Beating the skills gap

SWQ Training is committed to providing quality training outcomes for their client base, supported by a structured quality management team.
The group consults with clients and the training team on a regular basis to identify opportunities for improvement to the training content and operations, to respond to emerging training and skill needs.
SWQ is a family-owned Queensland company established in 2006 by Mat O’Shannessy.
After recognising the broadening skills gap due to older, more experienced operators being reluctant to pass the skills and tricks of the trade to younger trainees, Mat started SWQ training.
They now run a large number of courses including short courses in operating excavators, dozers, front end loaders, rollers, backhoes, graders, scrapers and tractors.
Clients include the Easternwell Group, Origin, Energex, Leighton Contractors, Santos and local government.
“Our trainers not only teach our trainees what is needed to pass their assessments, they also pass on their own knowledge and skills,” Matt said.
He said SWQ train and assess to national standards as well as tailoring the training to encompass a company’s requirement.
“We are well regarded in regional Queensland as a quality provider of nationally recognised training courses, apprenticeships and traineeships, heavy machinery, high risk licencing and OHS training,” Mat said.
You can find SWQ Training, registered training organisation No 32199, at 46-48 Croft Crescent Toowoomba, or www.swqtraining.com.au or phone (07) 4617 7800.