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getGP Gippsland Education & Training for General Practice

The Australian General Practice Training Program is a world class program providing personalised, localised and innovative training in the specialty of general practice. Twenty-two regional training providers now provide this training across Australia. GPET (General Practice Education and Training) is the federally-funded national vocational training company whose purpose is to implement and monitor regionalised and sontestable GP training. It allocated funds and training quotas, and undertakes quality assurance within these regional training consortia.

Since its beginnings as a highly successful pilot project and model, Gippsland Education and Training for General Practice (getGP) has delivered Australian General Practice Training in the Gippsland region.

The Board of getGP is made up of representatives from each of the key stakeholders in the region: the three Divisions of General Practice, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), hospitals, the Rural Workforce Agency Victoria (RWAV) and Monash University School of Rural Health, together with representatives of GP supervisors, GP registrars and the community. The Board sets policy and direction for the Gippsland Training Program, which is implemented by operational and administrative staff under the guidance of the Chief Executive Officer, Susan Lloyd.

The GP training program offered by getGP is supported by a team of dedicated medical educators in collaboration with a network of experienced GP supervisors in teaching practices throughout Gippsland.  This helps to ensure that getGP meets the needs of Gippsland for highly trained GPs in the future.

Grand Ridge Plantations

In May 2007 the Hancock Victorian Plantations group launched a contemporary new logo and name change to HVP Plantations. Our trading name still remains as Grand Ridge Plantations.

Grand Ridge Plantations (GRP) was formed when Hancock Victorian Plantations (HVP) acquired Australian Paper Plantations in September 2001.

HVP Plantations core business is plantation development and wood supply in the Gippsland region of Victoria, as well as the sustainable management of forests. The forests also provide a range of community values including biodiversity water quality and carbon sequestration.

HVP Plantations manages approximately 130,000 hectares of land, including around 56,000 hectares of pine plantations and 24,000 hectares of eucalypt plantations. The remaining 50,000 hectares is predominantly native forest buffers, managed for conservation.

The business supplies around 1.5 million tonnes per year of sawlogs and pulpwood to a range of pine and eucalypt sawmills in Gippsland, as well as to Australian Paper’s Maryvale pulp mill for the production of paper.

Approximately 1.2 million tonnes of annual production are pine logs, of which about 50 per cent are sawlogs, typically for the production of structural timber for house frames. The remaining 0.3 million tonnes relates to plantation eucalypt, making GRP the largest plantation eucalypt sawlog and pulpwood producer in Australia.

HVP Plantations has achieved Forest Stewardship Certification (FSC) and are continuously improving our forest management practices and developing local forest management standards and procedures with the shires, which not only meet the standards set by the Victorian Code of Forest Practices but also consider special local factors.

HVP Plantations employs 40 people, with contractors carrying out the harvesting of pulpwood and sawlogs. HVP Plantations contractors employ approximately 300 people in plantation development, harvest and haul operations.

Asset Forestry Logistics

Asset Forestry Limited is a specialist forestry logistics business established in 1993. It has 25-30 staff with particular expertise in the application of logistics information technologies to wood supply operations.

Asset serves the forest industry with a platform of proprietary systems and support services that underpin the management of log harvesting and delivery activites. Over the past decade it has completed more than 30 successful implementations of its inventory, distribution and transaction management solutions.

Management systems developed by Asset have been integrated into the business of some of the world's leading forestry organizations.

Formed in 2002, Sulfide Control Pty Ltd is a progressive, customer focused, Australian company which values its employees.

We provide sulfide odour and corrosion control solutions to the water and related industries, supplying cost effective systems, products, and services.

We specialize in wastewater sulfide control and removal of sulfides from biogas and other gasses.

Sulfide Control Pty Ltd is the exclusive representative in Australia for SULFA-BIND® H2S removal systems, developed by ADI International.

Pointui Pty Ltd

Registered in 2008, Pointui Pty Ltd is a specialist development company creating innovative user experiences for Windows Mobile PDA and Smartphones.

The first version of its flagship product, Home, saw over 250,000 downloads globally in its first year and lead to opportunities to work with Telecommunications Carriers including Bell Canada and Telstra.

SED Consulting

SED Gippsland diligently pursues the best outcome for Clients through:

• Detailed analysis of direction, operations, finance, marketing and management to determine where the best gains can be made, and where the priorities lie;
• Exploring issues, opportunities and risks, both internal and across the external market;
• Evaluating options and recommending sound approaches;
• Establishing a plan of action with defined dates and accountabilities;
• Working alongside the Principals to implement the actions; and
• Reviewing progress against plan on a regular basis to ensure agreed outcomes are achieved, in agreed timeframes.

Bringing fresh thinking and new questions to the current situation, SED adds value by rapdily indentifying areas needing focus. SED has the specialist skills to work in those focus areas to deliver significant gains in productivity and profitability, working hands-on with the Client.

SED's highly experiences and educated team is the ideal partner when local expertise is needed. SED is passionate about Gippsland and committed to the development of small and medium enterprises - the lifeblood of the region's cities, towns and rural communities.

No two Clients ever have quite the same circumstances. So, in every case, SED begins with a comprehensive diagnostic to understand the particular issues facing the Client. SED's Advisors then design a specific program to deliver results for the Client, and roll up their sleeves to help implement the action plan.