Edition 79, June 2010

Recordings of the recent Licensing Line News online seminars on the TLI07 Training Package and e-learning are now available... read more

Safe Work Australia has brought forward the moderation process for the mandated high risk work licensing assessment instruments from September 2010... read more

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is advising registered training organisations that the delivery of "Licence to ..." units of competency from National Training Packages will not commence on 1 July 2010... read more

From 1 July 2010 the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council will be the independent accrediting body for nursing and midwifery courses... read more

The Queensland Parliament has passed legislation to establish the Pool Safety Council to oversee the pool safety inspector licensing system... read more

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has proposed policy on the mandatory use of flight simulators for pilot training in high risk exercises... read more

Companies seeking to install solar photovoltaic panels under the Government's Renewable Energy Target will be subject to tougher safety and compliance requirements... read more

Safe Work Australia has released the National Code of Practice for the Prevention of Falls in Housing Construction... read more

The Commonwealth Government has committed funding to progress national maritime safety reform and has released a discussion paper on the re-write of the Navigation Act 1912... read more

A review is currently underway of the Ozone-depleting Substances and Synthetic Greenhouse Gases Code of Practice... read more

On 1 July 2010 the Australian Securities and Investment Commission will take over the regulation of consumer credit and finance broking under the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009... read more

A number of recommendations around the training of taxi drivers in Queensland have been included in a report on the Queensland taxi industry by the Queensland Workplace Ombudsman... read more

Updated AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Registration are now available... read more

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has updated its information page on the national regulator for the vocational education and training sector... read more

The Hon. John Dawkins AO has been appointed as the Chair of the National Quality Council... read more

The Australian Government has announced that it will provide additional support to apprentices both before and during their training to help them secure long-term employment... read more

Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA) is establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary to assume responsibility for automotive industry training advisory arrangements.... read more

From 1 July 2010 the Queensland Government will introduce a range of changes to the User Choice program to better meet the needs of employers, apprentices and trainees... read more

Innovation and Business Skills Australia is developing a range of holistic assessment materials for the core units of TAE40110... read more

A range of DVD resources have been released by TVET Australia Product Service to support training in a range of areas including business, hospitality, aged care, and health.... read more

The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council is conducting free national consultation forums to obtain industry feedback on the incorporation of language, literacy and numeracy competencies into the Community Services Training Package... read more

The 2010 Voc Ed Learning Group National Conference will be held in Sydney on 5-6 August... read more

Australia's peak manufacturing industry training conference will be held in Brisbane on 18 August 2010.... read more

The National Marine Safety Conference 2010 takes place in Perth from 22-24 August... read more

The only conference dedicated specifically to training for the Queensland energy industry will be held in Brisbane on 1 September 2010... read more

The AgriFood National Conference will be held in Melbourne on Thursday 23 September 2010... read more