Red Cross, Indian Cooking, Italian Cooking,
Italian Language, Learner Licence, Mediterranean Cooking, NZ
Sign Language, Picture Framing, Portraiture, Russian Language,
Sewing Skills, Spanish Language, Te Reo Maori, Website Design,
Woodwork, Yoga, Your Career Take Charge.
Shirley Boys’ High School
Arduino, Bake and Decorate, Computing Basics, Computing
(Excel & Word), Designing Your Garden, German Language,
Gluten Free Vegetarian Cooking, Graphology, Intuitive
Meditation, Kasmiri Wazwan Cooking, Learner Licence, Massage,
MYOB, NZ Sign Language, Painting with Acrylics, Pilates,
Spanish Language, Take Control of your Life, Te Reo Maori, Thai
Cooking, Upholstery, Vegetarian Cooking, Website Design, Yoga.
Full details available on www.risingholme.org.nz
Brochures available at local libraries and
Risingholme office at 99 Hawford Road
Phone 332 7359 | Email info@risingholme.org.nz
www.risingholme.org.nz