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Grant awarded will ensure techno savvy graduates

Brisbane based Shortcuts Software has been awarded a Queensland Government grant for a project that will better prepare hairdressing and beauty therapists for the "real world" by incorporating computer components within their course curricula.

The approval for the grant received on Wednesday contributes $28 000 to the project under the Queensland Industry Development Scheme (QIDS), generating positions within Shortcuts to develop e-learning programs for hair and beauty TAFE’s and colleges.

Shortcuts is currently installed in over 4500 salons and day spas throughout 25 countries. The e-learning project will focus on incorporating daily salon operations and management activities in accordance with the requisite training set out by the Australian National Training Authority.

The new e-learning program will ensure graduates are comprehensively trained in terms of salon management, which can in turn lift the in-salon training burden from salon and spa owners when hiring new staff.

According to State Development and Innovation minister, Tony McGrady, the QIDS scheme was designed to enable the State Government to work in partnership with smart firms and industries to maximise their growth by supporting programs improving business performance.

"The grants were initially developed to support Queensland smart firms and sectors in achieving key business operational objectives of enhanced competitiveness, market expansion, increased investment, and innovation and environmental management", said Mr McGrady.

Joanna Burgess, Shortcuts Education Manager, said the grant will pave way for Shortcuts to be able to provide a more ‘real world’ approach to learning salon management tasks.

"Students will be better prepared for the workplace, not only learning the technical computer skills required they would have also learned them in a simulated situation", said Mrs Burgess.

As the world standard in salon and spa management software, Shortcuts envisages that potentially all hair and beauty students could graduate being touched by the Shortcuts experience.

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