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...

The state Government has extended the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Reengagement Incentive (ATRI) through to 30 June 2022. The incentive is available to West Australian employers that employ an apprentice or trainee who was displaced between 1 March 2020 and 30 June 2022 and is listed on the Out of Contract Register. Designed to maintain the...

New analysis by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) reveals subjects that do not form a nationally recognised course make up the single largest segment of enrolments in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Australia. In 2019, 2.6 million students were enrolled in subjects that do not form part of a nationally recognised...

The WA state government has extended the course fee reductions and fee freeze on targeted courses until December 2025. The Lower Fees, Local Skills initiative aims to support Western Australians to gain affordable qualifications in areas needed by local industry. Designed to make training more affordable, the initiative has slashed course fees for 180 Vocational...

Throughout 2021 eligible Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and not for profits (NFPs) can access fully funded cyber security awareness training through ITConnexion. The grant funding comes from the Cyber Security Business Connect and Protect Program from the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, reflecting the government’s new focus on cyber security and...

Skills for Australia has released Draft Training Products for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Governance, Cyber Security Awareness, and Organisational Disruption project in the Business Services (BSB) Training Package for public validation. Draft training products can be reviewed through their website under ‘Current Projects’. Feedback can be provided by contacting Astrid Turner on astrid.a.turner@pwc.com Please...