Student eLearning & Traineeships

Let our experienced trainers & assessors show you new training paradigms for the digital age.

Visual Obsession has been involved in training and education for over 10 years. We are committed to staying on the cutting edge of technology, exploring new ways of teaching from Interactive Whiteboards to Social Media and even remote training using Skype and Webcams.

Online eLearning & Traineeship

Visual Obsession is currently training an interstate school-based trainee that is located in Port Lincoln, South Australia. At the start of each training day, one of Visual Obsession's Graphic Designers signs into Skype and begins the daily lesson. They use webcams over Skype to communicate periodically during the day, and Visual Obsession can log into the student's computer remotely to check the quality of work and...

Advance Cairns Training Video

Visual Obsession developed a 9 minute corporate / marketing DVD presented in both English and Chinese Mandarin to promote education and the benefits of studying in Cairns to the Chinese market. Visual Obsession also produced a website promoting Tropical Expertise for Australia and the International market. Advance Cairns is a not for profit organisation jointly funded by Cairns Regional Council and Ports North and...

Visual Obsession Employee Kyah Rindlisbacher on Seven News Report

Cairns National News, Channel Seven, aired a report on special needs employees in the workforce, highlighted during Disability action week. The federal government will spend nearly 7 million dollars in a bid to get more employers hiring staff with disabilities. Visual Obsession is leading the way and has been nominated for a National Diversity At Work award. The report features one of Visual Obsession’s main website...

Emma Walker

I finished school in 2006, and started my traineeship with Visual Obsession in January 2007. I completed my traineeship in November 2009. Throughout my traineeship and to date, I have learnt numerous things such as; animation, graphic design, video editing, office administration and reception duties, project management, basic coding, and some parts of website development. Whilst at school, I did complete a lower...

Mikayla Christian

I have worked on many indigenous communication projects, including voice over and character design for the HITnet - University of Queensland - Queensland Health "Risky Business" project. I started work experience with Visual Obsession in 2006 where I completed my Certificate 4 in IT – Websites traineeship, I am currently working full-time at Visual Obsession as Graphic Designer, Office Administration and Onsite...

Teacher Industry Placement

Our commitment to skilling and training is why we support the “Smart Classrooms Teacher Industry Placement Project”, a Queensland Government Department of Education initiative. Jason Evert, a teacher at Yarrrabah State School, joined our team for about six months, gaining first-hand experience in the multimedia industry, while developing an interactive training resource for his school. Jason went on to win the...

International University Student Internships

Over the last 10 years, Visual Obsession has hosted over 30 students from overseas universities, including from Argentina, Austria, Canada, Columbia, France, Germany, Iran, Papua New Guinea, Sweden and Switzerland. In many of these nations, university students are required to gain real-world industry experience before they can complete their degree. Each of these students contacted us from information they found on...

Visual Obsession Staff Training

We are also committed to training young people in the Cairns region, helping them to attain the skills they need to compete in an ever-changing industry. Most of Visual Obsession's current staff have undergone a traineeship with us, and then continued as a full-time employee. If you are interested in a Cairns traineeship, Cairns internship or work experience, please contact us.

Makira Manthorpe - Interstate Online Training

When the Interstate Remote Desktop Training concept was first proposed to study Certificate IV in Websites I had never used Skype, Interactive Whiteboards or Remote Desktop technology. I was not confident of my ability to use them, however it has been extremely easy to both learn and work with them all.