Digital Skills Workshops

Digital Skills

These workshops will run from:
 Friday August 30th 2024
- Wednesday September 4th 2024

To register for the sessions, please quote the following Activity ID to your Workforce Australia provider: 100587351

The Digital Skills Workshops are a new initiative run by Launceston technology education company Bitlink. Bitlink will be delivering these workshops for jobseekers, with a focus on technology skills in the workplace.

This program is particularly well-suited to jobseekers who are interested in technology and video games, and are searching for ways to highlight their skills in this subject area during their current job search, or in future job applications.

Through the workshops, participants will come to understand more about digital businesses, employment opportunities, and will develop their confidence to discuss their own professional experience and skills.
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The Digital Skills Workshops are as follows:


Can You Hack It?
Build A Basic Video Game, Then Hack It To Make It Better!

Friday August 30th, 10am - 12pm

Face-to-face workshop at:
Enterprise (Macquarie House)
(Level 2, 92 Cameron Street, Launceston. 7250)

Can You Hack It?
Have you ever played a game and thought you could make it better? This workshop will scratch that itch! Over two hours, build a basic video game with support from the Bitlink team and then learn how to make it better by hacking the way the game works. Too easy? Make it harder! No sound effects? Add them! Want cheats? You can add those too! By the end of the workshop, you will have your own unique video game which you will be able to take home and share with friends and family.

Building Video Games: Interactive Livestream

Friday August 30th, 1pm - 3pm

Online Q&A at:
bitlink.com.au/live

Building Video Games: Interactive Livestream
Jump into the chat and follow along as an experienced game developer and a game development newbie build simple video games based on your prompts. Ask questions about the games industry and why the game designers are making decisions as they go. Help guide what the games will be by responding to questions about character, setting and genre along the way.

Gameful Thinking:
How to Think Like a Game Designer

Tuesday September 3rd, 10am - 12pm

Face-to-face workshop at:
Enterprise (Macquarie House)
(Level 2, 92 Cameron Street, Launceston. 7250)

Gameful Thinking: how to think like a game designer
If you have ever wondered how game designers think, what games designers do, or how to develop your own skills in game design, then this workshop is for you! We will use a range of challenges and activities to practice some of the core skills of game design. We’ll learn how to iteratively improve a core design and how to find the fun in prototypes.

Designs That Pop!
Visual Design Tricks That Stand Out

Tuesday September 3rd, 1pm - 3pm

Face-to-face workshop at:
Enterprise (Macquarie House)
(Level 2, 92 Cameron Street, Launceston. 7250)

Designs that Pop! Visual Design tricks to stand out
In this workshop, learn how to use visual design tools to create eye-catching designs that stand out from the crowd. These skills will be helpful for resumes and cover letters, as well as for posters, flyers, slides, or anything else that you might need to make look fancy, or any situation where you want to impress and stand out from the crowd.

What have Video Games taught you?

Wednesday September 4th, 10am - 12pm

Face-to-face workshop at:
Enterprise (Macquarie House)
(Level 2, 92 Cameron Street, Launceston. 7250)

What have Video Games Taught You?
Video games teach us a lot, but sometimes it can be hard to convey this to others. In this session, participants will work in small groups with one another to help unlock the skills that they have already learned by playing video games. Bitlink will lead a discussion of how this knowledge can translate to job-ready skills, and how participants can highlight these skills to employers.

Tas Tech Careers:
Meet the Gamesfest Facilitators

Wednesday September 4th, 1pm - 3pm

Face-to-face workshop at:
Enterprise (Macquarie House)
(Level 2, 92 Cameron Street, Launceston. 7250)

Tas Tech Careers: Meet the Gamesfest Facilitators
The upcoming Gamesfest and Technology Skills in the Workplace programs will be facilitated by James and Troy from Bitlink. In this face-to-face Q&A session, you will hear about James and Troy and how they came to be working in the technology sector in Tasmania. James and Troy have taken quite different paths to get where they are today, and in this talk, you’ll learn about some of the twists and turns that can happen in a technology career, and how to best set yourself up for success.

For our Online workshops, head to:
bitlink.com.au/live

Face-to-face workshops will be held at:

Enterprize Launceston, Macquarie House
(Level 2, 92 Cameron Street, Launceston. 7250).

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Enterprize is located in Macquarie House. Enter through the side doors on the right side of the building. Bitlink will meet you in the lobby area, but if no-one is there, use the intercom inside to call the Top Floor (Level 2), or see the signs for James and Troy's contact info.

You can register for these programs by quoting the Activity IDs of the sessions you're interested in, to your local CVGT Australia provider.

For these programs listed above, please quote the following Activity ID to your Workforce Australia provider: 100587351

These programs have been made possible by the Workforce Australia Local Jobs Program (funding partner) and CVGT Australia (partnering provider).

Workforce Australia Local Jobs is funded by the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.