The theme of this year’s conference will be 'embracing technological change'. Many of the presentations will look at the impact of technology on the workforce, training strategies, and recruitment processes. The conference is an event built around the interests of Registered Training Organisations, Human Resource Managers and related bodies involved with the provision of education and training services to the Australian livestock production and processing industries. The participation of regulators, and relevant Commonwealth, State and Territories Departments Research and Development … Read More

Horse SA is hosting their 3rd national workplace safety conference for horse industry and community. This event is suitable for business managers, non-profit organisations and event volunteers, WHS safety officers, Registered Training Organisations, researchers and any other roles, where supervisors are responsible in a work or community environment where people interact with horses. Click here to download the conference flyer.

Skills Impact is pleased to present again at this year’s Australian Timber Trainers Association (ATTA) Workshop in Mount Gambier.

 The annual Ridley Australian Prawn Farmers Association Symposium is the pre-eminent forum for global professionals, scientist, suppliers and service providers to gain new knowledge and engage with the Australian prawn farming industry. THE THEME – Smart Farming, main focus on technologies, intelligent farming and best practices. This symposium will bring together a group of forward thinkers to discuss how technology and smart farming can drive industry growth. The complete program will be released soon. Calls for abstracts student posters and sponsorship … Read More

Innovate & Excite: Acting Today to Advance Tomorrow The AIFST Convention is the premier food industry event in Australia. This year the Convention will be held on September 11-12 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Convention will once again bring together industry professionals of the food industry in one exciting location. AIFST is launching the Ask the Experts Lounge at the 2018 Convention. The lounge will be open from 10.30am – 3.30pm daily and will host a range of food industry experts to meet with convention … Read More

The 2018 National VET Conference will be delivered over two days on the 13-14 September at the Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC)  through an exciting range of presentations, providing attendees the opportunity to engage in a wide variety of plenary and elective sessions. Pre-conference Master Classes will be held on Wednesday 12 September. The theme for the two day conference is 'Skilling Australia's VET Future' and will focus on multiple streams including: Department of Education & Training RTO Management & Compliance … Read More

The countdown is on until the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) 2018 World Congress in Melbourne, Australia from 8-10 October 2018. The Congress is expected to attract over 700 delegates. Hosted by Australian TAFEs, the Congress brings together community colleges and polytechnics from around the world and experts in professional and vocational education and training including international experts, institute leaders, board members, senior managers, emerging leaders, teaching staff, business development managers, policy makers, government officials, researchers, and industry representatives. Don’t miss … Read More

Have your say on future skills needs, challenges and opportunities Join us to discuss the current and future skills and workforce needs of the fishing and aquaculture industry. Help us tell the real story of the value of the industry and the challenges that should be met by new national skills standards, training and certification. Lunch provided. Facilitator Michelle Ingley-Smith, Industry Engagement Manager at Skills Impact, will gather your thoughts on current and future skills needs, challenges and opportunities, such as … Read More

Appita is pleased to be hosting the biennial Pan Pacific Conference in conjunction with the Appita Fibre Value Chain Conference, Distinction Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand 4 -7 December. Appita welcomes its sister associations PAPTAC (Canada), Japan TAPPI, Korea TAPPI, TAPPIP (Philippines), Taiwan TAPPI and TAPPI (USA) as co-hosts. Themed “Current research & perspective on the Fibre Value Chain”, this year’s conference will explore current research and perspectives on the Fibre Value Chain. Respected key industry leaders and international presenters will share their … Read More

A new Food Contact Training course is to be held in Melbourne, Australia and Rotorua, New Zealand during May and June this year. Presented by Smithers expert Dr Alistair Irvine, the two day course is a partnership between Smithers Pira, Appita Food Contact Materials Committee, Scion, New Zealand and Monash Food Innovation, Monash University. It will be presented by Smithers Pira expert Dr Alistair Irvine. The course is designed to give a comprehensive overview of all the key food contact regulatory areas … Read More