DVD Support Programs for the VET industry
New DVD resources have just been released to support a number of areas of training including Business, Hospitality, Aged Care, and Health to name just a few. In all, 85 quality programs have been filmed in Australia for the Australian VET industry. All programs have a duration of approximately 25 minutes and easily appeal to [...]
New Financial Services Training Package
The review of the FNS10 Financial Services Training Package has now been completed and the revised Training package has been submitted to the National Quality Council for endorsement. In the meantime, the following material from the new Training Package is available from the IBSA Wiki: FNS10 qualifications FNS10 Units of Competency FNS10 Assessment Guidelines FNS [...]
Updated AQTF
Source: Licensing Line News The updated Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) Essential Conditions and Standards for Registration are now available. The Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) endorsed a revised set of AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Registration on 9 June 2010. The implementation date of the revised arrangements is 1 July [...]
VETnetwork conference: Creative Futures: The changing landscape
The VETnetwork Australia National Conference will be held in Adelaide on 15-17 September 2010. The three day program has been designed for teachers, trainers, assessors, managers, community groups, registered training organisations, researchers and others who help young people undertake vocational education and training (VET) programs and prepare for work. Keynote speakers will include Professor Erica [...]
Retail Ready: Workshop for RTOs
Service Skills Australia in conjunction with First Impressions Resources recently held a workshop for RTOs on the use of digital technologies and digital media in obtaining evidence for assessment in retail qualifications from the SIR07 training package. We received great, positive feedback from participants at the workshop, including the opportunity for most to network and [...]
SIB10 submission next month
Service Skills Australia has received feedback on the final draft of the SIB10 Beauty Training Package from the state training authorities and the project team are currently working to respond to this feedback. Various updates will be made to the final product as a result of this feedback. It is now anticipated that the SIB10 [...]
SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package
All qualifications in the SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package have now been finalised. The package is currently undergoing an internal checking process prior to being submitted for Quality Assurance audit towards the end of July. It is anticipated the training package should be endorsed by early October 2010.
Revised hairdressing units ready for feedback
Service Skills Australia are currently conducting the continuous improvement process of the WRH06 Hairdressing Training Package. At the stage where they are addressing the recommendations of the Recommended Actions Report. This report that contains a summary of the feedback and findings gathered through the scoping stage and makes 16 recommendations towards the improvement of the [...]
Business Opportunities for RTOs
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations wishes to establish a list of Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) approved to provide professional development services to participants in the Job Ready Program, which is an employment-based skills assessment approach for eligible applicants who are seeking skills assessments in occupations assessed by Trades Recognition Australia. Proposals are [...]
Productivity Commission: Education and Training Workforce Study
The Education and Training Workforce study is currently focusing on the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. A report will be submitted to the Australian Government in April 2011. The Commission has been asked to consider both the VET workforce as a whole – including trainers and assessors in enterprises, adult community education and community [...]