Applications may come from the ABC, public or commercial radio sectors or from graduates seeking the skills to enter the broadcasting industry. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national broadcaster, funded by the Federal Government. For more than 60 years, ABC Radio has served Australian listeners. Each week, more than six million listeners use one or more of ABC Radio's Services. ABC Radio Training's aim is to help improve the sound of ABC Radio, and the productivity and efficiency of its 1,650 staff.
Training is delivered in a number of ways, on the job, in classrooms and in studios.
A core training staff is supplemented by senior broadcasters, journalists and managers who have been trained as trainers. It also creates and delivers training to several broadcasting organisations overseas. The workshops will be conducted at ABC capital-city radio training facilities. Workshop exemptions People who have successfully completed relevant ABC practical training prior to enrolment will be exempt from some of the workshop components of the course. Students who are exempt from these components are also exempt from the costs of the workshops.