Welcome to Sydney Institute Blogs

Archive for February, 2012

IBSA Environment Scan (Escan) 2012 now available

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 Posted in Training Resouces | No Comments »

        IBSA's Environment Scan (Escan) underpins our advice to governments and other stakeholders on skills needs and workforce development priorities across our six industries: Business Services, Cultural & Creative Industries, Financial Services, Information & Communications Technologies, Printing & Graphic Arts and ...

MSA’s 2012 Environmental Scan now available!

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 Posted in Training Resouces | No Comments »

        Sustainability, skill shortages, economic turmoil and advances in technology are some of the key concerns raised by manufacturers in this year’s Environmental Scan. Download MSA's Environmental Scan 2012 now to hear more of what stakeholders have to say about the ...

MEM05 Metal and Engineering Training Package

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 Posted in Training Package, Training Resouces | No Comments »

        MSA is currently reviewing the coverage of computer aided drafting and design as well as other related drafting skills. The review is examining the coverage in the Metal and Engineering Training Package (MEM05) and the Manufacturing Training Package (MSA07). The ...

MSS11 Sustainability Training Package : Competitive Systems and Practices

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 Posted in Training Package, Training Resouces | No Comments »

        The review of the existing Competitive Manufacturing qualifications and units has been finalised. The work was conducted in two parts: Part 1 was the scoping stage and Part 2 the development phase. During the review the term Competitive Manufacturing has ...

MSA07 Manufacturing Training Package : Boiler Operation High Risk Work Licensing

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 Posted in Resources, Training Package | No Comments »

        Development of these two new units of competency was at the request of Safe Work Australia. There are other similar units that have been developed by other ISCs such as those covering forklifts, cranes, scaffolding etc. Boiler operations falls under ...

New BSB07 and FNS10 Training Packages Available

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 Posted in Innovation, Training Package | No Comments »

      IBSA is pleased to announce that the following updated Training Packages are now available for purchase through the IBSA online store. Business Services Training Package (BSB07) Version 6.0 Financial Services Training Package (FNS10) Version 2.0 For clients with older versions of the Training ...

MSA releases latest industry intelligence on manufacturing

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 Posted in Resources, Training | No Comments »

      MSA's Environmental Scan document is developed annually to inform governments, Skills Australia and training organisations about workforce development priorities, policies and activity. Sustainability, skill shortages, economic turmoil and advances in technology are some of the key themes which need to be ...

Successful 2012 National VET E-learning Strategy projects

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 Posted in Training | No Comments »

      The programs funded under the National VET E-learning Strategy (which replaces the Australian Flexible Learning Framework) focus on: capitalising on the benefits of the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) for VET delivery supporting workforce development in industry through innovative training ...

Integrated Articulation and Credit Transfer project website launched!

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 Posted in Resources | No Comments »

    At a time when many sectors of Australian industry are experiencing critical skills shortages, a new workforce driven framework has been developed to provide large employers, and small-to-medium enterprises with the ability to get the right people with the right ...

VET E-standards updated for 2012

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 Posted in Resources | No Comments »

    An updated set of standards for creating accessible and reusable e-learning content has been published for the vocational education and training (VET) sector. The 2012 VET E-standards were released by the National VET E-learning Strategy (Strategy) following endorsement by the E-standards ...