Investing in employees has been paramount to the success of Double R Equipment Repairs, which is why its approach training extends beyond mere compliance – it’s ingrained into the company’s ethos.
Aiming to foster a growth-mindset training culture, Double R encourages employees to embrace challenges, learn from failures and persistently seek opportunities for growth.
Because Double R services numerous industries, its apprentices and trainees pursue a variety of vocational pathways. Always looking to enhance its training offering for every qualification, they work in close collaboration with other training providers. They conduct frequent skills assessments to customise employee development, ensuring flexibility is built in to accommodate different learning styles.
Thanks to this approach, Double R has seen employees gain confidence and deliver higher-quality work with knock-on benefits including a deeper understanding of their clients’ needs. But, taking another step back, Double R credits training with increased agility in an ever-changing landscape, creating a more successful and sustainable business for the long term.

Providing healthcare services to approximately 243,228 people in NSW, Murrumbidgee Local Health District’s (MLHD) dedication to training uplifts the region as a whole.
Comprising more than 5000 healthcare staff working across 33 hospitals and 12 healthcare centres, MLHD is committed to building its team through the SbAT program while simultaneously boosting the region’s healthcare workforce and economy. Considering 98% of the 2023 SbAT cohort have gained full-time employment with MLHD, this strategy is paying off.
Its culture of tailored learning is far-reaching, with all MLHD staff accessing training that enables confidence and competence in a rural setting. This tailored approach has garnered high praise – MLHD’s ‘Murrumbidgee Model’ won the Highest Quality Healthcare category at the 2023 NSW Premier’s Awards.
Its numerous tailored initiatives include The Murrumbidgee Rural Generalist Training Pathway, developed to address the chronic shortage of GPs in regional NSW, as well as the ‘Ginhiimaldhaany’ Aboriginal Leadership program, which aims to strengthen MLHD’s Aboriginal workforce in their health careers.

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) could not function without training.
Devoted to providing assistance 24/7, 365 days a year, SES comprises of more than 10,000 volunteers across NSW. United by their desire to help, with huge diversity in skill and experience levels, these volunteers require meticulous training – in some cases their lives depend on it.
SES takes immense pride in training – it’s an RTO with a team of 1722 trainers, supported by an Operational Capability and Training team that designs and develops its materials. The team is currently looking into the use of Virtual Reality to further its commitment to equity in training.
The scale and significance of SES’s training efforts are hard to ignore. In 2023 alone, SES trained 36,534 members, with 29,408 completions. SES states that without this training, requests for help could not be responded to. For context, during the 2022/2023 financial year alone, SES members responded to 47,210 incident requests.

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