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Important information for all users of the Skills Education site

Registering for a paid Skills Education session opts you in to communications from us. We send a regular update email about once a week (from Feb to mid-Dec.). These communications are for the benefit of our Skills Education customers - paid registrants for PD events, our members and/or our annual subscribers.

If you create a Skills Education profile via this site (or one is created for you because of corporate registrations), you consent to receiving our communications.

Member’s only content

There are some sections of this website only available to Education Matters members - people who have an active paid annual membership subscription to the Education Matters Learning and Resources Hub.

If this is you, ensure you are signed in to your Skills Education profile to see the exclusive content.

  • Time Zones

    All Skills Education live sessions are listed in AEST - which is Qld time. Ensure you check the AEST compared to your local and/or daylight saving time (AEDT / ACT etc).

    You can check the time conversions at this handy link.

  • How do I buy a ticket on behalf of someone else?

    If it's one ticket - choose "this is a gift" at the checkout

    If you are buying multiple tickets to the same event, adjust the quantity at the checkout. There will be instructions on the 'thank you' page for how to distribute those tickets

    Note that the Tax Invoice will be triggered for the person whose details are entered as having paid

  • What's in Education Matters?

    Education Matters is a membership product from Skills Education.

    Members are offered a wealth of information on all types of matters to do with training, learning, and education.

    Designed to make your mandatory VET and TAE PD easy, Education Matters is filled with content specially curated and/or created to support ongoing. Members get convenient access to:

    • Self-paced learning modules on a range of relevant topics that underpin day-to-day professional practice such as learning science, instructional design, learning theories, foundation skills, teaching with technology and more!
    • Regular live sessions on topical, education-related issues
    • Exclusive content about transitioning to the revised Standards for RTOs
    • The Learning and Resources Hub which houses links, clips and other materials
    • Members’ only access to select PD recordings


    Education Matters comes in three tiers: Education Matters Foundational Membership, Education Matters PRO, and Education Matters Elite.

    You can read more about Education Matters on the product page, or by visiting the Ts and Cs page where the terms under which this product is offered are published.
  • Do I have to be a 'member' or 'subscriber' to access special prices?

    No. We offer competitively priced PD to everyone.

    If you do happen to have an Education Matters Elite membership, you get:

    • Automatic free registration to all Skills Education webinars in the year
    • Materials in the Learning and Resources Hub
    • Ongoing membership to RPL Matters, and
    • Access to the PD Library products with no more to pay.
  • How long do the sessions go for?

    Unless explicitly mentioned as otherwise, live webinar sessions are scheduled to run for about 1 hour.

    All recordings for on-demand viewing have the approximate time listed on the event page.

  • How do I get my certificate?

    All certificates are issued from your Skills Education dashboard. We do not 'send certificates' after a session.

    On registration, everyone receives an email with a link to their dashboard*. Please ensure you log in to your dashboard to read the instructions there about accessing course content and triggering your certificate. Note that if you registered for a live session, you will have also received specific information about certificates and session resources in that communication. For convenience, the 'Next Steps' page gives a reminder of that information sent at time of original registration.

    Note that even if you attended a live webinar, the steps to trigger your certificate from your dashboard are still required. Your course must show ‘100% complete’ to trigger the Record of Participation. There are instructions in your dashboard for how to do this if you're unsure or you can see the quick video on our 'help' page.

    On the rare occasion a session is not eligible for a certificate, this will have been advertised.

    For more information about certificates, see our Ts and Cs page.

    *Certificates do not apply to free information events - these will be advertised as such.

  • Why do I have to trigger my certificate on the day?

    If you are attending a complimentary webinar or Trainer Chat where there is no cost to registrants, you will be asked to trigger your certificate on the day because immediately after the live session, registration expires and the course will disappear from dashboards unless the registrant is also an Education Matters membership subscriber.

    ‘Free’ PD sessions are advertised as no cost to registrants for the live event.

    If you are attending an event by special invitation or have purchased a ‘one-off’ ticket to an event usually reserved for members, you will have purchased registration to the live event and this would have been communicated at time of registration. Your enrolment will expire post-live session and the course will disappear from your dashboard.

    While our ‘free’ PD sessions have been wildly popular in the past, we now prefer to ensure these complimentary sessions attract bonafide participants. Only those who attend live or have paid to complete the PD will receive a record of participation that can be used for compliance purposes.

