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Congratulations to Australian Training Awards winners

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Article, Skills, Training | No Comments »

  MSA would like to congratulate Jeanette Allen, CEO Service Skills ISC, winner of the inaugural Leadership in Quality Award and TAFE NSW - Western Sydney Institute, winner of the Skills for Sustainability-Educational Institution Award. Congratulations also go out to finalists, ...

Learner Pathways into higher level VET qualifications

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Skills | No Comments »

  Effective learning pathways provide people with the skills and knowledge needed to gain employment and manage their careers . The Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector has been set ambitious targets to increase the number of working aged Australians ...

New E-standards for Training website

Sunday, November 27th, 2011 Posted in Training, Training Package | No Comments »

  The E-standards for Training website has been redesigned and now features improved navigation, simpler categorisation of material, and a fresh and clean site layout. The new website makes it simple for users to understand that the project is concerned with undertaking research on ...

Matching education and training to industry needs

Sunday, November 27th, 2011 Posted in Skills, Training, Training Package | 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 ...

Training Packages @ Work – funded until July 2012

Thursday, November 24th, 2011 Posted in Training, Training Package | No Comments »

In June 2011 it was announced that Training Packages @ Work (TP@Work) was to publish its last newsletter, however due to the overwhelming support of VET bodies, government departments, industry skills councils, state and territory training authorities and other supporters, ...

Dissolution of the NQC – what does this mean for Training Packages?

Thursday, November 24th, 2011 Posted in Training, Training Package | No Comments »

  The Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) agreed to dissolve the NQC from 30 June 2011 and establish the National Skills Standards Council (NSSC) from 1 July 2011. NSSC will undertake many of the functions carried out by the ...

TAE10 Training and Education Training Package Version 2.0 now released

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

    The Training and Education Training Package (TAE10) version 2.0 has now been released and is available for download from the Training.gov.au (TGA) website here. This is a major milestone in the development of the Training Package and represents a significant ...

More students enrol in VET courses across Australia

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 Posted in Article | No Comments »

A new National Centre for Vocational Education Research publication shows that 1.8 million students enrolled in the public vocational education and training (VET) system in 2010, up 5.4% from 2009. To view the report, visit www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2381.html Click here to read more

AUSTAFE 2011 Conference

Friday, June 24th, 2011 Posted in Training, Training Package | No Comments »

  The AUSTAFE 2011 Conference will be held at the Novotel Canberra from 12-14 October 2011 Themed '20-20 Vision', the conference will explore what the future holds for the vocational education and training (VET) and tertiary sectors in Australia. A range of ...

Report confirms critical role of Australia’s VET system

Friday, June 24th, 2011 Posted in Skills, Training | No Comments »

Australia's independent skills and workforce advisory body, Skills Australia has released a report which recommends a sweeping overhaul of the country's vocational education and training system Key recommendations include:  Full public subsidy for those undertaking vocational courses up to and including certificate ...