We deliver a range of specialist recordkeeping and archives management training services aimed at ensuring the reliability, authenticity and accessibility of records over time. We design customised training for clients and deliver generic skill development courses in records and archives management principles, practices, tools and applications. We can customise a program to support your unique recordkeeping requirements or design an outcomes-oriented training strategy, e.g. user acceptance of a new recordkeeping system.

Our courses target staff with different levels of recordkeeping responsibility.

They seek to:

• Improve and refresh existing skills among recordkeeping practitioners;
• Introduce new practitioners to the key concepts, principles and practices of good records management;
• Provide management with frameworks for understanding, developing managing recordkeeping strategies

Records Management Fundamentals (2 Days)

This revised course covers the fundamental principles and practices of records management. It provides participants with a basic understanding of the activities involved in managing paper and electronic records.
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Managing Digital Records

This training course provides participants with an understanding of some of the frameworks and tools required to manage digital records appropriately. It helps participants to understand and implement the requirements in the Standard on digital recordkeeping..
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Implementing a Records Disposal Authority for Local Government (IRDA-LG)(1 day)

This course provides participants with information on how to use the new General Disposal Authority for local government records GA 39, appropriate methods of storage and destruction of records and how to prepare records for transfer to State Records as State archives. Participants will take part in case studies and practical sessions which will reinforce the use of GA 39 and explain the procedures for transferring records.
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Developing a Functional Retention and Disposal Authority (State Records NSW)

This course gives participants the ability to develop a business classification scheme and identify recordkeeping requirements in line with the 'DIRKS' methodology. They then learn how to use this information to develop a functional retention and disposal authority (FRDA), and become familiar with the process for submitting a FRDA to State Records for approval.
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Developing a Records Taxonomy

This two day course focuses on taxonomies for records classification. It identifies various methods for developing taxonomies, including workflow analysis.
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Implementing a Retention and Disposal Authority

This course provides participants with information on how to use a records disposal authority and prepare records for transfer to State Records in accordance with Section 29 Guidelines. Participants practice culling and listing techniques on actual records using a functional disposal authority.
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Introduction to Records Management

This course covers the fundamental principles and practices of records management. It provides an understanding of the activities associated with controlling and managing paper and electronic records. It examines the importance and value of records to people and organisations.
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Strategic Planning for Records Management Programs

This course provides the essentials to plan and deliver an effective records management system in your organisation.
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Archives professional development courses

Recordkeeping Innovation has provided a number of archival agencies with core archives competency modules for the Archives Professional Development Framework. The modules are required to align with the standards and requirements prescribed by Archives New Zealand and are aimed at archives staff working across government with little or no previous experience.  We have also developed and delivered introductory courses for archivists for the Australian Society of Archivists.