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Our Industry Engagement Officer Susan Crossley recently attended a couple of events aimed at the Surveying industry here in WA. The Australian Institute of Mine Surveyors AIMS Technology Day was an opportunity to find out about cutting edge technology within the Surveying industry with the benefit of demos of the latest hardware and software from...

Major reforms to the local government sector have been released for consultation. The reforms represent the largest change to local government in more than 25 years and are based on findings of a number of reports released in recent years. The reforms aim to address issues sooner, improve transparency and accountability and efficiency of local...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC’s) responsibilities regarding the financial advice industry will be broadened under the Better Advice Bill. From 1 January 2022 ASIC will take on additional responsibilities including administration of the financial adviser exam. The Act, commencing on 1 January 2022, will: expand the role of the Financial Services and Credit...

The State Government will today introduce the Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2021 into Parliament to allow for WA’s participation in the Automatic Mutual Recognition (AMR) scheme for occupational licences and registrations. The scheme allows a person who is registered or licensed for an occupation in another jurisdiction to perform the same work in...

A media release from the WA Government earlier today advised that from 1 December 2021 anyone requiring entry to correctional facilities in WA will need to provide evidence of their vaccination status. This Direction applies to any persons who enter a correctional facility in any capacity unless exemptions apply. From 1 December 2021, all persons...

IDEA is an academy for senior secondary aged students and recent school leavers offering an alternative option to mainstream education for young creatives, innovators and entrepreneurs. IDEA is an incubator for young trailblazers – innovators who are often the first to try and do new things. The IDEA Trailblazer scholarship is an opportunity for students...

Last week, our senior Industry Engagement Manager Anna Thomas, took part in a professional learning event coordinated by the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Team at the Department of Education. The webinar was titled Linking with industry and was designed to build VET practitioners industry knowledge and provide opportunities for future engagement. We were one...

Although job ad numbers in WA experienced a slight decline in October when compared to the previous month, WA has remained fairly consistent since March 2021 and has 61% more job ads now than two years ago. Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory all had more jobs advertised on SEEK than...

As a result of concerns raised by stakeholders regarding the wording of Standard 3 of its code of ethic, FASEA is inviting feedback on proposed amendments to align the wording with the intent of the standard. Feedback and submissions can be submitted through FASEA’s dedicated consultations email consultation@fasea.gov.au by 1 December 2021.

Following on from the announcement last month from the Western Australian Government regarding the extension and expansion of the JobTrainer program, we’ve pulled together a list of reduced-fee qualifications under our coverage highlighting the courses now available from January 2022. These courses are part of the Lower fees, local skills initiative. To find out more...