Swinburne professional short courses

Professional Short Courses

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SWINBURNE Sarawak

Swinburne Sarawak is the highest ranking international university in Borneo based on the inaugural Asia-Pacific University Ranking 2017 by the Times Higher Education. It was established in 2000 through a partnership between Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and the State Government of Sarawak.

Being at the forefront of changing industry and community expectations, Swinburne Sarawak’s research centres go beyond physical spaces. They bring researchers from different areas in a collaborative spirit to achieve high-impact outcomes. The centres also offer short courses designed to make you ready for future career challenges.

Tailor-made Courses Our short courses are tailored to expand and update your skills. The teaching emphasises practical application, so what you learn will be of immediate use in your work. These courses are delivered by industry professionals and our academics to keep you informed of the latest know-how. We also offer bespoke training courses designed to meet your requirements.

Our Centres Centre for Digital Futures

Business and Social Innovation Centre

Centre for Sustainable Technologies

Digital technologies are constantly changing and enriching the way we live, communicate and thrive. This centre teams researchers who are developing these technologies in the areas of electronics, informatics, design and Internet of Things.

This Centre brings researchers focusing on social and economic sustainability together. It explores how rural and urban areas can best be developed with new technologies.

And how new business and management models can be adapted for your organisation.

As the name suggests, this centre brings scientists and engineers to find sustainable solutions for construction, energy and bio-sensing.

While bringing deep discipline based research together, it also promotes industry engagement for real-world applications.

Our Short Courses 2

Digital Technology

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Digital Marketing

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Management & Human Resources

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Engineering

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myBIM Training and Courses

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Language & Design

Our Partners Swinburne Sarawak has partnered with institutions whose trainers have extensive experience in the industry to offer you the best of professional and university know-how.

This Google Partner Academy specialises in digital marketing training with offices in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. They are also a member of Econsultancy UK, the world’s leading digital marketing best practice community and publisher. Since its establishment in 2011, ClickAcademy Asia has provided valuable training in over 30 different countries, with the aim of reaching and inspiring every single Asian professional, one click at a time.

With 29 years of experience in providing training for Human Resource and management practices. MRS encourages innovation and creative thinking and has a 4-star rating from the HRDF Fund. MRS has an extensive network of hand-picked trainers who can help you achieve your company’s goals by teaching you best human resource practices suited to your needs.

MEF Academy is a pioneer institution set up by the Malaysian Employers Federation to develop business and management training. They offer a wide range of corporate training courses. It was established in 1959 and is recognised both nationally and internationally. MEF aspires to provide the highest quality, industry focused business training and management education in Malaysia.

myBIM is a training centre developed by the Construction Industry Development Board to transform the construction industry into a modern and highly-skilled industry. The Centre enables construction industry players to model and visualises building projects in a simulated environment using BIM - a modelling technology to produce, communicate and analyse digital information models for the construction project’s life cycle.

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Digital Technology Building on Swinburne’s strength in history of digital innovation, our short courses on Digital Technology prepares you for the future with practical training in all aspects of programming and networking.

Assoc. Prof. Patrick Then is the Director of the Centre for Digital Futures which develops technologies in the areas of electronics, informatics and design.

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Digital Technology Course

Duration

Who is this course for?

Automation and Internet of Things (IoT)

3 days

Programmers and IT/Engineering professionals

IoT Programming with Python

3 days

Programmers and professionals with interest in Arduino/Raspberry Pi systems

Android programming

3 days

Java programmers and mobile app developers

Principles and Applications of Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Smart Contracts

3 days

Graduates and programmers with an interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Introduction to Network and Switching

3 days

Graduates who want to build a career in network infrastructure management

Business Intelligence with Apache Hadoop on Big Data

3 days

Systems analysts and programmers interested in Business Intelligence

iOS Programming for iPhone

3 days

Graduates and entrepreneurs with basic object-oriented programming skills

Network Administration using Windows Server 2012

3 days

Network administrators and graduates

Information Technology (IT) Security

3 days

Network administrators and cybersecurity professionals

This course introduces you to automation and IoT technology as well as its applications in various industries and services in the private and governmental sectors.

This course helps you to understand the concepts of IoT and develop related applications using Python programming language.

Blending theory and hands-on activities, this course introduces you to app development for contemporary mobile platforms.

With case studies and hands-on activities, this course gets you familiar with the basic concepts and ideas of cryptocurrency, blockchains and smart contracts.

As a primer for network infrastructure management, this course introduces the general working principles behind computer networks.

