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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
The Fine Food Australia exhibition will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from Monday 13th – Thursday 16th, September.
Register before 6 September 2010 for free entry, save $30.
From the Fine Food Australia website:
If you work in the retail, food service or hospitality industry, then you simply cannot afford to miss Fine Food Australia. It only takes one visit to discover hundreds of new ideas with food that could change the way you do business forever!
Fine Food has earned the reputation as Australia’s only truly international event for the food industry. This is the place to find the newest and best products and sevices on offer and stay abreast of what’s hot and happening in the industry.
Click here for more information or to register at the Fine Food Australia website.
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
From Innovation & Business Skills Australia (IBSA):
IBSA is commencing a project to identify measures for efficiently and effectively building VET skills and networks in LLN for the VET workforce. When the review is concluded, IBSA will present a series of recommendations to DEEWR.
IBSA is seeking views and advice from experienced VET practitioners on the most effective ways to address professional development in this important area.
Click here for more information on the IBSA website.
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
From the Service Skills Australia newsletter:
The AQF Council has been undertaking a project to develop advice for MCTEE on strengthening the Australian Qualifications Framework to ensure it is nationally and internationally robust and supports flexible cross-sector linkages and pathways.
The project commenced in 2009 and following extensive research on stakeholder views and concerns, related academic literature and international practices, the AQF Council developed a proposal for a strengthened AQF. Stakeholders provided feedback on the proposal and the subsequent revised AQF based on a taxonomy of AQF qualifications that has a ten level structure; a classification of knowledge, skills and application (incorporating generic skills); and a notional duration of learning for each qualification type.
The AQF Council have now released a Consultation Paper for feedback by 4 August 2010.
Click here to download the paper [PDF: 1.52MB].
Click here to view the Australian Qualifications Framework website.
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
From the Inside Retailing website:
More than one third of employers intend to hire more permanent workers in the coming three months as business confidence improves, a survey shows.
However, more hiring will see the return of skills shortages, and place upward pressure on inflation, recruitment firm Hudson says.
The company’s latest quarterly employment expectations survey shows 34.9 per cent of Australian employers intend to increase their permanent headcount between July and September.
That compares to 31.5 per cent of employers in the last report three months ago.
Click here to read the full article on the Inside Retailing website.
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
From the Service Skills Australia website:
The future priorities for Australian Workforce Development were discussed at a meeting in Canberra on 1 June 2010.
Board Members and Chief Executives of 10 Industry Skills Councils along with Board Members from Skills Australia and State Training Board Chairs met to discuss future priorities for the work of the Skills Councils based on the need for sustainable economic growth across the nation.
Boards of Industry Skills Councils will take away the key messages of the day to guide their work and drive real solutions. Their focus in the immediate future is to devise strategies in working with industry on workforce development and to implement the National Green Skills Agreement. The integral link between Workforce Development and economic development was emphasised.
Click here to view the full article on the Service Skills Australia website
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The 2010 Annual Wage Review Decision was handed down Fair Work Australian (FWA) recently. Key elements include:
- The National Minimum Wage will be increased by 69cents per hour to $15 per hour;
- Award wage rates for full-time adult employees will be increased by $26.00 per week;
- Junior, apprentice and trainee wage rates will be adjusted proportionately; and
- Wage-related allowances and expense-related allowances will be increased in accordance with formulas included in each modern award.
Click here for more information on Annual Wage Reviews on the Fair Work Australia website.
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Register now for the 2010 National VETnetwork Conference! Held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on 15-17th September 2010, the conference will see teachers, trainers, assessors, managers, community groups, registered training organisations and researchers come together to discuss and learn new information on VET and gain new ideas and resources.
Click here for more information or to register for the conference on the VETnetwork website
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
From the Training Packages @ Work website:
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has agreed to introduce a range of measures to improve the safety and wellbeing of international students.
The measures will be implemented as part of COAG’s International Students Strategy for Australia (ISSA) and will include:
- a central portal to provide students with up-to-date information on personal safety, student support services, housing, workplace rights and other useful information
- a national strategy to improve connections between students and the communities they live in
- an international student committee to give students a forum to put forward their views on their experiences in Australia
- an independent statutory complaints body which will be mandatory for international providers
- taskforces in each state and territory to ensure students are provided with proper support in the event of a provider closure.
The strategy would complement the findings of the Baird Review into the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 to ensure Australia remains a world-leader in the international education sector.
The agreement will benefit over 491,000 students from 190 countries worldwide who are currently living and studying in Australia. It will also go a long way to protect our fourth largest export which brought in over $17 billion in 2009.
The International Students Strategy for Australia will be finalised by COAG in the coming weeks.
Stay tuned for more to come!
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 VICTORIAN TRAINING AWARDS ARE CLOSING SOON!
From the Victoria Training Awards Nominations Booklet:
The Victorian Training Awards program promotes and rewards outstanding achievements and innovations in vocational education and training. The Awards recognise the valuable contribution of apprentices, trainees, students, teachers, employers, training providers and industry in building a world-class vocational education and training system in Victoria.
The awards are a great way to gain recognition for the hard work and achievements made within the vocational education and training sectors.
From the Skills Victoria website:
AWARD CATEGORIES are:
Each winner received a trophy and 10 award winners including each student winner will receive $10,000
KEY DATES:
- Nominations close: 13th May 2010 at 5pm
- Presentation Ceremony: 14th September 2010.
So what are you waiting for, enter NOW!
Click here for more information on Awards and application forms on the Skills Victoria website
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Skills Australia’s Australian Workforce Futures – A National Workforce Development Strategy is now available!
From the Skills Australia website:
Skills Australia has released its paper ‘Australian Workforce Futures: A National Workforce Development Strategy’ reporting recommendations for a fundamental overhaul in the way the nation approaches and supports workforce development—at a national, industry and enterprise level.
The vision for this strategy is that Australia has the workforce capability it requires for a productive, sustainable and inclusive future, and that Australian enterprises have the capacity to develop and use the skills of their workforce to maximum advantage for the benefit of industry and the community.
Click here to download a copy of the report on the Skills Australia website
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