Innovation & Business Skills Australia in conjunction with Andre Lewis and Associates Pty Ltd will be delivering face-to-face professional development workshops nationally.

Workshop Program

This full day workshop will cover:

• A brief overview of the previous FNS04 Financial Services Training Package and how/why it was reviewed.
• An exposition of the FNS10 Financial Services Training Package covering qualifaication framework and units of competency.
• Assessment Guidelines
• How the FNS10 Training Package deals with industry regulation and licensing
• Support Resources – available and under development
• The online FNS10 Information Kit
• Continuous improvement of FNS10
• Implementation issues.

Each session of the workshop will have a discussion period to clarify any aspect of the Package and raise implementation queries and ideas.

Audience
The workshop has been specifically designed to meet the needs of:

• Public, private and enterprise RTO managers, teachers/trainers and staff
• Financial services industry HR managers
• Financial services industry associations and employee and professional organisation managers advising on skill development
• Financial services regulatory authority personnel dealing with licensing and related education requirements.
• Developers of support resources for the industry.

Further information
Registrations are available via the IBSA website: http://www.ibsa.org.au/events.aspx

The Australian Government will co-fund almost 11,000 extra training places for existing workers in small, medium and large business to boost skills in high demand…read more

The Minister for Education and Employment, Julia Gillard, today announced the Australian Government will co-fund almost 11,000 extra training places for existing workers in small, medium and large business to boost skills in high demand.

The Australian Government, in partnership with the industry, has committed $40 million to the Enterprise Based Productivity Places Program (EBPPP), to start immediately.

A second round of funding of $10 million will be allocated before July 2010 to deliver an estimated 2,700 additional training places.

Ms Gillard said the program continued the Australian Government’s pledge to strengthen national productivity and protect the Australian economy.

She made the announcement during a visit to Western Australia where as the economy improves following the global recession there will be a hunger for highly skilled employees especially in the mining industry.

The partnership also highlights the industry’s commitment to the ongoing development of the workforce with their contribution of over $15.5 million to meet the costs of training.

The rollout of the EBPPP will mean more than 2,350 businesses across the nation will have the opportunity to upgrade their workforce to increase the skills of existing workers, especially those on the priority occupations list.

Under the new program, the Government will provide up to 90 per cent of the cost of training from Certificate III to Advanced Diploma level, depending on the size of the business.

Organisations with fewer than 100 employees will receive 90 per cent of their training costs. Those with between 100 and 199 employees will receive 75 per cent of their training costs, and those with 200 or more employees will receive 50 per cent.

Under the EBPPP, Industry Skills Councils will work with small, medium and large enterprises, and industry bodies to help them carry out the training.

Ms Gillard said the national Industry Skills Council network were a perfect fit for the program, with specialised knowledge on the delivery of skills training to help enterprises navigate the vocational education and training system.

The program is part of the larger Productivity Places Program (PPP). It will create training pathways, recognise the existing skills of workers and provide training to increase the skills of the Australian workforce.
It follows a successful trial last year where more than 1,200 workers received valuable training.

To view a list of organisations receiving funding under the EBPPP, visit http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/SkillTraining/ProductivityPlaces/ExistingWorkers/Pages/ForExistingWorkers.aspx.

For contact details for the Industry Skills Councils, visit http://www.isc.org.au/.

For further information about the Productivity Places Program, visit http://www.productivityplaces.deewr.gov.au.

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See TAFE projects in development (pdf 132 kB) for a full list of our current projects and their progress.

In 2010, monthly reports will be provided against action plans developed for each institute.

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Sustainable horticulture

Welding

Resources for Business and Leadership

Diploma of TAA

•ICAS3120B Configure and administer a network operating system Teachers’ Resources and Assessment Tools Trainer Resource

•ICAS3234A Care for computer hardware Learner Guide Learner Guide

•ICAS3234A Care for computer hardware Teachers’ Resources and Assessment Tools Trainer Resource

•TLI07 Transport and Logistics Training Package v2 Training Package

•TLI07 Transport and Logistics Training Package v2 (A5 Handbook) Training Package

One part of the project will investigate IBSA management qualifications, and establish a qualification framework that may consolidate management qualifications across IBSA Training Packages. This will also include a review of the Certificate III in Frontline Management.

Another part of the project will explore the possible development of qualifications, skill sets and units of competency on innovation, to be incorporated into the BSB07 Business Services Training Package.

IBSA is seeking feedback on the three discussion papers attached above. Responses to the papers are due 17 April. For further information about the project, contact Emma Nicholson at IBSA emma@ibsa.org.au.