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Updated MSA web pages

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

  Check out the Manufacturing, Competitive Manufacturing, Foundation Skills and Sustainability web pages for the most up-to-date information and statistics.  

‘Skills for Sustainability’ now on iPhone and Android!

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

  Great news, you can now access the Skills for Sustainability website via your mobile. Content pages, information items and downloads are all at your fingertips.

Resources to support OHS Induction in the Construction Industry

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

A pocket book has been designed to assist workers in the construction industry who have varying levels of literacy skills to participate in general occupational health and safety (OHS) induction training. The Construction Industry OHS Pocket Book was developed by the ...

SADI Program – first round applications open

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

The Australian Government has announced the opening of the first application round for the Skilling Australia’s Defence Industry (SADI) Program for the 2011-12 financial year. Around $14 million in grant funding will be available to help Australia’s Defence Industry up skill ...

National reform to Australia’s VET sector

Sunday, April 17th, 2011 Posted in Skills, Training | No Comments »

Legislation has been passed in the Australian Parliament which will establish a national regulator for the vocational education and training (VET) sector. The new national VET regulator will facilitate greater consistency of regulation and better co-ordinated responses to emerging quality issues ...

National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development: Performance report for 2009

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

Source: COAG The COAG Reform Council's National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development: Performance report for 2009 is the council's second report on this National Agreement. This report focuses on governments' progress against the agreed objectives and outcomes compared to the ...

MSA Skill Sets resource

Monday, September 20th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Skills | No Comments »

Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA) has developed a suite of instructional resources to assist trainers deliver and assess safety skill sets contained in the Chemical, Hydrocarbons and Refining Training Package (PMA08). read more online

Fuel System Installation and Service sector

Sunday, September 19th, 2010 Posted in Article, Skills, Training | No Comments »

Your feedback is invited on a draft report on the skill needs for the Fuel System Installation and Service (FSIS) sector and development of Skill Sets, based on nationally endorsed units of competency. Deadline for feedback is 31 October 2010. ...

MEA07v3 has now been endorsed. Expected live on NTIS in late September 2010.

Sunday, September 19th, 2010 Posted in Article, Resources, Training | No Comments »

MEA07 version 3 – endorsed 31 August 2008. Revised package should be available on the NTIS in late September 2010. Changes proposed for MEA07 Version 3 include:   A new Certificate IV and five technical stream units covering Aeroskills Armament work activities Revised technical ...

Report into currency of trainer skills

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 Posted in Article, Training | No Comments »

Source: Licensing Line News A research report into the currency of industry skills and knowledge held by VET teachers and trainers has been released by the Queensland Department of Education and Training...read more