Microsoft Project Training Courses Perth
Trusted since 1985. How to take your Projects to the next Level the Easy Way.
Call Ivor now on (08) 9275-9188 for one of the most productive discussions you will ever make, or email ivor@perthsoftware.com
Project Controls Solution Specialists. Decades of experience with assisting and training hundreds of construction workers and businesses.
Fantastic Value 1-on-1 or your Group, Face to Face Microsoft Project Training
at flexible times to suit you and/or your Team.
Courses can be delivered Remotely online via Teams, Google Meet etc.
Project Planning Excellence: Master Microsoft Project for your Success!
Ivor, is WA’s original Microsoft Project (and Primavera P6) trainer, and has decades of Project Planning experience in Commerical and Domestic Construction, Engineering, Mining, Oil & Gas. He has worked with MS Project since 1990, and has trained and helped 1000s. He is a Project Management Professional, a Registered Building Practitioner, a Member of the Australian Institute of Building (Ret), a Nominated Adjudicator, and has a Degree of Bachelor of Building Science (UCT).
Training in 3 or 4.5 hour units at any time to suit you or your team.
See what a Project Administrator on 16/05/2023 wrote:
“Thank you for the training you provided last week, our staff were extremely happy with the course content”.
See what Aaron Easthope (Construction Specialist – Supervision), wrote:
Ivor’s (Fast Track Computer Solutions) approach to learning has been invaluable to me. Having spent the past 20 years working hands on in the construction industry making the change from being onsite doing the work to changing roles to managing works.
Ivor’s ability to work with you 1 on 1 and giving the appropriate instruction at the right pace for my abilities to process and retain the information provided during training.
I have found Ivor’s extensive construction industry experience of great value and look i forward to more training and mentoring as I become more aware of the requirements of my new role progresses.
Ivor’s knowledge of the Microsoft suite of programs is excellent and has given me the basic understanding and confidence to use these essential tools. I have learnt to use Windows, Teams, Excel Basic Course and MS Project, so far.
I am looking forward to gaining more skills with these programs into the future with Ivor’s help.
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Learn with Australia’s most Senior MS Project Trainer. 1000’s Trained since 1985.
We have no set dates, rather, we fit in with your busy schedule, in 3 hour blocks for maximum retention.
(And Yes we are different to all the others. Read further to find out why).
Fast Track Computer Solutions is a wholly owned Western Australian small business providing continuous MS Office services, since 1985.
Do you want help to gain new skills?
Would like to improve your skills to advance your career?
As a Project Manager/Business Owner, do you want to have more efficient office systems,
so that you have more free time?
Do you want to learn how to make your staff more productive to make more profits?
This course has become one of the most sought-after MS project training Perth.
We can train you on your actual schedules and help you set it up properly.
Most folk do not know how Critical Path Scheduling really works! Enrol in our very popular course (since 1985), and we will teach you how it all operates. (This knowledge is vital if you want to work successfully in the exciting field of Project Controls/Project Planning)
Greg Ferguson
Operations Manager, wrote
“I came to Fast Track Computer Solutions to learn how to incorporate Microsoft Project into my day to day work. The one-on-one training was in depth and showed me processes I would not have learnt otherwise. Ivor has extensive knowledge in Microsoft Project as well as other programs, and I look forward to coming back for my next training course”.
Let us show you how to claim Extension of Time, on your schedules.
We are now THE Trainer that the other trainers and professional planners come to. We have trained 1000’s since 1985, in WA, NSW, NT and QLD!
So come to us First for the Best MS Project (and Primavera P6) Learning Experience in Australia!
See how we can help you to reach your goals. Ivor has decades of expertise in Construction, Engineering, Project Management, IT Training, Software Application Development, and much more in South Africa, Middle East, UK and Australia.
No waiting for a class to fill! No course Cancellation due to lack of trainees! Training consists of 9 hours in 3 x 3 hour blocks, over 3 days.
Learn with us at times to suit your busy schedule, and/or FIFO Rosters. This is far better than trying to cram too much information in a mind-numbing 6 or 8 hour course (on one day) which most other training providers offer.
Microsoft Project Training Courses Perth
Nathan Lucken
Construction Manager, writes
Required a more hands on technical understanding of MS Project transitioning from Construction Management to Project Management.
Ivor’s training was flexible with my fulltime working commitments and enabled training outside of my usual business hours which was crucial. Conducting the course within 3 x 3 hour sections enabled me to be able to transfer the knowledge gained each week into my working week and follow up the next class, resulting in a great learning environment and technique.
Ivor has a wealth of knowledge from actual industry experience and a very relaxed one on one approach ensures a satisfactory outcome.
I completed the course with a great base understanding of building and maintaining a project timeline and reporting techniques for tracking project progress.
Bernard Lim
Architect – Project Manager, writes
“The MS Project course with Ivor, was split in three sessions and this was a good structure to help retain the learning.
The one-on-one setting ensures focus on each learning item with plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
This course teaches best practice methodolgy to set up the schuedule and the rules to abide by when updating weekly progress.
This ensures the schedule will track the project development accurately and enable meaningful planning and reporting of progress.
Another key outcome was the understanding of cashflow and how to represent it within the program as well as establishing the project S-Curve in MS Excel”.
Jimena Taracena
Architect – Project Manager, , writes
Thank you Ivor at Fast Track Computer Solutions for the Project and P6 Primavera training.