This training course focuses on Apache Pig and Hive, and Cloudera Impala which allows you to apply traditional data analytics and business intelligence skills to big data.

This short course teaches you the basics of iOS mobile application development.

This course guides you through the installation, configuration and deployment of Windows Server 2012.

Focusing on the fundamental concepts and key issues in cybersecurity, this course also teaches you effective countermeasures should a threat arise in your organisation’s framework.

All courses are HRDF-SBL-Khas claimable.

Course fees, dates, and trainer information can be found on our website swinburne.edu.my/short-courses

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Digital Marketing With our partner ClickAcademy Asia, we offer professional courses in digital marketing to make your organisation thrive in today’s digital landscape.

James Ho, the co-founder of ClickAcademy Asia will guide participants through best practices in digital marketing. Dr. Bertha Chin teaches social media at Swinburne, and will be certifying the short courses.

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Digital Marketing Course

Duration

Who is this course for?

Content Marketing

3 days

Senior managers, communications professionals, and business leaders

Digital Marketing

3 days

Business development executives, senior managers, communications professionals, business leaders, and entrepreneurs

Facebook Marketing Bootcamp

3 days

Communications professionals, and entrepreneurs

Search Engine Optimisation Marketing

3 days

Webmasters and digital marketeers

Social Media Crisis Management

3 days

Public relations and communications professionals, business leaders, and entrepreneurs

Social Media Marketing

3 days

Public relations and communications professionals, business leaders, and entrepreneurs

Website for Social Media

3 days

Public relations and communications professionals, business leaders, and entrepreneurs

3-Day Google Analytics Certification Workshop

3 days

Digital marketing professionals and web developers

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and skills to ensure that your content is successfully delivered across all traditional and digital platforms with high engagement rates.

Designed to equip you with all the essentials to be successful in the field of digital marketing, this course is presented through a combination of mini lectures and case studies.

This course introduces the essential knowledge to master Facebook for an online business presence.

Boosting your skillset in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is one of the things this course will provide you in order to grow your online presence.

This course will prepare you to manage any crisis on social media platforms through various prevention, mitigation, response and recovery methods.

Understanding the impact of social media on businesses is the main focus of this course, which will help you take advantage of these opportunities for business.

This course gives you the basic knowledge and skills to develop websites that optimally integrate social media platforms.

This course covers topics from basic setup and configuration, to advanced tracking features.

All courses are HRDF-SBL-Khas claimable.

Course fees, dates, and trainer information can be found on our website swinburne.edu.my/short-courses

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Management & Human Resources Our short courses in management and human resources are presented by industry experts who have extensive knowledge in the field of management.

Dr. George Ngui is the Associate Dean of Research & Engagement and the Head of the Business and Social Innovation Centre.

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Management & Human Resources Course

Duration

Who is this course for?

Certified AdminPro in Management

3 days

Clerks, secretaries, personal assistants, administrative personnel, and managers

Critical Thinking in Management

3 days

Business executives, managers, and directors

Project Process Management

3 days

Graduates and people who are just starting off in their careers

Applied Business Analytics

3 days

Managers and analysts

Project Management

3 days

Managers and supervisors with prior project management experience

Managing Complexities by Embracing Simplicity & Essentialism

2 days

Managers and supervisors with prior project management experience

Certified CSR & Sustainability Management Professional

2 days

CEOs, managers and leaders in an organisation

5 days

Managers, executives, officers, and supervisors who are tasked with the responsibilities of interviewing and selecting new employees

Certificate in Competency Based Human Resource Management

2 days

Human resource professionals

Certified Professional Trainer

2 days

Managers, executives, officers, and supervisors who are required to train others

Certified Training Needs Assessor

2 days

Managers and HR staff

This course trains you to accomplish goals and objectives at the workplace using available resources as effectively and efficiently as possible.

This course enhances your strategic decision making process by developing key skills in critical thinking.

This course introduces you to the process of achieving a project’s goals within the criteria of time, budget, and scope.

Highlighting the importance of Business Intelligence (BI), you will learn how to implement strategies to utilise it in decision making at the workplace.

This course introduces you to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoKÂŽ) and how to plan and manage projects from start to finish.

Complex organisations are often managed with increasingly interconnected systems.

This course helps you to manage these systems through identifying and then simplifying them to their essentials.

This course helps you to prepare your organisation to gain a competitive edge to be CSR compliant.

Certified InterviewPro

This course is designed to give you the skills and techniques to screen and ensure that the best people are recruited to your organisation.

