What ForgeSkills is
ForgeSkills is an Australian professional learning platform designed for individuals and organisations committed to continuous workplace learning. We provide practical, industry-relevant online courses supported by formal assessment, Certificates of Completion, a personal Learner Portfolio and an Employer Platform.
Courses are delivered entirely online and are self-paced. Learners work through the content in their own time, complete a formal assessment, and receive a Certificate of Completion that is stored in their Learner Portfolio and recorded in their Professional Development Register.
Who the platform is designed for
ForgeSkills provides flexible, industry-relevant professional learning for technicians, tradespeople, apprentices, supervisors, managers, business owners and other workplace learners. Courses are designed to strengthen practical knowledge, support ongoing development and provide evidence of completed learning through formal assessment and Certificates of Completion.
Individuals can purchase and complete courses independently. Employers can allocate courses to their teams through the Employer Platform, while each employee keeps their own Learner Portfolio and their own record of what they have completed.
Why ForgeSkills exists
Workplace learning often falls into two gaps. Formal qualifications can be more than a person needs for the task in front of them, while short online modules frequently ask nothing of the learner and leave no usable record behind.
ForgeSkills sits between the two. Courses are short enough to fit around work, ask learners to demonstrate what they have understood, and produce a record the learner and their employer can actually use.
How our courses are written
Every ForgeSkills course is written by people with direct working experience of the subject, and is structured around five chapters so learners can see how much is left and return to a specific topic later.
Each course follows the same standard:
- written for a working audience rather than an academic one
- structured in five chapters, each with a summary of what it covers
- grounded in the way the work is actually carried out on site or in the workplace
- closed with a formal assessment that checks understanding of the course content
- reviewed before publication and updated when the underlying practice changes
Australian context and research
Course content is written for Australian workplaces. Where a course refers to legislation, standards or regulatory frameworks, it refers to the Australian instruments that apply, such as the National Construction Code and the relevant Australian Standards. Each course names the edition it was written against.
Requirements change. Where a course depends on a standard or a regulatory framework, learners are encouraged to confirm the current requirements that apply to their own role, employer or jurisdiction.
Formal assessment
Each course includes a formal multiple-choice assessment designed to confirm the learner's understanding of the course content. Where an answer is incorrect, the learner may review the relevant course material and attempt the question again. The course is completed when all required content has been viewed and every assessment question has been answered correctly.
The assessment is designed to reinforce understanding while still requiring learners to demonstrate knowledge of the course content.
The Learner Portfolio
Every learner has a Learner Portfolio: a personal learning record where they can access courses, review completed learning, download Certificates of Completion and maintain their Professional Development Register.
The Learner Portfolio belongs to the learner, not to their employer. Where an employer allocates a course, the learner completes it through their own portfolio and keeps their record of it.
The Employer Platform
The Employer Platform helps businesses manage workforce learning from one central location. Employers can allocate courses, monitor employee progress, access training records and support ongoing professional development across their organisation.
It suits a small team operating from one location as readily as a larger organisation managing employees across multiple teams and worksites.
How ForgeSkills differs from nationally recognised training
ForgeSkills is not a Registered Training Organisation, and ForgeSkills courses are non-accredited. They do not lead to a qualification, a statement of attainment or a unit of competency under the Australian Qualifications Framework, and they are not nationally recognised training.
What a ForgeSkills course does provide is evidence of completed professional learning: the course title, the completion date, the notional learning hours and the assessment type, issued as a Certificate of Completion and recorded in the learner's Professional Development Register.
Recognition of course completion by an employer, professional association, regulator, licensing body or accreditation scheme is determined by that organisation. If you are completing a course to meet a specific professional, licensing or employment requirement, please check that the course is appropriate for your needs before enrolling.