Was exactly what I was looking for, someone with experience on the field to explain not only how the program works but how you apply this properly in real life.
Was very well understood as is not only explained through the interaction of videos, lectures and explanation of the software but also making me do an exercise of the program help a lot.
Never thought saying this, but doing mistakes was the best thing as you questioned where I was wrong and I had to understand how to solve it with your guidance.
The training units time was perfect! Enough time in each unit to understand and absorbed the information avoiding loosing focus of the process. Discussions of real projects and a quick explanation of the history of the programs makes it more interesting.
This is the best learning process.
Leo Nguyen
Graduate Project Engineer, McMahon Services Australia, writes
“Friendly, confident presentation by Ivor, cut to the heart of the matter quickly. Happy with the balance, which was tailored to my specific situations, knowledge and skillsets.
The whole training were just great! I found it all to be just right. The course was designed for 3 hour length of each session which help me to retain information and practice accordingly when I am back at work.
I am more confident in the way I would practice the application of Microsoft Project and Primavera P6 after this course. In general the course was great and you were kept involved.”
Bradley Parker
Senior Planning Supervisor, Woodside Energy Ltd, writes
“Completed the MS Project training with Ivor. Started from the basics including developing a project plan by hand, with his instruction helped to understand the foundation of planning. From this understanding, was able to navigate and learn MS Project software, identify the shortfalls and how to work around to achieve the desired objective.
Thanks again.”
Karina Tedesco
Principal Environmental Advisor, Iluka Resourses, writes
“Thanks so much for training us in MS Project and scheduling concepts. I was able to immediately see flaws in schedules I’ve been updating and feel much more confident to undertake upcoming scheduling tasks.”
At Fast Track Computer Solutions, we deliver MS Project 1-on-1 or your company’s group Training that’s aimed to help you and your team to solve real-world problems, not textbook ones.
With our 1-on-1 or your Group customisable & flexible training-consulting courses at our office, your office and anywhere in Perth CBD, book our “amazing” 9 hours MS Project Course by WA’s original Project Trainer. We teach all the important features that many other trainers leave out, and don’t confuse you with features you may never use!
Unlike some other Project training courses offered, where trainers use a textbook as a guide, we ensure that you will get the most out of MS Project by applying it to your particular projects. Your trainer, Ivor, is a trained Quantity Surveyor, Registered Building Practitioner, and Professional Planning and Cost Control Engineer with over 50 years WA and International experience on many type of projects including Buildings, Residential, Mining, Engineering, Industrial, Petro-Chemicals, Civil, Infrastructure, De-Salinisation, Air-Con Re-Fit, etc.
Ivor has overseen Microsoft Project training for Perth and WA’s largest organisations who come back time and time again to ensure that their staff are upskilled properly, to a high standard, the first time around.
The MS Project 1-on-1 or small group training covers all essential areas of Microsoft Project including
- Covers intro to pert charts, logic network diagrams and critical path calculation.
- Learn about Ivor’s Rules, as well as Task Types and Lag. Includes a Manual exercise.
- Setting up a project in MS Project from above with Milestones, Predecessors and Successors.
- Set up calendars and working time.
- Set up timescales.
- Explain the Worksheet View, and Add new fields.
- Insert Total Slack.
- Add Task Notes.
- Insert a Text Frame and Pictures.
- Show how to print Barchart and scaling.
- View and Print the Network Diagram.
- Add Text Fields.
- Use Simple and Custom Filters.
- Pre-Defined Filters.
- Summary Tasks, Rollups and Work breakdown structures.
- Revision – Generate another network diagram and set up in Project.
- Use new program as a Sub-Project.
- Show how this technique is used to consolidate multiple schedules.
- Discussion on the use of Constraints.
- Setup a Baseline.
- Progress Reporting and best way to workout % Complete.
- Issues in MS Project when reporting progress.
- Split a Task.
- Resource Allocation.
- Resource Levelling.
- Cost Tracking
- Reporting and customising reports.
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Our preferred and proven method of training, is to train in 3 hour units on different days. This allows the trainees to do homework, and when the next unit resumes, we are able to address any issues arising from the previous unit. In addition, we have found that a unit of more than 3 hours in any one day, is not productive as one’s attention span reduces dramatically as the day wears on.
Our course is totally different to the other courses. You will understand the concepts very quickly. We do not confuse you with the really difficult features until you master all the other features first. We also explain the inherent “problems” with MS Project and show you how to work around them. For example, MS Project has a built in “time machine”! We will show this to you when we see you.
Major organisations we have worked with, since 1985, include the following
BHP, Rio-Tinto, FMG, Atlas Iron, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac Bank, Austal Ships, Wellard Group, AngloGold, TAFE WA, Curtin University, University of WA, Alinta Energy, Trononx, Nilsen, Linfox Logistics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Valoriza Water Australia, Ozlands Drilling, Enscope Engineers, Mimi Browse, Halliburton Consulting, Transocean, Wild Geese International, Goldfields, Downer EDI, Newgen Power, DW Kolagow and Associates, CSIRO, Broad Construction, Federal and State Government, Japan Australia LNG, Fluor Australia, Subsea International, Doray Minerals, Builders Steel, Radlink, Chevron staff, Woodside staff, Enermech, CSBP Wesfarmers, Dept. of Defence, Golder and Associates, UON, Newmont Gold Group, WesTrac, Supacat, Yandal Resources, Sand Fridge Lines, WestGold, BP, Colgan Industries, and many more.