Essential Skills

A series of intermediate level short courses that focus on a range of practical insolvency, bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency law issues.

Each course will delve in depth into a specific topic, providing you with valuable skills and understanding to implement back in the workplace.

Find out more about the Essential Skills courses

Upcoming courses

Registrations are available via our Learning Platform.

August 2021

12 Aug Courses Ess. Skills Insolvency - Identify Insol For Recovery Actions This course equips you with skills and tools to use financial data to identify the date of insolvency and insolvent transactions as well as to quantify the amount of an insolvent trading claim. The course also includes the new creditor-defeating dispositions. Online More information & register

19 Aug Courses Essential Skills Bankruptcy - Dealing with creditors' claims This course will look at what claims can be admitted for both dividend and voting purposes and the amounts for which they should be admitted. Online More information & register

September 2021

08 Sep Courses Essential Skills Law - Insolvent trading and safe harbour This course considers insolvent trading actions against directors, defences and the new safe harbour carve out. It also covers establishing insolvency, quantifying damages, procedural issues and actions against parent companies. Online More information & register

16 Sep Courses Essential Skills Insolvency - Sale of business/assets This course provides a working knowledge of various stages of the sale process including setting the strategy, marketing, the due diligence process, completing the sale and meeting statutory obligations. Online More information & register

29 Sep Courses Essential Skills Restructuring - Return to growth Recognising that different organisations will have different options for growth, in this course we discuss the pros and cons of inorganic and organic growth approaches. Online More information & register

October 2021

14 Oct Courses Essential Skills Insolvency - Tax issues This course provides a working knowledge of the tax issues faced by insolvency practitioners including meeting PAYG and BAS reporting requirements, GST reporting when acting as Agent for the Mortgagee. It includes an introduction to payroll tax and fringe benefits tax. Online More information & register

November 2021

04 Nov Courses Essential Skills Law - Legal issues in trade-ons This course provides an overview of a number of common legal issues which external administrators and receivers may face when trading on the business of a financially distressed company. Online More information & register

10 Nov Courses Essential Skills Bankruptcy - Objections to discharge This course covers the process for making an objection to discharge; relevant cases law; assessing and reporting offences; and AFSA's Pre-Referral Enquiries (PREs) process. Online More information & register

24 Nov Courses Essential Skills Insolvency - Finalisation processes This course provides information and guidance to help you understand the finalisation processes for different insolvency appointments, including transitioning and parallel appointments, being replaced as appointee and dealing with books and records. Online More information & register

December 2021

01 Dec Courses Essential Skills Restructuring - Financial restructuring Get an understanding of the options that exist for financial restructuring, how these differ in different phases of a turnaround, the different perspectives and interests of potential investors/lenders, and the need to integrate a financial restructuring plan within the organisational turnaround. Online More information & register

Who should attend?

Courses are aimed at staff with 1 to 4 years' experience, but may also appeal to more experienced practitioners who need to refresh their knowledge.

Prerequisites

We recommend you have completed the Introduction to Insolvency Program or have one year of on-the-job experience prior to attending these courses.

Course delivery & time commitment

Delivered online via electronic classroom, each course includes a two-hour live presentation covering the theory and at least one practical exercise to ensure understanding of the issues. More information about the electronic classroom & system requirements.

Course topics

The Essential Skills courses are divided into four study areas and comprises 40 subjects on a two-year rotation.
The following topics will be available in 2022:

Essential Skills Insolvency

Essential Skills Bankruptcy

Essential Skills Insolvency Law

Essential Skills Restructuring

Trainers

All trainers have extensive practical experience and are from an array of professional backgrounds.

Assessment

There is no formal assessment in the Essential Skills courses.

Cost

Members, Subscribers & non-members: $199 (GST incl.)

Please note: If you are not a member or graduate subscriber and are currently based overseas, there will be an additional postage fee charged after your registration.

CPE

Up to 2 CPE hours per course.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the Essential Skills series please contact the ARITA Education team on [email protected] or (02) 8004 4351.

Please see our enrolment & cancellation policy.