Your capabilities in the areas of competency modelling and performance initiative management in your organisations will be greatly enhanced through this course.

This course focuses on developing your skills and expertise in organisational development and training methodology for your organisation.

This course helps employers to identify the training needs of em-ployees and match them with a suitable training program.

All courses are HRDF-SBL-Khas claimable.

Course fees, dates, and trainer information can be found on our website swinburne.edu.my/short-courses

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Engineering Expanding on a rich history of technical expertise, we offer short courses and professional development in the field of Engineering to give you the tools to go further in your career.

Dr Choo Chung Siung is the Discipline Leader for Civil Engineering at Swinburne Sarawak.

His research in the fields of deep excavation, tunnelling and trenchless technology have been published in top international journals. He frequently speaks on the current trends and technologies in these areas at workshops and international conferences.

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Engineering Course

Duration

Who is this course for?

Industrial Robotics

2 days

Engineers, technicians and operations personnel in industrial, manufacturing organisations

Introduction to Building Information Modelling (BIM)

1 day

Construction Managers, Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Facility or Estate Managers, Engineers

Location-based for Construction Management

2 days

Construction Managers, Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Facility or Estate Managers, Engineers

Construction Law and Contract Management

1 or 2 days

Construction Managers, Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Facility or Estate Managers, Engineers

Maintenance Management of Engineering Assets

1 day

Construction Managers, Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Facility or Estate Managers, Engineers

Tunnelling and Trenchless Technology in an Urban Landscape

1 day

Engineers, Construction managers, Research engineers

Designed for technical personnel, this introductory course gives you knowledge in the fundamentals, setup and operation of an industrial robot.

This course introduces the concept of building information modelling (BIM); its benefits, adoption challenges and areas of application in construction industry. This will afford participants the means to increase BIM adoption, realisation on BIM returns on investment, continuous professional development in respective fields and align with the construction industry BIM roadmap.

This course aims to given an understanding of the issues confronted by a construction manager and the identification of risks, dispute resolution and particularly alternate means to resolve disputes and negotiate contracts.

The course aims to develop learner’s understanding and knowledge of implementing construction contracts and managing the potential issues or challenges.

This course aims to develop learner’s basic understanding and knowledge of maintaining engineering manufacturing facilities and other assets.

This course introduces some methods of tunnelling and trenchless technologies for utilisation of underground space in urban areas, along with some issues and challenges faced particularly when tunnelling in highly weathered geology

All courses are HRDF-SBL-Khas claimable.

Course fees, dates, and trainer information can be found on our website swinburne.edu.my/short-courses

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myBIM Training and Courses Swinburne Sarawak myBIM Satellite Centre offers training programmes in Building Information Modelling.

The courses cover three stages of learning; beginners, intermediate and advanced to train participants in the concepts and theories of BIM.

Ir. Dr. Angelia Liew is a lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, Science and Computing. Her latest projects involve Climate Change Impact Studies, Stormwater Management, Sustainable Built Environment and Building Information Modelling.

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myBIM Training and Courses Course

Duration

Who is this course for?

BIM Concept and Theory

1 Day

Construction industry professionals

Fundamental Modelling of Architecture

4 Days

Construction industry professionals and people who have completed BIM Concept and Theory

Fundamental Modelling of Structure

4 Days

Construction industry professionals and people who have completed BIM Concept and Theory

BIM Coordinator Part 1: Setup

3 Days

Construction industry professionals and people who have completed BIM Fundamental Modelling

BIM Coordinator Part 2: Coordination

4 Days

Construction industry professionals, People who have completed BIM Fundamental Modelling and BIM Coordinator Part 1

BIM Manager Part 1

2 Days

People who have completed BIM Concept and Theory, Senior construction industry professionals

BIM Manager Part 2

4 Days

People who have completed BIM Manager Part 1, Senior construction industry professionals

The program explains and discusses BIM concept and theory, its benefits to the organisations, challenges and opportunities, case studies and the implementation.

The participants will be able to discuss the impact of BIM deployment on their organisations, e.g. work practices, contracts, IT infrastructure and skills development.

This practical training shows how to implement BIM using real project data.

Participants will learn how to manage and extract design deliverables using 3D parametric tools. They will model a 6-storey office building by focusing on the architectural elements of the building.

In this course, participants will model a 6-storey office building by focusing on the structural elements of the building. They will use 3D parametric tools and real project data.

