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Performance Training Pty Limited
Performance Training was started by Barry Coventon in 1981 developing training programs and technical publications.

The operation commenced at CRA's Woodlawn Mine in New South Wales in 1978 where the first practical application of competency based training and assessment was established for the mining industry in Australia. Since then, the concept has been adopted at a national level and now forms the basis of all recognised training in the country.

Initially Performance Training's operation's centred on 'on-the-job' and classroom instruction for technical and specialised installations e.g. hydraulics and pneumatics, transmission systems, diesel engines etc. Over time this evolved into complementing the instruction with quality handout material and reference notes. That was the beginning of a new but related section of the business where comprehensive technical publications soon became the mainstay of the company.

Performance Training’s products can be found on mine sites, and at refineries and smelters throughout Australia and in countries such as Laos, Tanzania, Canada, New Zealand and Indonesia. The range of materials includes induction, operation, maintenance and supervisory manuals for fixed plant and mobile equipment.

In 2004 Barry Coventon died in a plane accident while returning from Cobar. The management of Performance Training was taken over by Barry's wife and three children who have been working in the business for over ten years.

Today Performance Training employs technical writers, graphic artists, web designers, desktop publishers, 3D developers, web programmers and video editors.

--GlenCov (talk) 01:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)