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## [The Complete LMS for Today's Fire and Rescue Training](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/complete-lms-for-fire-and-emergency-training-2)

02/06/2021 

 Bluegem ALERT is a complete LMS for Fire and Emergency Training Management. It is the latest edition in the Bluegem product suite of LMS solutions. ALERT is everything you expect in an enterprise Learning Management System, PLUS all the features and capabilities you expect in an LMS designed for firefighting and emergency services.

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## [Finally! A Complete LMS for Fire and Emergency Training](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/complete-lms-for-fire-and-emergency-training)

13/01/2020 

 Bluegem ALERT is a complete LMS for Fire and Emergency Training Management. It is the latest edition in the Bluegem product suite of LMS solutions. ALERT is everything you expect in an enterprise Learning Management System, PLUS all the features and capabilities you expect in an LMS designed for firefighting and emergency services.

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## [RTO Software Made Easy: Bluegem Features and Benefits](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/rto-software-made-easy-benefits-of-bluegem-software)

30/04/2019 

 With 250,000 users worldwide, Bluegem is an innovative, complete and fully AVETMISS compliant RTO Software Made Easy.

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[![Empowering your RTO With a Little Help From Microsoft](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/hubfs/Empowering%20your%20RTO%20With%20a%20Little%20Help%20From%20Microsoft.png)](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/empowering-your-rto-with-a-little-help-from-microsoft)

## [Empowering your RTO With a Little Help From Microsoft](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/empowering-your-rto-with-a-little-help-from-microsoft)

02/04/2019 

 We all know what 'streamlining' means. We all aspire to the principles. So my goal here is not to get on my soapbox and deliver the gospel according to Microsoft. For the purpose of this article I'm going to take it as 'read' that your RTO wants the benefits of an integrated solution with minimal duplication, minimal risk of data entry errors, accurate - fast - and reliable business processing, etc.... As we've come to learn from so ...

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[![Everyone needs it, but how do you get it?](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/hubfs/Everyone%20needs%20it%2c%20but%20how%20do%20you%20get%20it%3F.png)](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/vet-insights-10-reasons-why-good-support-beats-bells-and-whistles-every-time)

## [The Number One Reason People Abandon RTO Software. Lack Of Support](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/vet-insights-10-reasons-why-good-support-beats-bells-and-whistles-every-time)

01/04/2019 

 Before you buy any new business software, it’s important to look beyond its features and ‘bells and whistles’. You will want to understand how the product will work in your business, and just as importantly, understand the level of support you will get if you become a customer. Here are 10 Critical Questions to ask BEFORE YOU SIGN UP. (It’s usually too late afterwards…)

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## [Foreign SMS Providers Bearing AVETMISS Gifts](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/foreign-avetmiss-compliant-sms-providers)

28/03/2019 

 Now I cant say 100 percent that these SMS Vendors are incapable of supplying SMS solutions that fully comply with the VET sector reporting requirements, and I must preface this discussion by stating that it is an opinion based on theories and suppositions. At this point, there is no real evidence to support them. However, given the size, difficulty and potential returns of the Australian VET Sector I would doubt that any serious ...

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 Topics: [Compliance](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/tag/compliance) [Training Management Systems](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/tag/training-management-systems)

[![7 Simple ideas for making eLearning work in your face to face environment](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/hubfs/7%20Simple%20ideas%20for%20making%20eLearning%20work%20in%20your%20face%20to%20face%20environment.png)](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/7-simple-ideas-for-making-elearning-work-in-your-face-to-face-environment)

## [How to make eLearning work in your face to face environment](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/7-simple-ideas-for-making-elearning-work-in-your-face-to-face-environment)

18/03/2019 

 If you ever felt you wanted to incorporate or test-drive eLearning in your training organisation but held back through concerns over its applicability in a face-to-face environment then this article is for you.

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## [AQF and AVETMISS](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/aqf-and-avetmiss)

15/03/2019 

 The Australian Quality Framework (AQF) is the national set of standards which assures Nationally consistent, high-quality training and assessment services for the clients of Australia’s vocational education and training system.

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## [What is a Student Management System (SMS)?](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/what-is-a-student-management-system-sms)

01/03/2019 

 When friends and family ask me what my business does I tell them “we develop and market online student management systems”. Over the years since we started in 2004 I’ve learned to anticipate the inevitable question “what’s a Student Management System?” Here’s how I’ve learned to reply without getting into the technical details about: the VET Sector, AQF, AVETMISS, VSL and CRICOS.

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## [TMS Features that can Streamline and Automate SRTO 2015 Compliance](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/how-to-identify-tms-features-that-can-streamline-and-automate-srto-2015-compliance)

05/06/2018 

 Why would you invest a significant chunk of your hard-earned revenue in a Training Management System that doesn’t help you to streamline and meet your compliance reporting requirements?

[Read More](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/how-to-identify-tms-features-that-can-streamline-and-automate-srto-2015-compliance)

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