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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 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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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
AgriFood Skills Australia will be coordinating a series of breakfast seminars across the country.
From AgriFood Skills Australia
The seminars are aimed at chief executives, managing directors and business owners and seek to provide detailed guidelines for ‘future proofing’ food processing businesses by making them more sustainable. In the coming years many Australian food processors can expect to face the challenges posed by:
- Large hikes in energy costs
- Access to an affordable water supply
- More regulation demanded by a carbon constrained economy
- More demanding and discerning ‘green consumers’
- Gaps in the right skills to deal with numerous challenges
To survive and compete in this environment business management must begin to think strategically, build relationships and activate the workplace to respond to these pressures. Sustainability is the key to the survival of business operations in the longer term – it is not just about diagnostics and technical ‘fixes’ and processes.
The Victorian seminar will be hosted by Cardinia Shire Council.
7am breakfast, 25 August 2010
Lakeview Room
Cardinia Cultural Centre
Lakeside Boulevard, Pakenham
Click here to view more information on the AgriFood Skills Australia website.
Click here to view the PDF flier [PDF: 142KB].
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
AgriFood Skills Australia will host its fifth AgriFood national Conference in Melbourne on 23rd September 2010. The conference will comprise a full one-day conference on Thursday 23rd September and it will feature keynote presentations and interactive panels. Some 200 leading industry and government representatives are expected to attend and speakers will focus on contemporary and future issues affecting the industry, the economy, employment, training and workplace capacity as well as current and future skill, workforce and training needs.
Australia’s Regions: Australia’s Future: Leading industry and academic speakers and panelists will provide an interactive program around the critical importance of regional Australia.
Conference dinner: The conference dinner will be held on Wednesday 22nd September from 7.30pm. Changing the dinner to Wednesday night allows a single overnight stay. Conference registration includes the conference dinner but ‘conference only’ registration is available.
Bookings are not yet being taken, but please stay tuned for more details.
Click here to view more information on the AgriFood Skills Australia website.
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
William Angliss are now offering part time study options in food technology. Qualifications in Certificate IV in Food Science and Technology, and Diploma of Food Science and Technology are now commencing July 19 with night classes on Mondays and Wednesdays – so what are you waiting for? Sign Up Now!
Click here to view more information [PDF: 570KB].
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
From the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website:
The Rudd Government will invest $243 million over the next four years to transform Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) system as part of the Skills for Sustainable Growth package. This new training system will provide more Australians with greater access to high-level qualifications to advance their own careers and help strengthen the economy.
These reforms will provide employers with more confidence in the skills and qualifications of their employees, regardless of where they have been trained in Australia. Employees will also be able to invest in their own education and training with an assurance about the quality and transferability of their qualifications.
Reforms include:
The National Entitlement to a Quality Training Place means that all young people under 25 years would have guaranteed access to a course that enables them to get a first qualification or to lift their qualifications to the next level.
Quality Skills Incentive – The Federal Government will provide almost $130 million to lift the performance of Australia’s vocational education system, which currently provides training and education to more than 1.7 million Australians.
Transparency in the VET System: The Rudd Labor Government will provide $4.1 million to develop MySkills, a website that will provide Australians with robust information to help them select a VET provider. The website will be launched in July 2011 and will cover publicly-funded VET providers across the country.
Click here to view the full article on the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
From Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website:
The second stage of the Rudd Government’s highly successful Apprentice Kickstart campaign begins today, with almost $80 million in the Budget to employ 22,500 more teenage apprentices across the nation. Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard and Minister for Employment Participation, Mark Arbib today urged small businesses to take advantage of the bonus which more than triples the commencement bonus for young apprentices from $1,500 to $4,850.
Ms Gillard said Kickstart was part of the Government’s Skills for Sustainable Growth package, which invests over $660 million in training, apprenticeships and adult numeracy and literacy to ensure Australia has the skills it needs to support a growing economy.
Apprentice Kickstart made a down payment on skills and this extension will further grow the skills we need to build the capacity of the economy. Not only will this measure help small businesses to take on an apprentice, but it will also make it easier for young people to get a start in the trades. The initial Kickstart initiative exceeded expectations, with about 24,400 young people given an apprenticeship in the traditional trades over summer.
Click here to view the full media release on the Australian Government website.
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
The annual National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Research Conference ‘No Frills’ will be held in Perth, Western Australia on 7th-9th July 2010.
From the NCVER website:
The conference aims to bring together those interested in education and training research from TAFE institutes, universities, private registered training organisations as well as consultants. This year’s conference, in partnership with Polytechnic West and Central Institute of Technology, will be an excellent opportunity for those new to and established in the VET sector to showcase their research in an informal environment.
Colloquially known as the ‘No Frills’ conference because it does not attract a registration fee (with the exception of the Getting to know NCVER workshop which attracts a $50.00 booking fee) this conference has a collegiate atmosphere, which encourages lively exchanges about VET and a great opportunity to network.
Guest speakers include:
- Professor Trevor Gale, founding director of the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education at the University of South Australia will set the scene with a look back on equity and an examination of the longstanding issues that have played out in different sectors of education.
- Ms Linda Howard, Community Relations Manager at Doorn-Djil Yoordaning Mining and Construction will provide an analysis of Doorn-Djil Yoordaning’s pre-employment program for Aboriginal people in the Pilbara and its results.
Click here for more information on the conference and registration on the NCVER website.
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
From Austrade Hong Kong:
Austrade Hong Kong is organising the first ever Australian Food Safety Services Mission to Hong Kong on 14 & 15 October 2010.
The focus of this mission is to capture the opportunities in Hong Kong for Australian companies providing services related to all aspects of food safety, including food handling, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, display, quality assurances, education, training, consulting, testing, accreditation, product recall and traceability.
If you are an Australian business, academic institution, government organisation and industry association with expertise and experience in the following areas, sign up now!
- Accreditation & certification
- Food product recall
- Food processing
- Food safety auditing compliance
- Food storage and logistics
- Food supply chain
- Food testing
- Food transport and distribution
- Food tracing technology
- Quality assurance
- Risk management and assessment.
Applications close on Monday 13th August 2010.
Please read the event brochure [PDF: 135KB] or more information on Hong Kong Food Safety Opportunities for Australia [PDF: 116KB].
If you have any queries, please email Wilson Tang, Senior Business Development Manager on wilson.tang@austrade.gov.au
Click here to register your interest for the Food Safety Services Mission to Hong Kong on the Austrade website
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 VICTORIAN TRAINING AWARDS ARE CLOSING ON THURSDAY!
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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