Episodes
2 days ago
2 days ago
Operational Superintendent and Rail Specialist, Brent Kara turned his career experience into two Graduate Diplomas through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) with Churchill Education! In the following story Brent outlines his extensive mining career experience from Sierra Leone to WA, achieving qualifications through RPL and how proud he was to share the news with his family.
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Caitlin Seaha: Moving Up in WHS with Qualifications That Match Experience
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
WHS professional, Caitlin Seaha, discusses 15 years in WHS, setting up her own consultancy, achieving a higher level and unexpected bonus qualification, and her A+ process of gathering work examples for RPL.
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Michelle ’Pep’ Lambert: Turning Defence Service into National Qualifications
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Training Operations Manager and former military medic, Michelle 'Pep' Lambert, achieved a Diploma of Business (Operations) through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
In the following story Pep discusses leaving defence with no civilian qualifications, and wondering how she would explain her military experience to prospective employers. She also talks about being totally 'floored' by the long list of qualifications her defence experience made her eligible for through RPL, and finding a job she loves with a Veteran-run organisation.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
WHS & Project Management Qualifications = Career Recognition
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
30-year-old Graduate Workplace Health and Safety Officer, Michelle Worth, recently achieved two national qualifications through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) – a Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety (WHS) and a Certificate IV in Project Management Practice.
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Turning Project Management Experience into a Diploma
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality) compliance expert and business owner, Symone Mercer, recently turned her extensive career experience into a Diploma of Project Management through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
In this story Symone takes us through her career journey from jillaroo to grain classifier; auditor and compliance expert to business owner. She discusses RPL for consultants, providing sensitive documents, women at work, and encouragement for more women to ‘have a crack’ when it comes to applying for jobs and turning their experience into qualifications.
Read full story here
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Career Change, PTSD & Better Days
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
In the following story Churchill Education co-founder Tricia Velthuizen shares the career change story of husband and co-founder, Randall Smith. It is a story of PTSD, depression, loss of identity, anger and blame. But more than that, it is a story of forgiveness, growth, compassion, new chapters and better days. We hope it brings some light to your day. Please share it with friends or colleagues who might need a reminder that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Career Progression for Working Mothers
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Project Officer and Business Improvement Expert, Lisa Cox recently achieved three versatile qualifications through Recognition of Prior Learning. In the following story Lisa shares her career journey, discusses career change, being in the driver’s seat of her career, navigating redundancy, and career progression for working mothers.
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Keeping the Economy in Perspective
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
There’s a lot of chatter about the economy in the news right now… Unemployment, cost of living and interest rates are all on the rise. The media loves to stoke the crazy fire. Fear sells papers as they say. But, just like my irrational intolerance of the sound of people eating, it’s all a matter of perspective… And there is a good news focus, let me explain…
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Getting Unstuck
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
This week, Tricia sits down and talks about overcoming the uncomfortable feeling of being stuck, and how to get yourself "Unstuck"!
Check out the Churchill Education blog post to see the resources Tricia has put together.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Career Change for Work-Life Balance
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Former NSW Police Inspector, Charlie Hutchins recently achieved an Advanced Diploma of Government (Investigations) and a Diploma of Security and Risk Management through Recognition of Prior Learning. In the following story he discusses career change in order to achieve a better work-life balance, an aha moment with his daughter and advice for others contemplating career change.