Professional Development for Public Sector Employees

The Department is committed to providing high quality professional development to build the professional capabilities of its public sector employees throughout each phase of their career.

Quality professional development addresses individual needs and aspirations, as well as team, school, work unit and state-wide priorities through alignment with professional capability frameworks.

No 'one size fits all' as far as quality professional development is concerned. Traditionally professional development is associated with events - conferences, workshops, seminars and courses. While these provide valuable opportunities to network with colleagues and to learn from experts in a given field, research also shows that professional development which leads to improved performance is often undertaken in the workplace - working in teams with colleagues and focusing on real-life issues and challenges.

Staff are encouraged to take advantage of the range of opportunities for professional development and to work with colleagues to translate new knowledge and skills into more effective practices in the workplace.

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Professional Development Opportunity for Public Servants

Do you want to gain a formal qualification in Government and enhance your future career options?

Under the current Public Service Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, Certificate IV and Diploma of Government courses are available to eligible (AO2/AO3/OO 3/OO4/OO5) DETA employees at no cost to the employee.

Details on eligibility are available here.

It is planned that some components of the courses are to be delivered face-to-face.

First sessions begin in early February at the following centres:

Cairns
Townsville
Gympie
Toowoomba
Rockhampton
Mackay
Gold Coast
Brisbane

A list of session times can be found here (new window) 75k .

Please note: some employees undertaking the Certificate IV course may be eligible for the existing Employee Traineeship to assist in program costs.

For further information on this opportunity please contact David Kirkby, TAFE Open Learning on 3259 4276 or 0414 792 130.

Queensland Government