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TaLe 2.4 is here!

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources | No Comments »

Source:TaLe TaLe 2.4 provides a host of new features to help teachers find, save and share resources. Teachers can now drill down to specific resources, bookmark and annotate resources, create and share resource lists and much, much more… More about TaLe www.tale.edu.au

Public Safety Training Package

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | No Comments »

Revised units of competency, skill sets and qualifications relating to the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package are now available for review on the Government Skills Australia (GSA) website. The revised material will be available for comment until 21 May. Click ...

Sustainability Review Final Report

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | No Comments »

This phase 1 report details: how sustainability is covered in MSA qualifications work MSA will undertake to better support skills for sustainability in manufacturing and automotive Download the report

PMC10 now endorsed

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | No Comments »

The Manufactured Mineral Products Training Package (PMC10) has been endorsed by the NQC – download the modified Case for Endorsement. The Training Package is expected to be available on the NTIS website in late April. [More]

NSW ITAB now covers TCF

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | No Comments »

MSA’s NSW Industry Training Advisory Body (ITAB) will now cover textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF). So the NSW ITAB now covers the metal and engineering, process manufacturing and textiles, clothing and footwear sectors. [More]

Apprentice Kickstart commencements surpass target

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 Posted in Article, Training | No Comments »

Source: Media release - Senator the Hon Mark Arbib, Minister for Employment Participation, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery Minister for Employment Participation Mark Arbib today announced that a surge of apprentice signings in the final month of the ...

$1.1 million Toolbox funding focuses on sustainability and trades

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | No Comments »

Source: Flex-e news With $1,100,000 of funding and support from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), seven new Flexible Learning Toolboxes (Toolboxes) that support the delivery of nationally endorsed training packages in critical industries will be developed in 2010. Many of the ...

Green Skills Agreement: implementation progress

Sunday, April 18th, 2010 Posted in Innovation, Resources, Skills | No Comments »

An implementation group met for the first time on 24 February 2010 to start work on strategies that will deliver the objectives of the Green Skills Agreement. The Green Skills Agreement was endorsed by the Council of Australian Governments in December ...

Retail Services: SIR07 V1.1

Sunday, April 18th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | No Comments »

Please be advised that the following upgrades have been made to the SIR07 Retail Services training package. Imported units: - BSB01 Business Services Training Package replaced by updated versions from BSB07 Business Services Training Package. - THH02 Hospitality Training Package ...

Sport, Fitness and Recreation

Sunday, April 18th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | 1 Comment »

Feedback on Certificate III, IV and Diploma of Fitness units of competency has been analysed and units and qualifications have been reviewed by the Fitness Training Package Reference Group (FTPRG). Feedback received from the FTPRG is currently being incorporated into ...