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Career Path Courses: Management II
Career Paths: Management II is a new educational course for management professionals who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Management II addresses topics including office…
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Helping the Homeless in Brisbane with Vodafone Australia
In 2006, Advance Institute of Business General Manager Craig Hill was chosen by Vodafone Australia to work with Big Issue Magazine to help the homeless in Brisbane. This was as one of four participants in the Vodafone Foundation World of Difference Program, chosen from more than 500 applicants around Australia. The World of Difference Program…
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Career Path Courses: Management I
Career Paths: Management I is a new educational course for management professionals who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Management I addresses topics including office…
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Teaching English at Huaiyin Institute of Technology in Huai’an, China
In 2003, Advance Institute of Business taught General English classes at Huaiyin Institute of Technology in Huai’an, China. The courses were taught to university students studying education degrees, with a particular focus on Australian secondary and tertiary education. This was just one of many schools and universities that Advance Institute of Business has partnered with…
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Career Path Courses: Taxi Driver
Career Paths: Taxi Drivers is a new educational course for transportation professionals who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Taxi Drivers addresses topics including the…
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Training Senior Managers at ANZ Bank in Chengdu, China
In 2011, Advance Institute of Business, in partnership with English First, provided corporate training to senior managers of Australian banking giant ANZ Bank in the Chinese city of Chengdu. ANZ wanted their senior managers to learn western business techniques, which are far different than the Chinese management style. The plan was for these managers to…
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Career Path Courses: Firefighter
Career Paths: Firefighter is a new educational course for firefighters who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Firefighter addresses topics including equipment, hazards, emergency communications,…
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Training Senior Managers at UPS in Chengdu, China
In 2011, Advance Institute of Business, in partnership with English First, provided corporate training to senior managers of American multinational shipping and supply company United Parcel Service (UPS) in the Chinese city of Chengdu. UPS wanted their senior managers to learn western business techniques, which are far different than the Chinese management style. The plan…
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Career Path Courses: Police
Career Paths: Police is a new educational course for people who are serving or intending to serve as professionals in law enforcement, and who want to improve their English communication skills in a profession-oriented environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the key language components. Career Paths:…
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Teaching English at Viva College in Brisbane
In 2013, Advance Institute of Business contracted with Registered Training Organisation Viva College to deliver General English courses in Brisbane, Queensland. The courses delivered were ELICOS courses (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students), delivered to international students on study visas. They included courses from Beginner to Advanced levels. This was just one of many…
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Career Path Courses: Emergency Management
Career Paths: Emergency Management is a new educational course for emergency responders and managers who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Emergency Management addresses topics…
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Training Senior Managers at Marposs in Chengdu, China
In 2011, Advance Institute of Business, in partnership with English First, provided corporate training to senior managers of Italian manufacturer Marposs in the Chinese city of Chengdu. Marposs wanted their senior managers to learn western business techniques, which are far different than the Chinese management style. The plan was for these managers to be later…
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Career Path Courses: Cooking
Career Paths: Cooking is a new educational course for culinary professionals who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Cooking addresses topics including the parts of…
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Sunnycare Aged Care Week 10
This week, Advance Institute of Business Trainer Craig Hill continued his delivery of the Skills for Education and Employment program (SEE) at Sunnybank Aged Care Facility in Brisbane’s southern suburbs. The training is conducted for Registered Training Organisation Navitas. In the tenth week, we examined five ways to construct sentences. We also examined verb tenses,…
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Career Path Courses: Computing
Career Paths: Computing is a new educational course for all professionals who want to improve their English communication regarding computing. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Computing addresses topics including computer accessories, common programs, operating…
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Teaching Information Technology at TAFE in Goulburn, NSW
From 1997-1999, Advance Institute of Business General Manager Craig Hill delivered Information Technology courses for TAFE in Goulburn, NSW. The courses delivered were the nationally recognised Cerificate III in Information Technology, which included Windows, Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint, Outlook, Computer Accounting, Computer Networking, QBasic Programming, Computer Administration, Computer Software and Computer Hardware. This was…
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Career Path Courses: Call Centres
Career Paths: Call Centres is a new educational course for call center professionals who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Call Centres addresses topics including…
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Training Senior Managers of PetroChina in Chengdu, China
In 2011, Advance Institute of Business, in partnership with English First, provided corporate training to senior managers of international Chinese oil company PetroChina in the Chinese city of Chengdu. PetroChina wanted their senior managers to learn western business techniques, which are far different than the Chinese management style. This was part of their international expansion…
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Career Path Courses: Aged Care
Career Paths: Aged Care is a new educational course for aged care facility and individual support professionals who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Aged…
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Director of Studies (TAFE) at Wadja Wadja High School on Woorabinda Aboriginal Community
In the year 2000, Advance Institute of Business General Manager Craig Hill worked as Director of Studies (TAFE) at Wadja Wadja High School on Woorabinda Aboriginal Community in Central Queensland. Woorabinda is located 170 km southwest of Rockhampton in Queensland. It had a population of about 3,000 at the time, 99% of whom were Aboriginal…