Corporate Training Solutions Australia

Software and workplace skills taught by doing

Corporate Training Solutions Australia, which also trades as CTS Training, is a training provider based in Brisbane. It teaches business computer applications and professional development, and its current site leads with a promise of learning by doing: courses held live online without passive lectures or videos, with real-time practice guided by an instructor. Classes are also run in a room, either on the client's premises or at the provider's own venue, and the firm says its business training consultants will discuss customised packages and learning pathways with an organisation.

The software courses

The computer applications range is long. It includes the Microsoft Office applications Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project, Visio, SharePoint and Teams, along with Power BI. There are courses on Crystal Reports, Primavera P6 and SQL, and a group of Adobe subjects: Acrobat, Captivate, Illustrator, InDesign, LiveCycle and Photoshop. The firm says these courses are designed around business needs, so that participants learn the most important features of each application in hands-on workshops. One course mentioned on the site covers VBA for Excel.

Professional development

The firm argues that technical skills may open doors but that soft skills keep them open, and it runs a wide list of soft skills courses built around communication, collaboration and confidence. The professional and business skills courses cover capabilities it says transfer between employers: written and spoken communication, time management, working with colleagues and solving problems. It notes that professional skills development is a continuing process, even for experienced staff.

Moving into management

A leadership and management group is aimed at people who have just been promoted and find the step to supervisor or manager harder than expected. The course content includes taking charge of the new role, achieving results quickly, building an image of confidence and competence, engaging and developing employees, and writing and presenting business reports. A resilience course teaches participants to bounce back and become more reliable and effective.

Personal development

Personal development training is described as a way to build confidence and improve everyday skills, from goal setting and interpersonal relationships to time management and handling work priorities.

Frameworks and tailored programmes

The provider also lists ITIL 4 among its frameworks, and project management as a subject. The site defines a project as a temporary effort with a set beginning and end, usually limited by date, funding or deliverables, in contrast to ordinary business operations. Two further services appear in the menu: tailored courses, which the firm says adapt to a team's own goals, and training as a service. The site adds that tailored training can run on site or online, and that its subject range stretches from Excel and project management to communication and leadership, so a company can combine technical and soft skills in one pathway.

Corporate Training Solutions Australia is a Brisbane-based training provider running courses in computer applications, professional development and project management. Its courses are delivered face to face, at the client's site or live online.

What Corporate Training Solutions Australia offers

• Computer applications: hands-on workshops in Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Power BI, Project and SharePoint.
• Professional development: management, business and personal development courses, including goal setting and time management.
• Leadership and management: a range of courses for supervisors and managers taking on new responsibilities.
• ITIL 4 and frameworks: courses in ITIL 4 and other project and service frameworks.
• Tailored courses: customised packages built around a team's goals, delivered on site or virtually.

Who it serves

Business teams that need software skills or professional development, and organisations that want customised training packages.

Key facts

• Based in: Brisbane, Australia
• Delivery: face to face, on site or live online
• Also trades as: CTS Training