Edition 40, November 2006

The Australian Government has announced the Skills for the Future package of training initiatives to build a more highly skilled and responsive workforce to support Australia’s long-term economic growth... read more

The Australian Government has announced its strategy to reform the industry advisory arrangements in vocational education and training... read more

The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority is proposing to introduce a multi-crew pilot licence to address failures in teamwork, a major contributing factor in airline accidents... read more

Workers in the maritime, aviation or transport refrigeration industries who recover refrigerant from equipment or decant refrigerant between cylinders, may be eligible for a transitional refrigerant handling licence... read more

Queensland’s occupational health and safety regulator is transitioning the assessment services for the licensing of people in prescribed occupations to the vocational education and training system.... read more

The National Transport Commission has released a discussion paper to explore options for a new national heavy vehicle accreditation framework... read more

A nationally developed code of conduct for the smash repair industry which was previously voluntary is now law in New South Wales... read more

The South Australian Office of Consumer and Business Affairs has released a discussion paper dealing with licensing and the scope of building work regulated under the Building Work Contractors Act 1995... read more

The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence is being established to promote and advance Australian trades education, and elevate the status of traditional trades and trades education as career choices... read more

Packaged liquor licensees in Victoria are now required to comply with a new code of conduct as a condition of their licence... read more

Queensland will soon be introducing graduated licensing to improve young driver safety... read more

A comprehensive staff development training framework is driving the skilling of South Australia’s firefighters with nationally recognised qualifications... read more

The Australian Safety and Compensation Council is seeking public comment on the development of new construction safety and chemical handling guidelines... read more

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