Quilting and patchwork classes, Cairns Qld

Button Tree Quilts offers one-on-one classes in patchwork, quilting, bag making, crochet, knitting and embroidery. Based in Cairns, they offer classes for beginners to experts in patchwork and quilting.

Patchwork and quilting classes are available, with special guest tutors at various times during the year. Other craft classes are offered for beginners in crochet, knitting and embroidery.

Social groups meet on Tuesday nights, as well as Thursday and Friday mornings, making Button Tree Quilts a fun and pleasant place to visit.

They offer a wide range of embroidery, patchwork and quilting supplies as well as a good supply of high quality materials and a variety of kits.

Button Tree Quilts is owned and operated by sisters, Kate Roebuck and Alison Alloway. So if you are visiting Cairns and the Far North, pop in to say hello - you will certainly enjoy the experience. Visit their website for more information: www.buttontreequilts.com

Niche directory for rural and regional Queensland

Class and Course Finder is rural and regional Queensland's one-stop directory for classes, courses, training, workshops, and tutoring services. We work with class and course providers as a promotional partner in finding and directing students to them.

Our focus is on keeping business local. If you are a class or course provider, or registered training organisation based in areas such as Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville, Cairns and anywhere in between, you need to promote your business by listing on this niche online directory.

Contact Tascia on 0428 920 256 or email info@classandcoursefinder.com to find out how.

Health, rehabilitation, coaching and fitness for business

Viva! Health At Work adds zest to your company while adding to your bottom line. Their spectrum of services include improving staff morale and managing risks at work. Let their qualified consultants value-add to your team.

Viva! Health At Work adds value through customized corporate and industrial health promotion, wellness, business training, and risk and injury management.

Their services include:

• task analysis,
• job analysis,
• job capacity assessment,
• complex risk assessment,
• workplace evaluation and return to work,
• manual task training,
• office ergonomics,
• incident investigation

They offer the following business training:

• wellness,
• stress management,
• time management,
• finding positivity and meaning at work,
• team building, and leadership skills;
• cultural and wellness audits,
• development of wellness programs,
• workplace health and fitness, and
• fit-for-work assessment

Visit their website for more details: http://www.vivahealthgroup.com.au/

Construction & workplace health and safety training

Class and Course Finder, rural and regional Australia's online directory for classes, courses and training, would like to welcome Allstate Training and Consulting.

Training for general and civil construction, from workplace health and safety licensing to general safety inductions. Allstate Training and Consulting offer machinery operator training to help assist those wishing to get a start in the Civil and General construction Industries. They offer training by log book and for those that do not have access to a machine, training will be conducted in-house where the participant can gain the experience required on state of the art machinery.

Machinery courses in operation of:

• skid steer leaders
• front end loaders
• excavators
• loaders
• dozers
• forklifts
• backhoes
• graders
• rollers
• crane, dogging and rigging courses

Allstate also offers training courses in general safety induction (under the auspice of Allen’s Training RTO 90909), traffic control, Level 1 traffic management, OH&S awareness and manual handling awareness.

The trainers at Allstate Training can deliver Workplace, Health and Safety training and assessment from entry level and over at their training centre in 6 Thozet Road, Rockhampton. Allstate Training & Consulting will cater training to suit the workers needs whether its during business hours, night courses or weekend delivery, on-site or in its own training rooms.

Click here to search for contact details and location of Allstate Training and Consulting under the 'Occupational Health & Safety' category.

Study agriculture and horticulture in Queensland

The Australian Agricultural College Corporation (AACC) offers agricultural and horticultural training to rural industry, rural people and rural communities. Class and Course Finder, rural Australia's online directory for courses and training, has details of the courses offered by AACC.

Australian Agricultural College Corporation (AACC) offers the following courses:

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Automotive and engineering
• Rural business management
• Conservation and land management

Some of the short courses offered by AACC:

•Construction White Card
•Driver training and 4WD
•Fire management
•Harvester operations
•Loadshifting machinery training & assessment [tickets]
•Pregnancy testing and artificial insemination
•Welding
•Wool handling
•Workplace health and safety

They offer a wide range of full time and short courses providing a flexible approach for school and campus based students and for trainees and existing workers in the workplace.

The Australian Agricultural College Corporation (AACC) was formed on in 2005 when the Australian College of Tropical Agriculture (incorporating Burdekin Agricultural College and Mareeba Environmental College), Dalby Agricultural College, Emerald Agricultural College and Longreach Pastoral College joined forces.

AACC combines more than 130 years' experience in agricultural education and training in a range of specialisations, across five campuses located in a range of different geographic and climatic regions. Choosing this centre of training excellence will give you access to industry relevant-courses, committed expert instructors, and training grounds totaling 59 800 hectares throughout Queensland.

Click here to view their contact details, location and course information under the 'Agriculture' and 'Horticulture' categories.

English school based in Cairns and Brisbane

Are you looking to study English courses or know of someone overseas who would like to learn English in Australia? The Australian College of English (ACE) has campuses in Brisbane and Cairns, Queensland.

ACE Cairns offers the following:

• English Language courses to non-native speakers
• General English
• Cambridge FCE and CAE
• Business English
• IELTS
• TESOL for non-native speakers

The main course running year round is Power English. This is a general English Course starting any Monday, studying grammar, conversation, pronunciation, listening, and writing.

Other courses available:

• Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) - 10 or 12 week course, usually runs 3 times per year
• Cambridge Advanced Certificate (CAE) - 10 or 12 week course, usually runs 3 times per year
• Business English - 8 week course, usually runs 2 times per year
• IELTS exam preparation (International English Language Testing System: used for visa applications through Australian Immigration) - 8 week course, usually runs 1 or twice a year

They also have courses running through ATTC - Australian TESOL Training Centre and these courses are designed specifically for non-native speakers, the courses are as follows:

• English For Teaching Children (EfTC) - 5 week course, usually runs 2 times per year
• English for Teaching Teenagers (EfTT) - 5 week course, usually runs 2 times per year
• TESOL Skills module - 5 week course, usually runs once year
• TESOL Language module - 5 week course, usually runs once a year

To find contact details, location and English course information, click here to search under the 'Languages' category. Alternatively, visit their website: http://www.ace.edu.au

For prices, contact acecairns@ace.edu.au