  • My PD access has expired – can I still get my certificate?

    Certificates can be triggered by registrants while course access is open and enrolment is active.

    If you wish to have the certificate for your PD profile, please ensure you trigger your certificate during your course access period.

    Requests to manually issue a Record of Participation once your course access has expired will incur a $15 administration fee due on receipt of invoice.

    All manual issuances will be contingent on confirmation of attendance at the live event and/or 100% course completion.

  • My enrolment has expired - can you extend it?

    Sessions from the PD library and learning programs are open for an advertised duration.

    If you need to extend your access times, you can do this by re-registering and re-enrolling. Once the payment is processed, the course will re-open.

    Note that if the usual access time is insufficient, subscription to one of the following may be a viable option as these products offer 12-month access to specifically listed PD sessions from the PD Library:


    See our 'Ts and Cs' for more about access to Skills Education content.
  • Why did I get a Zoom cancellation email?

    If you purchased multiple tickets, the system automatically triggers a Zoom registration for you. However, if all of the tickets are claimed by others in your group, your automatic Zoom link will be superfluous and you’ll get a cancellation email.

    If the Zoom event was a benefit of Education Matters and/or RPL Matters and your membership lapses, so too does access to the membership benefits and any pre-registrations to Zoom sessions will be cancelled.

  • I want to register for a few people and pay at once using one credit card – how can I do this?

    You can purchase multiple tickets to the same session at once. Do this by adjusting the quantity required at the checkout. If you just want to buy a single ticket for someone else, select 'this is a gift' at the checkout.

    After placing an order, the purchaser for the group will see an order thank you page with options to manage all additional seats. A link will be provided to enrol for themselves (if desired) and to copy and share the link with other intended participants. If the purchaser does not take a seat for themselves, in the case where the tickets are for a live event, the automatic Zoom registration for the purchaser will be reversed.

    The purchaser will be able to track how many invites have been redeemed and if necessary, purchase more seats. Intended attendees will have 45 days to redeem their code.

    This option is perfect for group bookings and enrolments and/or for businesses that allocate purchasing responsibility to a function such as an administration or trainer support team.

    The group booking function is a great way to save time and manage PD for staff. See more about group bookings.

    Note that group bookings are currently only available for PD events and learning programs, not any subscription-based product.

    If you have 4+ people you want to register for a Skills Education subscription or membership product, please email us and we'll co-ordinate the registrations for you.

  • Someone else paid for my registration - how do I access the PD?

    If you received a link because someone gifted you a PD session or because your organisation purchased your ticket as part of a group booking, use the invite link to access the course.

    You will be taken to the checkout page for that product where you will need to sign in or sign up to access your account and the PD.

    You must use your link to redeem the ticket within 45 days.

  • Can you send me an invoice?

    Our site is set up to be a self-serve option where you can select and pay for sessions you want to attend using the secure checkout.

    We do not typically send an invoice as 'pay on invoice' for a single registration to a single PD event.

    If you are wanting to register for multiple sessions (5+) at once, in some cases, we may be able to issue an invoice for payment via EFT direct deposit.

    Once the payment is verified, we will create your profile if required and enrol you in all of the purchased PD.

    If you want to register multiple people (5+) to a single session and you do not wish to use the group bookings option at our secure checkout, email us and we'll raise an invoice for payment via EFT direct deposit.

    Once the payment is confirmed, we will create necessary profiles and complete the registrations for the team.

    If you want to register multiple people (5+) to multiple sessions, email us and we'll raise an invoice for payment via EFT direct deposit.

    Once the invoice is paid, we will create necessary profiles and complete the registrations into the selected PD events.

    This process can also be used if you wish to pay by invoice for an annual membership/subscription for 4+ members in the team. Email us to start/renew multiple people in:

    • Education Matters
    • Education Matters PRO
    • Education Matters Elite
    • RPL Matters
    • VET PD Library Pass

    See our Ts and Cs page for more about paying by invoice.
  • I registered but missed the live session - what options do I have?

    For purchased registrations:
    The great news is that included in the ticket price is access to the recording for the set time frame. (Note this is for eligible sessions only – for example, ‘Natters on Education Matters’ are live sessions only for non-members, and this was communicated at time of registration).

