Power Price

ENERGY EFFICIENT PROJECT WINS FUNDING

TAFE NSW New England Institute, in conjunction with the Northern Inland Sustainable Business Network (NISBN), would like to announce that they have successfully been awarded Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) funding for a new Energy Efficient training initiative to be trialled within the New England and North West regions.

TAFE NSW New England Institute, in conjunction with the Northern Inland Sustainable Business Network  (NISBN), would like to announce that they have successfully been awarded Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) funding for a new Energy Efficient training initiative to be trialled within the New England and North West regions.

There has been no formal qualification that electrical appliance retailers could gain in order to give their businesses a competitive edge by providing additional service and product information to customers.

The  "Power Price" will be the first ever Statement of Attainment in NSW combining the Retail and Electrotechology disciplines into a training program. The program will be developed as a two-day customised statement of attainment and will draw on the expertise of staff from the Faculty of Trades and Primary Industries  (TPI) and Faculty of Business and Creative Services  (BACs).  The program will then be offered for trial throughout the NISBN  (New England and North West) region.

Armidale Chamber of Commerce, the Business Enterprise Centre,Tamworth District Chamber of  Commerce  and Tamworth Regional Development within the region that would like free access  to  the  project for their members. Funding for the program was sought to provide retailers of electrical products to provide more comprehensive consumer assistance and advice above the current bottom line cost of a product and brand superiority.

The training program will have three elements:

• Element 1  -­  Power  Pricing:  Understanding  and  costing  the  operational  cost  of   behaviour, consumption  and  usage.  This  also  includes  training  and   understanding of the  different  electrical tariffs.
• Element  2  -­  Power  advising  and  recommending  "Power  Price"  of  an  item  over   product  life  in comparison  to  other  items  of  a  similar  category,  and  providing  operational  recommendations  to the  customer  on  measures  or  applications  to   reduce the  power  usage  and  cost  of  the  item.
• Element 3  -­  Person  Power ,  the  communication,  customer  service  and  customer ability  for behavioural  operation  for  the  item.     

The customised  course  will  assist  Electrical  Appliance  Retail  stores  to  increase   enhance  their levels  of  service  and  support  to  their  customers  and  their   employee capability  to:

Provide details  of  the  power  usage  costs  of  a  range  of  products, Provide  advice and identify  the superior  "Power  Price"  product  to  customers  to  save them  money,  

Benefits to the business also include;

• Confidence  and  pleasure  in  undertaking  their  job  but  also  making  a  difference   environmentally,  
• Provision  of  a  strong  competitive  advantage  over  other  retailers  that  refuse  to   make  an  environmental  difference,  
• An  opportunity  to  create  repeat  business,   The   business   and   associated   franchises   with   the   opportunity   to   take   and  
• Contextualise this training to their store needs, overall  large  scale  reduction  in energy usage  by  electrical  appliances  (tens  of  thousands  of  kg  of  carbon  over the product/s  lifetime),   A  new  paradigm  in  electrical  retail  fields  and  in  turn  a new market  area,  
• Accredited training to both retail organisations but also both residential and commercial energy assessors in order to advise customers of the best "Power price" on items.

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