atw: Training Course Recommendations

Greetings, everyone 
This is my first post. Congratulations on having such an interesting forum. I 
have an IT and engineering background and am moving into technical writing via 
proofreading/editing. To this end, I will initially be doing a 
proofreading/editing course . 

The Australian College of Journalism (ACJ) runs an online short diploma of 
'Professional Editing & Proofreading' (nominally 6 mths, personal tutor 
appointed). There are other courses run by various other organisations, often 
1-2 days length. I was surprised that WEA & TAFE no longer seem to run one 
(unless I'm missing something).

As I'm moving into a new career, I am wary of 1-2 day courses (they would need 
to have killer course notes to offset the brief contact time). I feel they 
might be more appropriate down the track for skills development.

I'd appreciate any feedback on respected (or not respected) courses within the 
industry, e.g. what is the perceived standing of the ACJ? What training bodies 
are most favoured and/or effective?

If you are commenting on the above and are also involved in running courses, 
please make that fact clear as I am not yet familiar with subscribers' 
activities. 

Thanks

Gary
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