Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
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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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Residents and businesses alike might be interested in the new edition of Grace Johnston’s best seller, ‘101 Ways to get free $$$ from the Government’.
From RetailBooks.com.au
New edition of the 2009 best seller! Up to date with the 2010 Federal Budget (May 2010), this handy little guide will direct you to Government schemes, rebates and programs you may be unaware of.
Programs and rebates that can help you make money! Whether you’re young or old, a tradie, labourer, professional, a mum just looking to get back into a part-time job or a retiree needing to get back into the workforce, the economic downturn has left few of us untouched. And if you’re one of the lucky ones whose job is secure, then no doubt you know someone who is struggling to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.
Click here to order the book from RetailBooks.com.au.
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
From Service Skills Australia:
SIR07 V1.2 Retail Services Training Package and SIT07v2.2 Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package are now available on NTIS.
Click here for more information on the changes at the Service Skills 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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Monday, August 9th, 2010
From the Victoria Events Industry Council:
Victoria Tourism Week is an opportunity for the tourism industry to come together, celebrate, network and learn from each other. Please join us in helping promote Victoria Tourism Week to the broader community.
The program contains information on our combined VTIC and VEIC Sports Tourism Forum.
Click here to read the Victoria Tourism Week program [PDF: 1.89MB]
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
From the Service Skills Australia website:
Service Skills Australia made Industry Skills Council (ISC) upgrades to three training packages to meet the flexibility policy requirements by June 30, 2010.
Training packages updated and effected qualifications are:
- WRH06 Hairdressing – Version 2.1
- SIT07 Tourism, Hospitality and Events – Version 2.2
- SIR07 Retail Services – Version 1.1
Click here for more information on the Service Skills Australia 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, July 8th, 2010
From the Victorian Government’s Department of Health website:
From 1 July 2010, major changes to the Food Act 1984 apply to Victoria’s 45,000 food businesses and community groups conducting food events.
The Food Act 1984 regulates the sale of food for human consumption in Victoria.
The amendments aim to better match the level of regulation with the risk inherent in premises’ food handling activities, and to strengthen the accountability of regulators.
Victoria’s food safety standards remain in place while simplifying food safety requirements for low-risk food premises.
The national Food Standards Code continues to apply and is not affected by changes to the Act.
Click here for more information on the Department of Health’s Food Safety website.
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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Service Skills Australia (SSA) has launched it’s new look website. With a new design and structure, the website will give stakeholders easier access to information on training packages, up-to-date news and career/training directions.
Due to the new website design, all subscribers to the SSA newsletter will need to re-register their details.
Click here to visit the new SSA website.
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