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A new Industry Training Hub is to be set up in Wanneroo, joining the Armadale Industry Training Hub which opened in May this year. The Hub will act as a bridge between schools and local industry, helping to promote vocational education and training in areas where there is a growing demand for skilled workers. Each...

Skill Finder, the free digital micro-skills marketplace developed by the Australian technology industry, today launched 20 new dedicated ‘Career Pathways’ to help meet the growing demand for skilled workers in high-demand jobs such as data analytics, digital marketing and UX design. Skill Finder, led by Adobe, was launched in October 2020 to help support Australia’s...

The WA Jobs Plan included a commitment to fund career taster programs for year 9 students. The purpose of this commitment is to inspire secondary school students about potential career and further study opportunities and assist them in making more informed decisions on their subject selections for year 11 and 12 and post-secondary options. The...

Skills for Australia has released Draft Training Products for the Trust Administration, Royal Commission Outcomes and Refresh Currency of FNS Qualifications projects in the Financial Services (FNS) Training Package. Project documents including a Recommendations Report can be reviewed through their website under ‘Current Projects’. Feedback can be provided by email to Erika.kinzel@pwc.com or Jonathan.a.ho@pwc.com Please...

The Australian Public Service (APS) has launched a new, service-wide Learning and Development (L&D) hub to build capabilities and set standards for professional training. The APS Academy aims to foster a “culture of learning” across the service, develop core skills and “drive high performance”. The APS Academy will offer learning across four different methods –...

A number of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Qualifications in the Business, Financial, Property and Correctional Services Training Packages have been reviewed, and traineeships have been updated accordingly. We have put together an up-to-date list of the eligible traineeships in WA that are under our coverage, outlining the qualifications that are superseded and in...

Updates have been made by Skills for Australia to the FNS Financial Services Training Package. As updates are minor re-endorsement is not required. Units have been added to the following qualifications: FNS30120 – Certificate III in Financial Services FNS41515 – Certificate IV in Life Insurance FNS42215 – Certificate IV in Personal Trust Administration FNS51120 –...

Australian Industry Standards (AIS) will be hosting a Digital Transformation Skills Strategy webinar with the focus on what Australia’s VET system must do to support the nation’s workforce through the impact of digital transformation. Titled ‘Digital transformation – what Australia’s VET system must do to ensure we leave no worker behind’ the webinar will take...

SkillsIQ, under the direction of the Public Sector Industry Reference Committee (IRC), has undertaken a project to update the Qualifications and Units of Competency within the PSP Public Sector Training Package that caters to the Governance and Trade Measurement sub-sectors. The objective of the project is to ensure that the skills and knowledge requirements for...

Applications for the 2022 intake to the Public Sector Commission School-based Traineeship Program are now open. The state’s Public Sector agencies are invited to submit a request to employ Year 11 students as school-based trainees in 2022-23. Students across Western Australia who will be in Year 11 next year are invited to apply for the...