Edition 57, June 2008

The Australian Safety and Compensation Council has published the Guidelines for Integrating OHS into National Industry Training Packages... read more

An Animal Welfare Officer Skill Set which assists meat processing companies to meet the requirements of the Animal Welfare Standard is currently under development for incorporation into the Australian Meat Industry Training Package... read more

The Agri-Food Industry Skills Council is undertaking a project to merge the Rural Production, Amenity Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Packages into a single training package... read more

The Mining Industry Skills Centre has announced that new metalliferous skills benchmarks have been developed as part of the Mining Industry Transportability Scheme... read more

The May meeting of the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council marked an historic commitment to occupational health and safety reform in Australia... read more

Written submissions are now being called to comment on the National Review into Model Occupational Health and Safety Laws... read more

The new edition of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules, AS/NZS 3000: 2007 Electrical installations has been released with states and territories beginning to enforce compliance... read more

New occupational health and safety legislation came into effect in the Australian Capital Territory on 26 May 2008... read more

A working party consultation report released last month by the New South Wales Government recommends that fire protection system installers and maintenance workers be licensed... read more

Under the final proposals to reform Queensland's Liquor Act 1992, responsible service of alcohol (RSA) training will become compulsory for all paid employees involved in the sale or service of liquor... read more

The Western Australian Government is undertaking a significant program of building regulation reform that will consolidate the regulation of building standards and building practitioner registration into a single entity... read more

The Training and Assessment Training Package, the package which outlines the skills and competencies required by vocational education and training teachers and trainers, has been updated... read more

Over 80 responses have been received to the Australian Government’s Skilling Australia for the future discussion paper... read more

A new council has been established to oversee the Australian Qualifications Framework to ensure Australia’s qualifications systems remains robust and meets new challenges... read more

A discussion paper on the review of Australian higher education is now available for comment, with all interested parties urged to participate... read more

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship has been undertaking a review of the Migration Occupations in Demand List in order to take into consideration existing and emerging skills shortages... read more

A new learning resource, which uses a virtual manufacturing environment, has been developed to help the manufacturing industry deliver critical skills training to staff... read more

The National Industry Skills Committee has released a web-based tool to assist employers and enterprises in identifying and proactively addressing their future workforce skill requirements... read more

The Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) is holding its annual conference in Hobart from 28–30 August... read more

The fourth annual Human Factors in Transport 2008 will be held in Sydney on 25–26 August... read more

SkillsDMC, the national industry skills council for the drilling, mining, quarrying and civil infrastructure industries, will be holding its national conference in Sydney on Wednesday 20 August... read more

Western Australia will host its first ever Safety Show and Conference in Perth from 12–14 August... read more