The projects listed below are in the final stages of development. Agriculture and Horticulture Ag Chemical Handling Project Ag Machinery – Safety and Technology Project Apiculture (Bees) Project Pest Management Project Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical  Food & Beverage Manufacturing – Cross Sector Project Food Science & Technology Project Wine Operations Project Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Standards Project Racing Racing Project Animal Care Farriery Project Veterinary Nursing Project Work Safely Around Animals (Infection Control) Project The projects have been submitted to the State/Territory Training Authorities … Read More

As many of the projects we have been working on reach the final stages, we await confirmation of the next round of projects. The AISC considered the 2018-2021 IRC Skills Forecasts and Proposed Schedule of Workat their recent meeting on June 5. An official communique will soon follow, which will announce the skills priorities that have been funded and approved to become projects for development. The communique will be published on the AISC Media Hub. Following the approval of projects, Skills Impact will … Read More

On Friday, The Australian Government published a response to the report on the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 Review (The Review). The Review, led by Professor Valerie Braithwaite, Professor of Regulatory Studies in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University, considered key issues and challenges that the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) faces in regulating the VET sector, and how the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 and its supporting legislation and VET quality framework, … Read More

The Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) recently launched a new online resource – the National Industry Insights Report. The Report combines knowledge from the 64 Industry Reference Committees and provides comprehensive information on economic and employment trends, priority skills, and education and training patterns in individual industry sectors. The Report is industry driven, bringing together industry intelligence from IRCs with broader labour market and training data. The resource is part of the AISC’s focus on creating a strong evidence base … Read More

A series of face-to-face consultation workshops are planned for the locations and dates listed below, for the two seafood and aquaculture industry projects. You are invited to attend a workshop or webinar, to provide feedback on the draft qualifications, skill sets and units of competency that are being developed as part of these projects. These drafts will be available on the project webpages for download and feedback from July-August, to correspond with the workshop dates. (Links to the project webpages are provided below.) Please feel free … Read More