About John Wooding

John is a founding director of JWGecko, a VET Enthusiast and a passionate user of new technology. He has 20 years Internet experience working in the UK, the USA, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

02/09/2019 By John Wooding

Invisible women: the dangers of being female in a world designed for men

How about this for gender bias: Women are 70%+ more likely to have a serious injury in a car accident than a male. This is because of the design of seat belts, seating and the driving position … all designed and built for men. Sheesh. And then let’s talk about the corrupt data being used Read more…

10/07/2019 By John Wooding

AVETMISS Software is now FREE

Many RTOs have told us they are paying too much for their SMS. No, not the thing that sends messages to students, the thing that sends data to NCVER. You know that annual stress attack … “I just want my AVETMISS Done!” AVETMISS reporting is not that complicated. There’s really no need for the software Read more…

13/05/2019 By John Wooding

AVETMISS Reporting is just the Tip of the Iceberg for RTO’s

Most management systems you can get for your RTO focus on AVETMISS and Funding Claim Reporting. For as many as 90% of RTOs, AVETMISS reporting, annually is all they are focused on. These reports are a cornerstone commitment for every RTO and without it you’re toast! But is this functionality enough to safeguard your business Read more…

30/11/2018 By John Wooding

JWGecko brings real market intelligence to the VET sector

Government agencies are driving competition and transparency by providing more and more data to training consumers. JWGecko’s new product augments and aggregates this data, then filters it and feeds it back to RTOs to enable them to ‘see’ the market from their own perspective. There has never been more information publicly available about the sector Read more…

22/11/2015 By John Wooding

What a winner of a week!

Winner: eLearning Excellence Awards – VET Sector This week our VET LMS product scored a major award from the national eLearning body and I was surprised, almost shocked. Why? Well … Our product has more VET specific functionality than any other LMS I’ve seen, by far. Even with my Rose-tinted-glasses places firmly between the smartphone and tablet Read more…