How are the education experts trained?

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• Have your Education Experts completed the Education Agents Training Course (EATC) available through www.pieronline.org?

  Many of our Education Experts have completed this training.  We strongly encourage our Experts to study the course, and offer full reimbursement for our well-performing Experts who complete the certification. 

• Do you regularly monitor the Australian Department of Home Affairs website (http://www.homeaffairs.gov.au) and the Department of Education and Training?

  Yes.  We provide regular Sofiri-wide updates to our staff on changes and updates from relevant government websites and resources, in an understanding of the dynamism in policy and regulation of the international education industry.

• What type of contract should I be providing to Sofiri?

  Sofiri's business model separate us from the agent channel; however business practices and legislation within the international education sector is yet to catch up with models that did not exist before like the shared-economy platform. It is for this ...

• Is there any vetting that takes place to ensure that education experts are not currently working for another agency, or intending to use Sofiri's institutional relationships to act as a sort of sub agent?

  Yes. We check every prospective expert's profile on Linkedin, if they do not have a Linkedin profile, they cannot apply. We also hold a phone interview to ensure expert is being genuine about their current employment/employer status. Beside the work ...

• Do you have a comprehensive understanding of the requirements of the ESOS Act and National Code?

  Yes, we do.  Our Executive team has more than 30 years' of combined experience in international education across several key Australian educational institutions. We have developed a suite of training materials for our approved Education Experts, to ...