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Skills Australia Chair calls for ‘paradigm shift’

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | No Comments »

A paradigm shift is needed to ensure the nation continues to build its skills base for a productive, inclusive and sustainable future in the face of rapidly changing economies and communities, suggests Skills Australia's recently released position papers, Workforce Futures ...

Events Extravaganza

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in Article, Training | No Comments »

Across Australia, e-learning experts, vocational education and training (VET) practitioners, E-learning Innovations project teams and registered training organisations are preparing for the annual Australian Flexible Learning Framework's 2009 e-learning end-of-year events. For many years now, these events have provided the ...

NCVER request for proposals

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in Article, Training | No Comments »

NCVER Researchers with innovative ideas are invited to submit a proposal for funding to the National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program (NVETRE). Projects should be relevant to the contemporary education and training environment and focus on research ...

Skills go green by 2010

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in Article, Training | No Comments »

DEEWR The Federal Government has announced that all apprenticeships and vocational education training packages will be reviewed to ensure that they include relevant green skills by March next year, and that all courses will be revised to include the new green ...

Industry calls for a single national regulator for VET

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in Article, Training | No Comments »

Media Release: The Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Australian Industry Group, and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Australian Industry Group, and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry today called on Training ...

Skills First RPL Assessor Kits

Sunday, November 8th, 2009 Posted in Resources, Skills, Training | No Comments »

Source: Queensland VET Professional Development The Skills First initiative concluded on 30 June 2009. As result, there is no new funding for the development of new RPL Assessor Kits or the up-dating of the existing kits. Existing funds from the initiative ...

New competency specific resources for Aged Care

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Resources, Training | No Comments »

Scope for Aged Care (CHC08) Read More online >> Learner Guides These Guides provide students with solid underpinning knowledge and plenty of practical examples to help them gain competence. They assist teachers by providing: A clear and consistent resource to aid student learning and ...

Illawarra Institute launches Snow to Surf Program

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Article, Skills, Training | No Comments »

TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute has launched a new Snow to Surf Program which offers both domestic and international students an opportunity to work and learn at the snow and by the sea. read more online

E-learning strategy for growing aviation industry

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Resources, Skills, Training | No Comments »

New e-learning funding will help the aviation industry address workforce development issues arising from its unique position as being a high growth, yet operationally-driven and highly regulated industry. read more online

5S in Manufacturing for Team Leaders

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Resources, Skills | No Comments »

A new training resource that focuses on developing the communication and leadership skills required by team leaders to help others apply the 5S procedures has been developed by Ideas that Work. read more online