Thank you to those who have offered their time and expertise to this project already. The draft qualifications and units of competency will be available for feedback on the Skills Impact website throughout February 2019. We will also be running a series of workshops, both in person and in webinar form, to allow as many stakeholders as possible to provide feedback. We are keen to hear from anyone working in arboriculture, including training providers. Please use the links below to … Read More

Following endorsement by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC), the final qualifications, skill sets and units of competency for four projects within the AHC Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package version 3.0 are now published on training.gov.au. This means they are available for use by registered training organisations (RTOs). From the date of publication, RTOs have 12 months to transition to delivering the new and updated qualifications, skill sets and units. A Companion Volume Implementation Guide has been developed that … Read More

Following endorsement by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC), the final qualifications, skill sets and units of competency for four of the projects contained within the FBP Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical Training Package Version 2.0 are now published on training.gov.au. This means they are available for use by registered training organisations (RTOs). From the date of publication, RTOs have 12 months to transition to delivering the new and updated qualifications, skill sets and units. A Companion Volume Implementation Guide has been developed … Read More

A series of face-to-face consultation workshops are planned for the following projects. You are invited to attend a workshop near you, to provide feedback on the draft qualifications, skill sets and units of competency that are being developed as part of these projects. The drafts will be available for feedback in February, to correspond with the workshop dates. To register, please click on the relevant project webpage, linked below.

New Qualifications, Skill Sets & Units Available Qualifications, skill sets and units of competency developed out of the following projects are now published on training.gov.au. It follows endorsement by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC). They are published within the ACM Animal Care and Management Training Package version 2 (published on 11/12/2018). Click here to view the training package. What does this mean for training providers? Registered training organisations (RTOs) may now apply to have the updated qualifications and units added to their … Read More

What a fascinating year it’s been working with you all to understand the changing ways of work and innovation in your industries. Skills Impact is fortunate to be part of this unique space, collaborating with industry, the government and training providers. It is a challenge and pleasure to reflect industry developments in skills standards that are compiled as national qualifications, skill sets and units. There’s a lot to consider – with work carried out on a total of 25 projects … Read More

Existing animal technology qualifications and units of competency are being reviewed as part of a new project. They will be updated to reflect current industry practices, regulatory requirements and codes of practice, with the aim to support quality training and ethical conduct for people whose work involves the use of animals for scientific practice. The potential for new skills sets and units will be investigated as part of the review process. Animal technology is a specialist profession responsible for the care and … Read More

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Today we’re very excited to be celebrating National Agriculture Day (AgDay). It’s a great opportunity to celebrate all the ways agriculture makes the world a better place and to acknowledge all the good work farmers do. At Skills Impact we’re getting involved by spreading the word about AgDay at our events (read more). We’re also having a celebratory lunch at our office – complete with some delightful AgDay merch. You can follow along all the AgDay activities and share your own stories on the hashtags … Read More

How to Provide Feedback The drafts can be downloaded on the project webpage. You then have two options for submitting your feedback: online via our feedback hub; or, by email. Visit the project webpage for further details.