NSW UE ITAB News Service 131 – NSW apprenticeships and traineeships decline, NSW roundtable developing renewable energy workforce, National skills taxonomy paper, Smart & Skilled Update, PSO insights update, PSO launches 2024 Workforce Plan, PSO Manager – Technical Training Vacancy, New VET quality body launched, NSW VET Review report with minister, Online job ads decreased -June, NCVER apprentices and trainees Dec Qtr 2023, Faster renewals for RAC technicians, Women in HVACR 2024, VERTO awarded new energy apprenticeships mentoring program, June electrical licensing disciplinary action, Electrical apprentice injured, May 2024 electrical safety incidents, Staying safe on the cables, New industrial manslaughter laws in NSW, Explore NSW REZs and transmission projects, Renewable gas pathway for future made in Australia, Solar challenge for made in Australia

Download a PDF version of the News Service 131 1.  DECLINE IN NSW APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINEESHIP NUMBERS – MAY 2024  The number of apprentices and trainees ‘in-training’ in NSW for the period January to May 2024 were down by almost 1,900 or 8% compared to the same period in 2023. Apprenticeship approval numbers for the […]

NSW UE ITAB News Service 128 – NCVER Apprentice employment outcome strong, NSW Fee-Free TAFE surges, Survey – Hydrogen initiative, Employer Survey – Future workforce training, Report Released – Parliamentary report on perceptions of VET, Leveraging AI in teaching and learning, ASQA April 2024 news, JSA – Online March job adverts held steady, Australian Training Awards nominations open, Smart & Skilled Update April 2024, PSO – Insights Update and TAG schedule of workshops, New professional engineers practice standard, Future made in Australia, Electrical company fined $150,000, Electrical licensing disciplinary action, Sparkie fined $10,000 live switchboard in classroom, Electrical Safety Incidents – Feb 2024, SafeWork NSW cracking down on unsafe rooftop solar installation and safety warning to prevent battery fires, Waratah super battery gets green light, Sole Trader turnover – worst in two years, Better solar panel recycling centres needed, Solar report – First Quarter 2024

Download a PDF version of the News Service 128 1.  NCVER – APPRENTICE AND TRAINEE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES REMAIN STRONG In 2023, a significant number of trade apprentices and trainees found employment upon completing their training, as revealed by a newly published NCVER report. The Apprentice and Trainee Outcomes 2023 report indicates that 95.6% of those […]