Who we are

Jigsaw Publications is the company now responsible for the printing and distribution of all ARRTS Pty Ltd (Australian Remote and Rural Training Systems) products.

The managing director is Barry Piltz, who has over 35 years experience in the development of educational and training programs in both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous communities across urban and rural Australia.

A number of fulltime and part time staff are employed in the areas of materials development, customer liaison, printing and dispatch, and office administration. Our on-site staff and their contact details are detailed on the 'Contact Us' page.

Jigsaw Publications is a family owned, South Australian company.

What we do

  • Jigsaw Publications publishes and distributes high-quality educational materials.
  • We are careful to ensure that all of the resources on our catalogue have been developed by a team of expert writers and educators.
  • Our 'print-on-demand' production method guarantees you will receive the most up-to-date version of each resource you order.
  • Our current catalogue contains learning materials in the Community Services, Health, Horticulture, Tourism, Business Administration, Retail, Events, Aquaculture, Engineering and Rural Business Management areas.
  • The use of ResourceBuilder enables you to create resources customised to your teaching and/or learning needs.
  • SkillsTracer is an innovative and easy to use tool to help with documentation and recognition of learner's skills.
  • All of our products can be purchased by individuals or organisations via our online ordering system.

What happened to ARRTS?

While Jigsaw Publications has taken over the printing and distribution of ARRTS resources, the ARRTS team is still hard at work producing the high quality learning resources you have come to expect from them.

ARRTS has been developing training resources for use by Registered Training Organisations since the National Training Packages were implemented in 2000.

Their long-standing relationship with Spencer TAFE, now TAFE SA Regional, has ensured the quality of the materials produced.

In 2005 ARRTS began to research and develop a new way of producing learning resources. The result was the production of materials for use in Resource Builder, a more flexible and interactive approach to resource development.