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Australian Cultural Heritage Management Pty Ltd in partnership with AWC Training Pty Ltd

Register of Cultural Heritage Management Training Providers

Contact details:
Australian Cultural Heritage Management Pty Ltd Dr Neal Draper, CEO Fiona Sutherland, Operations Manager Email: neale.draper@achm.com.au fiona.sutherland@achm.com.au Phone: 08 8340 9566 Website: www.achm.com.au	AWC Training Peter Naughton, Director Email: peter@awctraining.com.au Phone: 08 8410 2540 Website: www.awctraining.com.au
Registered Training Organisation: Affiliated with AWC Training Pty Ltd Training provided in: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Torres Strait, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Training provided

Non-accredited training delivered
Principles of cultural heritage management (Burra Charter basics) Legislation Management planning - process & key steps Developing conservation and management strategies Site recording and documentation Recording oral history Mapping skills and techniques Caring for cultural heritage objects and remains	Setting up consultations about heritage with appropriate stakeholders Assessing significance Identifying management issues Identifying and recording evidence of threats and deterioration Identifying and describing cultural materials Monitoring cultural places Rock art conservation Using databases to manage cultural information
Other: CHM monitoring programs by Traditional Owners for ground-disturbing work in mining and construction projects. Indigenous cultural tourism: Development of cultural heritage site interpretation material and site management and protection programs; and associated training.

Accredited courses

Training package	Unit title	Unit code
SIT07 - Certificate I in Tourism (Australian Indigenous Culture)	Intepret aspects of local Australian Indigenous cultures	THTFTG08B
SIT07 - Certificate III & IV (Guiding)	Prepare specialised interpretive content (cultural & heritage environments)	THTFTG14A
	Research and share general information on Australian Indigenous cultures	THTFTTG07B
Other: RII09 -Resources and Infrastructure	Identify and assess environmental and heritage concerns	RIIENV201A

Trainers

ACHM delivers training through a partnership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, and trainers are experienced in delivering training to Indigenous people.

Qualifications

The team's relevant qualifications and experience:

• Dr Neale Draper - Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Master of Arts, PhD anthropology and archaeology. Member Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists, Inc (MAACAI), Fellow Australian Anthropological Society (FAAS). Over 30 years heritage management experience (professional practice, public administration, tertiary and public teaching). Extensive teaching and training experience with Aboriginal people.
• Fiona Sutherland - Bachelor of Arts (Hons) anthropology. Over 15 years tertiary teaching and professional experience. Extensive teaching and training experience with Aboriginal people.
• David Mott - Bachelor of Arts (Hons) archaeology. Over 10 years professional and training experience.
• Dr Shaun Canning - Bachelor of Arts (Hons), PhD archaeology and anthropology, MAACAI, FAAS, Member of ICOMOS. Over 10 years professional and training experience.
• Dr Ilya Berelov - Bachelor of Arts (Hons) archaeology, MAACAI, Member of ICOMOS. Over 5 years experience.
• Dr Nadia Butler - Bachelor of Arts (Hons) anthropology. Over 5 years experience, including substantial teaching and experience with Aboriginal people.
• Andrew Maland - Diploma GIS, Graduate Diploma GIS. Over 10 years GIS professional and training experience.

Approximately 30 other qualified and experienced professional staff work with Australian Cultural Heritage Management Pty Ltd (ACHM), with qualifications and experience in archaeology, anthropology, GIS, cultural heritage management, and all of whom have experience working with Aboriginal communities.

AWC Training also have qualified trainers with experience in delivering a wide range of training courses specifically for Indigenous people.

Training experience

Dr Neale Draper has been involved in cultural heritage management practice and teaching for over 30 years, and ACHM has been providing cultural heritage management GIS services for over 11 years. It has undertaken over 500 projects throughout Australia, all conducted in conjunction with Indigenous communities, organisations and involving joint heritage surveys and assessments, site recording, Cultural Heritage Management Plans, ground disturbance/ construction monitoring, heritage compliance audits and site protection works. Every project has a cultural heritage training and mentoring aspect, with two-way learning.

ACHM consultants have Australia-wide and international experience working and cross-training with Indigenous people on cultural heritage management projects, and Draper, Sutherland, Butler and others also have extensive experience in accredited university teaching of cultural heritage-related courses for Indigenous people and tutoring for Indigenous students.

AWC Training has provided accredited Indigenous training courses since its registration in 2002. The focus of AWC's portfolio is on business management, mining, resources and construction industries. AWC training activity is delivered following consultation with the communities and is based around infrastructure projects and other activities nominated by them. This includes the AWC Carey joint training and workforce developments projects in WA's Kimberley, Pilbara, Midwest, and Goldfields regions, which include substantial components of direct relevance to cultural heritage management (see course list). AWC Training is a specialist Indigenous training company, which provides many advantages for Indigenous community clients in the delivery of culturally and socially appropriate programs designed to maximise successful outcomes.

Recent experience

Australian Cultural Heritage Management has delivered cultural heritage management training to an Indigenous group within the last 12 months (valid at October 2011).