This course has been specifically adapted for Occupational Therapists and candidates must be able to demonstrate Recognised Prior Learning or Credit Transfer for some specific units of competency contained within CPP50711 Diploma of Access Consulting.

This course will provide Occupational Therapists with a significant ‘point of difference’ to their peers and competitors when it comes to understanding and assessing access and Universal Design in the built environment.

The course includes twenty units of competency required for qualification as an Access Consultant. It will be of enormous benefit to people and organisations with responsibility to improve access to buildings, facilities, parks, streetscapes, playgrounds and open spaces.

This includes government staff, building certifiers, architects, building designers, asset managers, occupational therapists, educational institutions, hospitals and other organisations.

This course is ideal for people who have responsibility for reviewing, planning, designing, managing or maintaining buildings, as well as those who are required to provide advice to others regarding access issues in the built environment.

The key elements of access to buildings, including relevant legislation and Access to Premises Standards are incorporated. The nationally recognised course provides participants with a practical framework and tools for undertaking an access audit of a building.

This course has been specifically adapted for Building Surveyors and candidates must be able to demonstrate Recognised Prior Learning or Credit Transfer for some specific units of competency.

This course is for professionals who want to undertake LHA or SDA Assessments and confirm compliance with these.

Developments that are required to meet the Livable Housing Australia (LHA) Design Guidelines, as well as Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) design categories (under the National Disability Insurance Scheme) must comply with the LHA Design Guidelines. The only person that can confirm compliance and issue the LHA Quality Mark is an LHA Registered Assessor. They must complete this course and successfully pass the on line test.

This talk is part of the 'Building Accessibility' series and discusses the need to provide an inclusive approach to building design and evacuation planning, to meet the needs of all occupants. Australian society is changing, we are living longer, extending our working lives and increasingly making our homes in taller buildings. Additionally, in 2011 building and disability legislation changed to make it mandatory to provide fully accessible workplaces and public spaces. However, the need to get everybody out in an emergency has generally been overlooked. This presentation argues a case to develop the concept of egressability to go hand in hand with accessibility.

This course is ideal for people who have responsibility for reviewing, planning, designing, managing or maintaining buildings, as well as those who are required to provide advice to others regarding access issues in the built environment.

The key elements of access to buildings, including relevant legislation and Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2010 are incorporated. The nationally recognised course provides participants with a practical framework and tools for undertaking an access audit of a building.

This course provides participants with an understanding of the wide range of disability access and universal design considerations that must be addressed in planning, design, development, maintenance and upgrade of buildings.

Communication Access Training:

Organisations that are providing a service to the general public need to be aware of potential barriers to communication.

• Over 1.2 million Australians have a communication disorder.
• Over 5 million Australians speak a language other than English.
• Over 4 million Australians have a hearing loss.
• Living with these challenges can increase anxiety and isolation.
• Lack of awareness and understanding of these challenges can impact effective service delivery.

Designed to facilitate and strengthen confident communication, AccessAbilityAustralia have developed a Communication Access Training package to help build inclusive communities and to support organisations develop a responsive service delivery.

This training will extend your services, add a new tier to customer care and educate for lasting change.

Our goal is to create awareness, break down barriers, introduce alternative and augmentative communication tools available that help people to share their message and to understand what people are telling them, equip your staff with the confidence and knowledge to engage with your customers as well as provide opportunity to evaluate new learnings in an in-class practice session.

This ‘Bridging’ course provides students, who have completed the ‘face to face’ training sessions for the Certificate IV in Access Consulting, the opportunity to gain the Diploma of Access Consulting by completing additional required units of competency.

These additional units relate to the provision of advice on access to the built environment including additional access auditing elements, anthropometrics and ergonomics.

This hour talk discusses the current building and disability legislative requirements relating to access for people with disabilities in buildings. This is an introductory session on the topic and is suitable for architectural graduates, building surveyors, building inspectors, project managers, facility managers and anyone responsible for planning or supervising building works.