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## [Post COVID 19 Technologies for RTOs](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/post-covid19-technologies-for-rtos)

17/06/2020

 Despite its devastating effects across the world, the COVID-19 experience has led us to form many good habits. Many will stay with us forever. Among these are the use of convenient technologies that help to integrate physical, virtual and online training. Many of our customers now schedule classrooms that support both physical and virtual attendance. More of their courses are now available face to face and online. Students can enrol, ...

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

13/01/2020

 Bluegem ALERT is a complete, secure LMS for Fire and Emergency Training Management.

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

14/02/2019

 Bluegem ALERT is a complete, secure LMS for Fire and Emergency Training Management.

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[![hands-holding-blue-jigsaw-pieces-over-background-words-signifying-training-management-systems](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/hubfs/training-1848689__480-795863-edited.jpg)](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/15-benefits-the-right-tms-will-bring-to-your-organisation)

## [15 Benefits the Right TMS Will Bring to your Organisation](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/15-benefits-the-right-tms-will-bring-to-your-organisation)

05/06/2018

 In a competitive market where businesses and individuals constantly strive to identify value, having a workforce which is trained, competent and confident in what they do is an enviable business advantage.

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## [A-Grade LMS solutions for developing an SME Workforce | Bluegem](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/agrade-lms-solutions-developing-sme-workforce)

02/12/2017

 There's no good reason why your small to medium business can't enjoy the same benefits of effective workforce planning and development that your biggest competitors can access.

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## [Face to face training - RIP](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/face-to-face-training-rip)

02/12/2017

 "Online training doesn't work in our industry. Just a waste of time. How do you expect people to learn how to be a bricklayer watching cartoons on their iPad. Face to face training is the only thing that works."

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## [RTO Software that expresses the unique personality of your business](https://blog.bluegem.com.au/rto-software-that-expresses-the-unique-personality-of-your-business)

25/03/2017

 Read this before making deciding to design and develop your own RTO Software solution. Achieving the right balance of functionality and personality that define your business doesn't have to be a risky and expensive affair. We've become pretty used to the idea that custom designed anything is bound to be too risky and too expensive. But it doesn't have to be.

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