    Log in to your Skills Education dashboard to view the recording and retrieve any applicable handouts that might be available. Remember that access is time-limited and all registrants are responsible for accessing their purchase within the set, advertised timeframe.

    For complimentary registrations:
    Free-to-register sessions are free for the live event only, meaning no recording is available unless via a later, paid registration or if the registrant also has an Education Matters membership. This is made clear at time of registration.

    Once a free live session has ended, if you missed the event, registrations can be purchased to access the session recording, any handout materials and to trigger a Record of Participation on completion of the PD.

  • I registered for a live session but now realise I'll be training at that time. Can I get a refund?

    Your registration includes access to the recording for the set time frame (where applicable). A change of mind or schedule does not constitute grounds for a refund. See our Ts and Cs page for further clarification if required.

  • I missed registering for a free session and now it's listed as a paid event?

    On occasion, we can offer complimentary registration for live sessions.

    As advertised at time of registration and in the post-session follow-up emails from Zoom, sessions with no cost to registrants are a special offer for the live session.

    Once the live session is over, a nominal fee is applied. To see the session post-live event, paid registration or Education Matters membership will be required.

  • Can I transfer my registration?

    Registrations are not transferable.

    This is because every registration (and payment history and Record of Participation) is linked to the named registrant.

  • Why can't I access the handouts or recording?

    1) If you cannot access the recording and/or handouts, check you are still enrolled in the course. If your enrolment has expired, access to the course materials will have ended.

    2) Confirm you are logging in using the same email used to make the registration. Some people have created multiple profiles because they’ve used different email addresses to sign up for various PD events; check this isn’t you.

    3) Not every PD session will come with ‘handouts’. All sessions where handouts are available will have those resources attached to the course and will be visible on your dashboard if registration is still current.

    4) If you have unsubscribed to communications from us, you have also signalled withdrawal of agreement for use of the Skills Education website. To avoid inadvertent communications with someone who unsubscribes, when an unsubscribe request comes in, those profiles are deleted. This condition is laid out at time of registration in our Ts and Cs.

  • Why can't I get in to the webinar session?

    Ensure you check the following:
    1) You have the Zoom client on your computer
    2) You are logging in with the same email as used to register for the session
    3) You are logging into Zoom webinar, not any default meeting setting that might be on your device
    4) If the session is a benefit of membership, that your membership is current

    For no-cost-to-register sessions, also confirm:
    5) You have not unsubscribed to our communications. Unsubscribing signals the end of agreement for use of this site and for sessions offered on a complimentary basis, communications from us via Zoom (invitations, reminders) will also be stopped.

    6) Finally, check you have the correct time. All Skills Education sessions are in Australian Eastern Standard Time AEST (Qld time. Note that daylight savings time is AEDT) - You can check the time conversions at this handy link.

  • Do we get a copy of the slides?

    Not always. It depends on what handouts the presenter has prepared for the session.

    We respect the presenter's prerogative to deal with (and share) their IP how they see fit.

    The session replay will be available to view for the nominated timeframe which will allow you to take any extra notes you want to add to any supplied handouts.

  • There was a template used in the session example - do we get that for free because we bought a ticket to the session?

    No, not unless the presenter offers it as a bonus for registration.

    Any inclusions are listed on the event page; if an example template is not listed, it may be offered at a discounted rate.

    The ticket to attend, and the tool or template being used in a session to support examples, are two separate products. In some cases, Skills Education may not own the tool or template being used by the presenter.

    Particularly where tools or templates are alone, more than the cost of registration, it is impossible to offer these items as 'free'.

  • Important Notice

    Information and views of presenters are their own and not necessarily those of Skills Education.

    Information delivered as part of a professional development event (especially compliance-related content) should not take the place of professional advice and/or consultancy services tailored to your specific circumstance.

We've created this site to be as comprehensive as possible.  If you have a general enquiry, please email us.

Our service standard is to reply to all emails within 2 working days.   

Once registered, all instructions for how to access live webinars are contained in the information attached to the specific event. Please ensure you read these at time of registration as we are unable to provide technical support and cannot respond to emails during a live webinar event.

Please note the terms and conditions for ongoing use of this site. Registering or being registered for a Skills Education session opts you in to communications from us. Our sector update and information emails are for the benefit of our Skills Education customers - registrants for PD events, members, and/or annual subscribers.





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