Public Safety Training Package (PUA00)
Version 8.1 of the Public Safety Training Package is available on the National Training Information Service and the Government Skills Australia (GSA) website. The CD version of this training package is now available for sale. The new version incorporates minor typographical changes only. No qualifications, units of competency or skills sets have been added or removed [...]
Water Training Package (NWP07)
Government Skills Australia (GSA) has submitted version 2 of the Water Training Package to the National Quality Council for endorsement. Many of the proposed changes to the training package involve elective units. The changes were made to reflect the increased emphasis Australia’s governments have placed on water quality, water source management (measuring) and asset management. [...]
Public Safety Training Package (PUA00)
Government Skills Australia (GSA) has submitted version 8 of the Public Safety Training Package to the National Quality Council for endorsement. Version 8 of the training package incorporates qualifications for the defence, state and territory emergency service (SES), police and fire sectors. Proposed changes to the training package include: the addition of 10 new qualifications [...]
New Minister highlights the importance of skills
Source: Media Release DEEWR Earlier this month, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the Australian Government’s new ministry, with Senator Chris Evans appointed to the role of Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations. Senator Evans is the current Leader of the Government in the Senate. In the Australian Government’s last term he was [...]
Public Safety Training Package (PUA00)
The proposed new and revised units of competency, skills sets and qualifications for Version 8 of the Public Safety Training Package are now listed on the Government Skills Australia (GSA) Feedback Register. read more online
New GSA website
Government Skills Australia has launched a redesigned and re-branded website. read more online
Public Safety Training Package
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 here to participate.
Sustainability Skills
Industry Skills Councils are playing an important role in addressing sustainability issues within the training sector. In response to the COAG Green Skills Agreement, GSA will have a plan for embedding skills for sustainability into Training Packages by the end of March. The agreement will result in: National standards of sustainability practice and teaching in [...]
Flexible Training Packages
In response to requests from industry, employers and learners for greater flexibility in training, the NQC has introduced some changes to qualification packaging rules. A more flexible approach to the development of each qualification framework will increase the portability of skills, and reduce narrow skills specialisations. As a result, Training Package qualifications will have an [...]
New directions for Training Packages: Key policy issues
Source: Government Skills Australia The recommendations of the report Training Packages for the 21st Century, commissioned by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), are now undergoing more detailed development through workshops with industry and training stakeholders. The recommendation to simplify Training Packages by introducing companion volumes has been given a longer time frame, but the [...]