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

Skills Impact is proud to support the 2019 AIFST Convention. Join your industry colleagues to grow, learn and connect. The 2019 AIFST Convention will once again bring together an exciting, diverse and experienced line-up of international and local speakers to share their knowledge, insights and learnings about what the future holds for the food industry both here and beyond our shores. The theme of Feeding the Future = challenges and opportunities is designed to encourage us to look to the … Read More

The NCVER No Frills event is being held in Adelaide, from 10-12 July. Skills impact will be presenting on the complexities of competency assessment. The 2019 conference program will focus on The student journey: skilling for life. As explored at past ‘No Frills’ conferences, the world of work is changing, driven by rapid technological evolution in an increasingly global society. It’s almost certain that the skills we develop today won’t be enough to operate or compete effectively in the workplaces of tomorrow. … Read More

This event is being held in Canberra, from 15-16 July. It brings together member-based associations, including industry, trade and professional bodies. Skills Impact has been invited to be part of a panel to discuss the significance of associations in boosting a skilled workforce. Register here

This event is being held in Gold Coast, from 29-31 July. Skills Impact will present an update on the VET sector and views of industry towards improvements. There will also be an opportunity for participants to pass on their views for improvements needed in the operation of the VET sector.