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< REGISTER OF CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROVIDERS

Nur-Run-Gee Pty Ltd

Training provided

Non-accredited training delivered
Principles of cultural heritage management (Burra Charter basics) Setting up consultations about heritage with appropriate stakeholders Legislation Assessing significance Management planning - process & key steps Identifying management issues Site recording and documentation Recording oral history Rock art conservation	Identifying and describing cultural materials Monitoring cultural places Mapping skills and techniques Caring for cultural heritage objects and remains Developing conservation and management strategies Identifying and recording evidence of threats and deterioration Using databases to manage cultural information
Other: Teach the cultural way using the '9 Ways' of Aboriginal learning, relying on oral history

Training provided - Accredited courses

Training package	Unit title	Unit code
Conservation & Land Management - Certificate II	Record information about country	AHCILM203A
Conservation & Land Management - Certificate III	Propose appropriate use of traditional customs	AHCILM301A
	Provide appropriate information on cultural knowledge	AHCILM302A
Conservation & Land Management - Certificate IV	Implement land and sea management practices	AHCLPW402A
	Inspect and monitor cultural places	AHCLPW403A
	Protect places of cultural significance	AHCILM401A
	Record and document community history	AHCILM404A
	Report on place of potential cultural significance	AHCILM402A
	Manage restoration of cultural places	AHCILM503A
Sport and Recreation - Advanced Diploma	Protect heritage and cultural assets	SRXRES010B

Our company has previously delivered these units through an association with a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). Our company is currently applying for RTO status.

Trainers

Nur-Run-Gee P/L trainers are Aboriginal people.

Qualifications

The team's relevant qualifications and experience:

• Lennie Anderson: Graduate Diploma in Indigenous Archaeology, Certificate 4 Mediation. Over 30 years experience in delivering cultural and heritage training. He has worked with the NSW Department of Climate Change and Water (DECCW) in delivering training packages for several years. He is currently a qualified TAFE teacher and Aboriginal Education Officer with the Department of Education and Training, and is a Public Officer for the Worimi Traditional Elders and Owners Group. Focus of training: scientific and cultural archaeology / anthropology and legislation.
• Chris Collison: Senior Trainer. Qualified Secondary Teacher (Science), qualified horticulturist. He has worked at TAFE and Booragen Dargen Aboriginal College as a guest lecturer, and has many years experience in working in Aboriginal communities. Focus of training: flora/fauna, landscape and mapping.
• Leanne Anderson: Director. Qualified NPWS Ranger / Sites Officer. Focus of training: women's business, domestic structuring, administration.

Other field staff delivering training are NPWS Sites Officer trained and qualified Aboriginal people.

Training experience

Our company has delivered over 400 training packages to the Roads and Traffic Authority, Energy Australia, Hunter Water, Department of Defence, local Aboriginal land councils, local government and others in most facets of culture and heritage protection and management. We provide a well rounded presentation, with most natural and cultural aspects covered. At times we work in association with a Registered Training Organisation. We have access to research areas for referencing.

Our company is currently sub-contracted to the Department of Education and TAFE. We have community contacts in different areas of Australia and overseas. Several of our staff are currently engaged in field activities in various parts of the state, including site surveys. Lennie Anderson has been involved in Aboriginal affairs for over 40 years in various positions and placements, including working as a Regional Aboriginal Liaison Officer for DECCW, and participating in various committees. He has been involved in the development of a strategic cultural management plan for Stockton Bight as a Traditional Owner. Chris and Lennie have travelled overseas to lecture on Indigenous/Aboriginal of Australia Strategic Cultural Plans of Management at international seminars.

Recent experience

Nur-Run-Gee P/L have delivered cultural heritage management training to an Indigenous group within the last 12 months (valid at October 2011).