Edition 58, July 2008

The Council of Australian Governments has agreed to develop a national trade licensing system that will remove inconsistencies across state and territory borders and allow for a more mobile workforce... read more

Service Skills Australia, the national industry skills council for the service industries, recently released a report into the continuous improvement of the Beauty Training Package... read more

Government Skills Australia, the industry skills council for government and community safety, is currently seeking industry and regulatory body consultation as part of the continuous improvement of the Public Safety Training Package... read more

The Energy Networks Association, the peak national body representing gas distribution and electricity network businesses throughout Australia, has agreed to develop and operate the ENA National Energy Skills Passport... read more

New licensing and training requirements for the security industry in Queensland took effect on 1 July 2008... read more

The New South Wales Office of Fair Trading is reviewing the proposed revised qualification requirements for people wishing to be licensed as property agents in New South Wales... read more

New regulations to streamline licensing and training of Queensland workers who operate plant or perform high risk duties took effect on 1 July 2008... read more

The Office of Fair Trading in New South Wales has announced that effective from 29 April 2008 the use of a previously held licence will meet the qualification requirements for certain categories of licence or certificate issued under the Home Building Act 1989... read more

New dangerous goods safety legislation in Western Australia introduces requirements for people working with explosives and other substances considered to pose a security threat... read more

The Office of Fair Trading has announced that, effective 2 May 2008, demolishing work is no longer regulated under the Home Building Act 1989 in New South Wales... read more

The former Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation, Liquor Licensing Division and the Office of Racing are integrating to form the new Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing, effective from 1 July 2008... read more

The Australian Government has announced the start of Phase II of the Productivity Places Program which will see an extra 22,000 places rolled out for courses from Certificate II to Diploma levels... read more

A project blog has been launched to keep people up to date with the development of training.gov.au, the suite of websites that will replace ntis.gov.au and training.com.au... read more

The New South Wales Department of Education and Training has released the NSW Skills Development Priorities as part of the Strategic Skills Program... read more

Innovation and Business Skills Australia recently commissioned a discussion paper to consider issues concerning the Training and Assessment Training Package... read more

Registered training organisations which are registered in Queensland but operate in more than one other state or territory are now able to transfer their registration to the National Audit and Registration Agency... read more

A project to develop a self-guided induction tour of an industrial workshop using technology such as a mobile phone is among four projects funded to trial emerging e-learning technologies to support innovation in vocational education and training in Australia... read more

A glossary providing a single up-to-date reference source for definitions of Australian vocational education and training-related terms and concepts has been released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research... read more

A set of new resources have been developed to address safety requirements for employees who are working in sprayed sealing and asphalt operations and maintenance activities... read more

WorkSafe Victoria has released a new handbook which provides an introduction to the safe and effective use of bridge and gantry cranes in workplaces... read more

WorkSafe Western Australia has released the OHSE Subby Pack which is designed to help self-employed persons, suppliers, service providers, contractors and sub-contractors (organisations) operating within the Australian building and construction industry develop and review occupational safety and health management systems... read more

A national vocational education and training conference focused on the Australian Quality Training Framework will be held on the Gold Coast on 7–8 August... read more

Organisations from across Australia are being asked to show their commitment to keeping their workplaces safe by participating in Safe Work Australia Week which will be held from 19–25 October... read more

The Agri-Food Industry Skills Council will be holding its national conference in Melbourne on 25–26 September 2008... read more

An international conference aiming to inform debate and promote further action to influence the behaviour of high risk road users to reduce their involvement in road crashes with will be held in Brisbane on 18–19 September 2008... read more