Edition 76, March 2010

Innovation and Business Skills Australia has commenced a scoping review of the Occupational Health and Safety qualifications and units of competency contained within the BSB07 Business Services Training Package... read more

The Australian Refrigeration Council has advised that the refrigerant handler transitional licence and the refrigerant recoverer transitional licence will be phased out in 2010... read more

Outdoors Queensland has released the Queensland Adventure Activity Standards, which are voluntary guidelines for organisations conducting outdoor recreation activities... read more

The Federal Government will provide $10 million for 2000 structural adjustment places in the Productivity Places Program for insulation workers affected by changes to the Home Insulation Program.... read more

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency is advising that consultations are underway on the Codes and Guidelines to support registrants to meet their obligations under the new national health practitioner registration and accreditation system... read more

Solaria and tanning units will need to be registered and their owners and operators licensed under new regulations being developed by the ACT Government.... read more

Changes to the way road traffic controllers are accredited will form the first major component of a comprehensive roadwork safety review under taken in Queensland... read more

A new system of regulatory assessment statements for improving the quality of future legislation and regulation will be introduced for all Queensland Government agencies and statutory authorities from 31 March 2010.... read more

A national workforce development strategy released by Skills Australia calls for a fundamental overhaul in the way the nation approaches and supports workforce development... read more

The eleven national Industry Skills Councils have released their 2010 environmental scans... read more

The National Quality Council has announced that the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment has agreed to remove the requirement for Ministerial approval of all NQC Training Package endorsement decisions... read more

The Baird review final report into the legislation that governs international education in Australia has been released... read more

A report assessing the effectiveness of the traineeship model for young people has been released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research... read more

Manufacturing Skills Australia has launched the MSA Innovation Program to extend the capability and performance of Australian manufacturing and automotive industries through education and training, and workforce development... read more

The Queensland Government has announced a flagship partnership with industry to develop a $10 million program to train thousands of workers needed for the new Coal Seam Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas industries... read more

The National Quality Council is conducting a six-month trial of an interim quality assurance process for Training Package support material which has been designed to replace the former NQC noting process... read more

The funding period is now open for Workplace English Language and Literacy Resource and Strategic projects... read more

Five new Flexible Learning Toolboxes have been released as part of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's Series 12 Toolboxes... read more

WorkCover NSW has launched an interactive online tool designed to take the guesswork out of workplace safety for young workers.... read more

A new online tool has been released by the Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council for those looking to connect the dots between qualifications, units of competency, skill sets and job roles from within the Community Services and Health Training Packages.... read more

The 2010 Group Training National Conference will be held in Adelaide on 14-16 April 2010... read more

The Voc Ed Learning Group is hosting the 2010 QLD Queensland VET Symposium in Brisbane on 15-16 April 2010  for VET practitioners working in Queensland high schools... read more

The 2010 Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association Conference will be held on the Gold Coast on 8-9 April.... read more

More than 10,000 tonnes of equipment and tools will be moved into the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre for the WorldSkills Australia National Competition in May... read more