AS/NZS 3000 – uensw

News Service 101 – Jobs-Skills Summit paper, Labour market strong, Productivity performance inquiry, TAFEs excel, Women in trades, Safety – SWMS & SWPs for apprentices, multimeters, AS/NZS3000 Wiring Rules Committee, Industry news

Download a PDF version of News Service 101 1. GOVT JOBS & SKILLS SUMMIT ISSUES PAPER The Australian Government has released the much-awaited issues paper for the forthcoming Jobs and Skills Summit. Promotion for the background to the paper on the Government Treasury website, states, “The Jobs and Skills Summit (the Summit) will bring together […]

News Service 72 – Future of TAFE, Director Compliance vacancy, Feds spend $6.4B on VET, SMEs for Gas Training Package, TAE Review, Apply for grant, IPART Report, Safety, look up & live, Industry news (EV and grid)

1. JENNY DODD OUTLINES FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAFE (PODCAST) Claire Field (Claire Field & Associates Pty Ltd), in the latest “What Now? What Next?” podcast discusses with Jenny Dodd, the interim CEO of TAFE Directors Australia, future opportunities for TAFE. Jenny shares her insights on the opportunities (and challenges) facing the TAFE sector as the […]

News Service 71 – TAFE NSW cuts face-to-face hours, Feds reveal industry clusters, labour market career options, S&S Update, NCVER March quarter – apprentice and trainee data, Battery trainer needed, Safety and Industry news

1. TAFE NSW TO CUT FACE-TO-FACE DELIVERY HOURS IN TRADE QUALIFICATION Not content with just selling properties, as reported in the SMH by Anna Patty, 28 October 2021, TAFE NSW has now turned its attention to cutting face-to-face delivery hours in vocational subjects to save time and money on teaching staff. It is now relying […]

News Service 28 – Boost NSW training; Green Paper submission; NSW SMALL BIZ 2020; VET School Pilot; Smart & Skilled 111; Resources 4 UEE; Energy sector news; AS/NZS3000 public comments; Victoria’s CPD proposal; Electrical safety

SIGNIFICANT BOOST FOR SKILLS TRAINING IN NSW NSW UE ITAB MAKES SUBMISSION TO THE NSW PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION NSWSMALLBIZ20 IS COMING! GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES LOCAL JOBS PROGRAM NEW VOCATIONAL FACILITIES AT SEVEN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL SMART AND SKILLED UPDATE NO. 111 – 15 SEPTEMBER 2020 INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL FEE-FREE TRAINING GEARING UP FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE […]

News Service 16 – Electrician’s testing competence questioned; VET Skills Commissioner Bill 2020; Natural refrigerant skills shortage; Neca seeks electrical trainer; Changes to NVETR Act; Smart & Skilled update 103; Safety News; SIRA Grant; Research–solar hydrogen

News Service this week covers: CAN THE CURRENT POOL OF ELECTRICIANS AND GRADUATING APPRENTICES SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY TEST AN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION TO CURRENT AS/NZS 3000? NATIONAL SKILLS COMMISSIONER BILL 2020 BEFORE THE SENATE NATURAL REFRIGERANTS – PAVING THE WAY TO LOWER GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL (GWP) NECA TRAINING LOOKING FOR ELECTRICAL TRAINERS CHANGES TO THE NATIONAL […]

NSW UE ITAB News Service 12 – 25 May 2020: focus on safety (failure to test polarity has legal consequences)

News Service this week covers: FAILURE TO TEST POLARITY HAS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES SAFETY ALERT – HAND SANITISER FIRE HAZARD (SHARED LEARNINGS) CERTAINTY ON METER INSTALLATION AND REPAIR TIMEFRAMES FOR CUSTOMERS INCIDENT ALERT – FALLS FROM WORK PLATFORMS (APPRENTICE FALLS 4m FROM A ROOF) RECENTLY PUBLISHED UPDATED AND NEW COMMISSIONER INFORMATION BULLETINS (CIBS) ESI – SCALING […]