Life After The Green Loans Program Closure

What are you planning to do, after the closure of the Green Loans Program? Please make your vote count and copy this shortened link of this blogpost http://bit.ly/f0KgJ2 to as many assessors as possible.

Leave your comments also on this blog post here at GLP Assessor.



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RIP : End Of Days For The Green Loans Program

RIP - GLP Assessors

Today the 28th of February 2011, is the last day of the Labor Government's failed initiative Green Loans Program.

No doubt Peter Garrett will be sighing relief, as he can finally wash his hands of the whole debacle!

A Green program, where the Government & ABSA could not decide between themselves who was really responsible for over training on the numbers of assessors. Where the assessor was initially told 1000 assessors would be trained, only to see tsurnami of ABSA training before Christmas 2009! Creating a 10000 assessor overload. Nothing more than a grab for cash, by fat cat trainers!  In some cases these same trainners being ABSA board directors! With only 4400 of these assessors only being offered contracts!

Where a simple feedback loop involving both parties, would have stopped ABSA, the accreditation body for assessors, from over-training in numbers. Very easy, but for some reason too hard for both parties to get it right!

Was there a conflict of interest from the start where you have a board of trainers fattening their pockets? As assessors, we now know there was, as the stink was in all areas!

Some of us no doubt will be glad to wash our hands of working with the Government, with all it's failings that have been affecting our daily lives. Some us will be questioning whether during this whole debacle, ABSA has really stuck up for it's membership? To this day I question still whether I would back the bet that ABSA can holding itself high with a strong backbone, on my behalf! Making me feel as if it has done it's best, not whether it has only done the minimum? Personally I know what I feel of both parties. Both I say are to blame with a big conflict of interest within ABSA, where it is the only representative body for the assessor!

Enough is enough! I would like to wish all those assessors the best for their futures, whether in the Green world or not. I am aware many of you will steer clear of supposed green initiatives, due to this debacle costing you dearly!

This blog will be left live, for us all to see how not to create a Green initiative that is:

• Badly designed.
• Badly managed.
• Open to fraud.
• Has conflicts of interest.
• Costing Aussie workers dearly

Good luck with whatever you do, from here on.

RIP GLP!

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Green Loans Assessors Action Group : CLAAG

Maximise The Outcome - Join CLAAG

Are you a member of the Green Loans Assessors Action Group. If you did the Green Loans Program training you should be!

As we're all seeking compensation from the Government in charge at the time, of this failed Green incentive. An career we were told! Where many assessors were left out of pocket from day one, due to departmental mismanagement!

All assessors need to join this group, as you will have been shafted by one of the following:

• Never received a contract after forking out thousands on training.
• Not being able to book appointments due to call centre overload.
• Limited to only five appointments a week, after Peter Garrett's department's short comings.

We all need to join together as a collective, to maximise the possibilities of a positive outcome.

Here is the link to Green Loans Assessor Action Group.

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ABSA Survey GLP Government Assistance Packages

Take The ABSA Survey Now!

With reference to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency's two assistance schemes for home sustainability assessors. ABSA is conducting a survey, looking for assessor's responses on this important matter.

If you did not, or have not as yet taken the survey, drop GLP Assessor an email to get the link. We have not posted the link live, as we want to make sure we are not repsonsible for skewing the results from non-assessors.The survey is open to both contracted & non-contracted assessors.

The quick survey contains questions about the end of the Green Loans Program, the assistance packages, and plans for assessor's future. ABSA would be grateful if you could complete this short survey, telling them what you think and what effect the announcement has and will have on you.

ABSA will we hope share the findings of this survey with DCCEE. Not just sharing but importantly standup for it's members!!! All responses will remain anonymous.

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Green Loans Program Training Assistance Package

On 21 December 2010 the Government announced support for accredited assessors. This includes a $15 million training assistance scheme to assist accredited assessors to further develop their professional skills and credentials.

Under this scheme the Government will refund 50 per cent of the tuition fees (up to $2,500) for accredited assessors that enroll to complete the new Certificate IV in Home Sustainability Assessment. Payments will be available for those who have enrolled in and paid for courses commencing before 30 June 2012.

For more information visit the Department Of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency website here.

What are your thoughts about this training package offer? It would appear that it is not readily available as of yet!

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