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MSA addresses shortage of furnishing industry training

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 Posted in Skills, Training | No Comments »

   Currently there are only two RTOs in Australia who deliver training for the soft furnishing industry. MSA is currently looking at how the specific skill needs of this industry can be addressed. [More]

MSA addresses shortage of furnishing industry training

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 Posted in Skills, Training | No Comments »

  Currently there are only two RTOs in Australia who deliver training for the soft furnishing industry. MSA is currently looking at how the specific skill needs of this industry can be addressed. *The article mentioned in ‘Window Furnishings Australia’ magazine ...

Update on training.gov.au project

Thursday, May 5th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The training.gov.au (TGA) website is scheduled for release in the second half of 2011. The aim of the TGA project is to deliver an IT application to underpin national and jurisdictional legislation, support vocational education and training policy, and deliver processes ...

NQC working partnerships guide available

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 Posted in Skills | No Comments »

The National Quality Council (NQC) has released the Working in Partnership Guide 2010 to help RTOs, employers and industry to work more effectively together. This guide, available on its website, and the accompanying tools have been developed to encourage Registered Training ...

A new resource library for RTOs

Monday, April 18th, 2011 Posted in Article, Training, Training Resouces | No Comments »

  A new National Resource Library which publishes learning materials that support Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector has been launched. This initiative is designed to provide registered training organisations (RTOs) with greater access to quality 'industry endorsed' materials in ...

Streamlined training packages endorsed

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Training, Training Resouces | No Comments »

The National Quality Council (NQC) has endorsed a new design model for training packages to commence in 2011 This reform is a key priority for the VET Products for the 21st Century project and is the culmination of more than two ...

Streamlined training packages to focus on essentials

Monday, February 7th, 2011 Posted in Training, Training Resouces | No Comments »

 The National Quality Council (NQC) has endorsed a new design model for training packages. This reform is a key priority for the VET Products for the 21st Century project and is the culmination of more than two years of research, ...

NQC project to guide industry/RTO partnerships

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 Posted in Article, Training | No Comments »

Source: Licensing Line News The National Quality Council's Quality of Assessment Action Group has run a project to provide guidance to registered training organisations (RTOs) on how to better work with enterprises and industry groups...read more

New authentication feature for LORN

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 Posted in Article, Skills, Training | No Comments »

Available! A more secure, private and convenient LORN A new authentication feature for LORN will make using the online portal more secure, private and convenient for organisations. LORN, the vocational education and training system’s gateway to free and for-cost online training resources, ...

Training and assessment in NSW for general induction (construction) training and high risk work licences

Monday, November 1st, 2010 Posted in Article, Training | No Comments »

Source: Licensing Line News RTOs seeking to deliver general induction (construction) and/or high risk work training and assessment in NSW are reminded that they must have the approval of Workcover NSW. This requirement also applies to interstate RTOs who wish to extend ...