Alffie

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alffie
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryEducation
PredecessorLeap Training
Founded2013;11 years ago (2013)
Headquarters
Melbourne, Victoria
,
Australia
Area served
Australia
Key people
Paul Licuria (CEO) [1]
Website www.alffie.com

alffie is an Australian online training company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria.

Contents

It currently provides nationally accredited vocational training in the areas of business, supply chain operations, community services, hospitality, retail services, education support, business to business sales, tourism, cleaning operations and individual supports.

History

Following the 2013 purchase of the online training company Leap eLearning (founded in 2010) by Tasmania-based face-to-face training company HR Company Pty Ltd (founded in 1997) the business then began trading as Leap Training. [2] In 2014, former Australian rules footballer and Westpac executive Paul Licuria was appointed Chief Executive Officer. [1]

On 9 July 2015, HR Company Pty Ltd was taken over by administrators. On 10 July 2015, the Leap Training business was purchased by Training Online Australia Pty Ltd, [3] who as an RTO continued operations under the Leap Training name until October 2015 when it was rebranded alffie.[ citation needed ]

Courses Available

In addition to its accredited courses, the company also offers a number of non-accredited short courses.

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References

  1. 1 2 About Archived 2015-02-23 at the Wayback Machine . N.I.C.K. Foundation. Retrieved 20 December 2014
  2. "Leap eLearning is now Leap Training"
  3. "Training".