WorldSkills Australia National Championships & Skills Show, Australia’s largest vocational education and excellence event starts tomorrow at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre. Taking place over three days, Australia’s largest trades and skills competition will take place alongside the SkillsWest Career Expo hosting over 100 organisations and employers with career opportunities for all ages. Dozens of...
Traineeships combine training with work offering the benefits of practical skills and experience and a nationally recognised qualification. A traineeship can provide a pathway to a chosen career. The Apprentice and trainee experience and destinations report by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) found that 87.8% of those surveyed who completed their apprenticeship...
Undertaking Vocational Education and Training (VET) at school can help students gain entry to employment or open doors to future study, including further vocational or higher education. According to research by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Students who did VET for Secondary School Students (VfSSS) studies were more likely than those who...
Monday marked the start of National Skills Week 2021 dedicated to raising the profile and status of practical and vocational learning. This years theme Rethink your ideas, focuses on changing perceptions of what is on offer in Vocational Education and Training (VET) and challenging people to rethink what they know or don’t know about VET.
Last week, the FAPSTC team was pleased to participate in Deafness Awareness Training provided by Access Plus WA Deaf’s Nobuo Hara and Maddie, an Auslan interpreter. This training gave us an insight into Deaf culture, a greater appreciation of the barriers and challenges faced by Deaf or Hard of Hearing people, and tips on how...
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 –...