TAA40104 Strategic Audit – update
Source: VETAB As advised in the October issue of VETAB eNews, a national strategic industry audit (NSIA) of the TAA40104 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment is being conducted in 2009 – 2010. The Western Australian Training and Accreditation Council will be managing the strategic audit project. The strategic audit commenced in November 2009 with [...]
AQTF 2010 Standards
Source: VETAB Last year, the National Quality Council (NQC) endorsed changes to the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) Essential Standards for Registration. The changes are designed to strengthen the AQTF and will introduce new standards for training organisations registering for the first time. Proposed changes are: Conditions of Registration will be audited at initial registration. [...]
VETAB new Service Charter
Source:VETAB VETAB has developed a new Service Charter that outlines the level of service our clients and stakeholders can expect. The Charter outlines VETAB’s responsibilities to our clients and stakeholders, and the obligations clients and stakeholders have to VETAB and how they can assist our staff deliver the best possible service. Our performance against the [...]
Training Package Changes
Source:VETAB The National Quality Council (NQC) recently approved changes to the Training Package rules designed to provide greater choice and flexibility for both learners and employers. Changes were made to the rules of the content of Training Package qualifications and the ways a learner or an employer can choose which units are packaged together to [...]
Service Skills Australia’s Conference & VELG National Conference
Service Skills Australia’s 2010 Conference 2010 1-2 March 2010, Sydney Themed Focusing on a positive future, the conference will be held on 1-2 March 2010 at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour. The conference will bring together employers, workers, industry bodies and training organisations to discuss ways to work together to increase the [...]
Retail Ready
Service Skills Australia is seeking retail employers/enterprises and employment service providers to participate in a pilot that will facilitate the delivery training from the retail industry training package to workers using a tool contextualised specifically to the retail industry. During the pilot, skill requirements of employers will be determined and mapped to qualifications from the [...]
Sport and Recreation Review
Sport, Fitness and Recreation is quickly moving forward, with the Certificate III and IV in Fitness content now almost finalised. The Diploma of Fitness content of the SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package will be available on the Service Skills Australia by the end of February for public comment. A number of Outdoor Recreation [...]
Beauty – finals drafts
Thank you once again to all of the stakeholders who provided feedback during the updating of the beauty qualifications and units. The final draft is currently going through quality assurance to ensure equitable access of a final edited product. The final drafts along with the case for endorsement will be available for your information on [...]
Floristry – revised drafts now available
Service Skills Australia has recently made the revised drafts for the SFL10 Floristry Training Package available for stakeholder feedback. This set of revised drafts consists of the second draft qualifications and third draft units. Of particular note is the revised Certificate IV in Floristry. A significant amount of feedback identified the need to include floristry [...]
Holiday Parks and Resorts (SIT07 v2)
The recently endorsed Holiday Parks and Resorts qualifications have now replaced the caravan park operations and management qualifications which are contained in THC04 Caravan Industry Training Package. – THC20404 Certificate II in Caravan Park Operations has been replaced by SIT20509 Certificate II in Holiday Parks and Resorts – THC30404 Certificate III in Caravan Park Operations [...]