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Newsletter: 26 February 2007
TENDER NOTICE - OVERSEAS SKILLS ASSESMENT SERVICES (DEWR RFT 2007/08)The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is inviting tenders by 2pm Tuesday 20 March to provide skills assessment services for potential migrants from one or more of the following countries; India, The United Kingdom, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. The possible skills areas include general electricians, carpenters and joiners, bricklayers, and general plumbers. Details are available on the austender website: https://www.tenders.gov.au/federal/shared/summarylist.cfm?p_category=current 2007 TAFE “BLOGGER”AUSTRALIAN SKILLING LECTURE SERIESOn 19th February Dr. Michael Keating presented the inaugural lecture in our 2007 TAFE ‘Blogger” Australian Skills Lecture Series, at TAFE Directors Australia National Office, in Canberra. He was speaking about the recently released iPART Report, “Up-skilling NSW - How vocational education and training can help overcome skill shortages, improve labour market outcomes and raise economic growth” (Dec, 2006) The text and presentation can be found on http://www.tda.edu.au/download_files/speeches/Education_Training_Employment-TAFE_Conf_(2).pdf AQTF 2007 INFORMATION SESSIONSThe Essential Standards for Registration within AQTF 2007 will apply to all organisations seeking to be registered training organisations. The three components of the Essential Standards for Registration comprise:
DEST and State accrediting bodies are currently providing information sessions about the new essential standards for RTOs across the country. Remaining sessions include: SA (Adelaide) 1-2 March 2007 9.30 am, 1.00 pm Details can be found on http://www.training.com.au/. We would appreciate if any member would like to participate on a panel within any of these sessions please contact Peter Robinson at Peter.robinson@tda.edu.au.DIARY NOTES: INVITATION TO TAFE DIRECTORS INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS – CHONGQING, CHINAThe Third Sino – Australia VET Forum scheduled from 21 June 2007 in Chongqing. B-HERT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABDC IS CONDUCTING A ONE DAY FORUM ON “WHAT WILL THE BUSINESS GRADUATE OF TOMORROW NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL”? 14 MARCH 2007, WESTIN HOTEL, 1 MARTIN PLACE, SYDNEYIssues to be considered include:
Event sponsored by CPA Australia. Further details and on-line registration is available at www.bhert.comNEW HEALTH TRAINING PACKAGE HLT07 IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOPS: NEW HEALTH QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIESWorkshops facilitated by the Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council, developers of the new Health Training Package HLT07, are scheduled throughout the country covering General Implementation, Enrolled/Div 2 Nursing, Allied Health Assisting, Complementary & Alternative Health and First Aid. Customised workshops are also available. Please visit www.cshisc.com.au for more information on these workshops, locations and dates or contact the ISC at: louise.chick@cshisc.com.au or 02 9263 3593. MAKING A DIFFERENCE… INDUSTRY-LED QUALITY TRAINING, ASSESSMENT AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT The CS&H Industry Skills Council is pleased to announce its 3rd Annual Conference. The two-day conference will be held at the SMC Conference Centre in Sydney on 31 October – 1 November 2007. For more details please visit www.cshisc.com.au or contact the ISC at: louise.chick@cshisc.com.au or 02 9263 3593.TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT & THE PUBLIC SECTOR, CANBERRA, 21-23 AUGUST 2007, RYDGES LAKESIDE HOTEL, CANBERRACALL FOR PAPERS! – DEADLINE 30TH MARCH 2007 Members of the TAFE Directors Australia are invited to submit proposals for papers to be presented at this 2 day conference. The event organisers of Technology in Government and the public sector Conference are specifically targeting speakers from Federal & State Government & Higher education that would include University and TAFE CIO’s. Further , we will be targeting high profile speakers from around the world and the region to present case studies on their real - time technology experiences. |
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