This module is about the concept of model coordination and the use of model management software as a basic kowledge of BIM. At the end of this module, participants are expected: a. Describe the process workflow for technical coordination BIM model. b. Describe the use of the BIM model to check the design intent. c. Open and append BIM model files from various sources and save the model by using model management software. d. Perform a visual check of the model projects and use the reports. e. Review and audit the accuracy and adequacy of the information contained in BIM model. f. To check the clashes of the model produced by various parties. g. To prepare reports for clashed model and audit report.

This will teach participants the concept of model coordination and the use of model management software as a basic knowledge of BIM. At the end of this module, participants are expected: a. Describe the process workflow for technical coordination BIM model. b. Describe the use of the BIM model to check the design intent. c. Open and append BIM model files from various sources and save the model by using model management software. d. Perform a visual check of the model projects and use the reports. e. Review and audit the accuracy and adequacy of the information contained in the BIM model. f. To check the clashes of the model produced by various parties. g. To prepare reports for clashed model and audit reports.

This course gives the BIM Manager understanding on their roles, responsibilities and job functions, more information and knowledge on BIM software and issues, BIM Protocols including the standards used and the Employer Information Requirements (EIRs) which are needed to develop a successful BIM Execution Plan.

An extension of BIM Manager Part 1, this course covers process and technology of BIM. Participants will learn how to develop a process map which is essential for the BEP development. The participants also will be explained on the collaboration concepts of Common Data Environment (CDE) and also how the collaboration can be implemented using the collaborative technology.

*Pre-requisite only list the myBIM module trainings. Work-experience related pre-requisites are not included here.

All courses are HRDF-SBL-Khas claimable.

Course fees, dates, and trainer information can be found on our website swinburne.edu.my/short-courses

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Language Swinburne Sarawak’s short courses in language will give you the tools to express your work and thoughts in a business environment.

Assoc Prof. Ida Fatimawati is the Head of School of Design and Arts at Swinburne Sarawak. Her current research is on policy and programs around social enterprises.

Design Our short courses will enable you to enhance your knowledge, practical skills and techniques relevant to the creative and digital media design industry.

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Language Course

Duration

Who is this course for?

Technical English for Engineers

3 days

Engineers and technicians

Communication in the Workplace

3 days

Administrative staff

Email Communication and Short Report Writing

2 days

All levels in the workplace

5 days

Project managers

This course gives you the tools to write clear and coherent technical proposals, and is especially beneficial if English is your second language.

This course will help you to distinguish the difference between writing for different purposes with a focus on business scenarios. You will also learn to construct different types of extended texts.

This course aims to develop learner’s basic understanding and knowledge of maintaining engineering manufacturing, infrastructure facilities and other assets.

Technical English Professional (PMPÂŽ) certification preparatory program

The aim of this training is to develop skills in formulating instructions or procedures, explaining a technical procedure in both oral and written format.

Design Course

Duration

Who is this course for?

Design thinking

1 day

Business development executives, senior managers, communications professionals, business leaders, and entrepreneurs

Pitch strategy

1 day

Communications professionals and entrepreneurs

WordPress 101

1 day

Webmasters and entrepreneurs

Digital Storytelling

1 day

Business development executives, senior managers, communications professionals, business leaders, entrepreneurs and educators

Augmented Reality (AR) App Development

2 days

Programmers, entrepreneurs and professionals with interest in AR development

Virtual Reality (VR) App Development

3 days

Programmers, entrepreneurs and professionals with interest in VR development

Mobile game development

5 days

Programmers, entrepreneurs and professionals with interest in game development

Learn strategies for marketing, branding and problem solving. Solve problem like a designer.

Learn how to create powerful and impactful pitch deck. Pitch like a designer.

The course focuses on how to build a WordPress website from scratch. This course would bridge the gaps between the basics of web design, hosting and content creation.

Explore techniques for managing digital storytelling projects in education and digital marketing initiatives.

Learn how to create cool AR app for businesses

Learn how to create immersive VR app for businesses

Learn how to create, publish and sell your mobile games on Android and IOS platform

All courses are HRDF-SBL-Khas claimable.

Course fees, dates, and trainer information can be found on our website swinburne.edu.my/short-courses

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• FURTHER INFORMATION +60 82 260606 sutsshortcourses@swinburne.edu.my swinburne.edu.my/short-courses Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus Jalan Simpang Tiga 93350 Kuching Sarawak Malaysia

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CRICOS Provider Code (Swinburne University of Technology): 00111D DULN004(Q) KP(JPS)5195/IPTS/1144 05 June 2004 Co. No. 497194-M The information contained in this course guide was correct at the time of publication, December 2017.

The university reserves the right to alter or amend the material contained in this guide.

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