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Correspondence Courses

Posted by admin On July - 29 - 2009

You know, sometimes it just makes good sense to go against your gut.

Other times you simply need to listen to what everybody else is saying.

Well, I guess that is one of those times.

As much as I have resisted it, the demand and requests for a traditional hard copy correspondence version has overcome me.

We now offer the same great content and courseware in a hard copy format. I was against this because of the increase in our costs which I have to pass on to the end usre (student).

With the online course, almost everything you get is off the net and downloadable. We have no real costs in either time or materials to get the information to you.

The hard copy course is different, we have to compile and collate the manual content, print and bind the manuals, pay for postage and then mark the assessment when it comes back. All work we would rather not do, but hey, you asked for it.

So we now offer a correspondence course (printed versions) for $220.00.

You will still have access to the forums and the ability to join our owner builder community sharing resources (downloadable) and experiences.

The course content is the same and the assessment is simply undertaken in the traditional manner with you sending us back your completed works.

Anyway, more on this soon, don’t forget to visit us at www.ownerbuildercourses.com

 

Best Regards,

 

Rick

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Update Owner Builder Courses Online

Posted by admin On July - 23 - 2009

Every now and then you make a business decision that just makes sense.

Sometimes that decision can be extremely frustrating to realise and fulfil, but once you get over the hurdles and see your ‘vision’in place and working not only for you but also your clients, there is an incredible sense of satisfaction.

Well, that is exactly how it is with our new online courses for owner builders. They simply work well.

The feedback wwe are receiving from the students who have completed the owner builder courses online have been extremely encouraging.

The process of getting them up and running was certainly frustrating, we were effectively offline (with no revenue) for around three weeks while we ironed the bugs out and many nights buring the midnight oil were required to get it right.

We will not say it is perfect, it will take us a while to sort out all the issues, but it is very very good. (thanks go out to my team).

So, what does this mean for our prospective and current students?

Simply, we are on the way to providing not only the most affordable owner builder course out there ($117.00) but also free access to our owner builder forum (we want to build an owner building community of like minded people who can truly draw from each other experiences), free access to the very latest owner builder news from all the states and territories and online video tutorials for you to refer back to at any time during the construction of your owner builder home.

All of this will occur over the next few months so please keep visiting the owner builder courses website and providing us feedback so we can give you what you want, simply the best owner builder information you can get.

You can send us info directly from the link on the contact us page or drop me an email at rick.heaton@ownerbuildercourses.com

Bets Regards,

 

Rick Heaton

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Owner Builder Resources

Posted by admin On July - 13 - 2009

Hi Everybody,

It has been a while since my last post but I have been working on some great new resources for owner builders.

These resources include a project managment kit for owner builders (CD Version) our full range of online courses for each of the states and a generic Safety Management Sytem for use by owner builders running their domestic construction project.

Each of these resources are available for purchase from our website at great prices, but best of all they are free to every student completing an owner builder course with us. Considering our course are only $117.00, that is unbelievable value and a lot of people are saying I am crazy, but hey we just want our owner builder students to have the very best in resources, skills and knowledge.

What else we have planned for you in the next couple of months will blow you away. We are going to be producing about 20 videos which step you through the owner builder process, from applying for your permit to practical completion of your project. Each of the videos is aimed at supporting the online content of our course and again, it will be free to our owner builder students.

Finally, we are going to launch an online project management assistance program which will give you access to our expert staff (for a fee of course, I cannot give everything away for nothing), this assistance will be priced according to the level of support you want and will include all areas of offsite project management, from running your tender process to bookeeping and financial monitoring,stay tuned for these exciting developments.

 

Tip of the day:

You will only get out of any project (including owner building) what you are willing to put into it, so get on the learning trail and make your project a huge succss.

 

Best Regards,

 

Rick Heaton

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