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 127 – NSW VET Review interim report released, Universities accord and VET, Qualification reform to Skills Ministers, Legislation to crackdown on dodgy VET providers passed, Online job ads decline, Labour market continues to soften, Clean energy sector workforce survey, Worldskills Australia Skillaroos 2024 team, NSW Training Awards 2024 closing, Australian training awards open, ARC is Banksia award finalist, Lodging RTO complaints, WPA launches new Industry Skills Accelerator, Barranggirra – skilling for employment initiative, New-look VOCEDplus website, Smart & Skilled update Mar 2024, Powering Skills Organisation update, 2024 Skills Conference registrations open, SafeWork NSW to be a standalone WHS regulator, Electrical safety incidents – JAN 2024, Commercial solar photovoltaic installer fined, apprentice electric shock fine, Refresher re AS-NZS 4836-2023, Federally funding EELS could lead to more renewable installations, CEC Report – almost 40 per cent of Australia’s electricity supplied by renewables.

Download a PDF version of the News Service 127 1.  NSW VET REVIEW INTERIM REPORT RELEASED The NSW VET Review Panel of Experts has released its Interim Report.  The Media Release states, “The NSW VET Review is a NSW Government commitment to rebuilding TAFE NSW and reskilling our state. The review has been undertaken by […]

News Service 126 – Online job ads decrease Jan 2024, New Electrical Apprentice Supervision Practice Standard, New JSA Commissioner, Piloting revised standards for RTOs, ASQA online tip-off service, Productivity commission reports on performance of VET, Smart & skilled update – No. 221-224 Jan 2024, PSO’s 2024 insights update forum, Registrations open – 2024 Skills Conference, ARC welcomes strengthening of ASQA, Consultation open – SEEP First Nations, Entries open to 2024 NSW Training Awards, 2024 applications Return To Work Pathways Program open, Women in energy breakfast, Electrical safety incidents Nov 23 – sharing the knowledge, Electricians charged, Electrical licensing disciplinary action, Electric shocks, NSW Building Commission inspection powers expand, Changes to Clean Energy Council (CEC) accreditation process, Community benefits for central-west Orana REZ, Release of fourth quarter 2023 Solar Report.

Download a PDF version of the News Service 126 1. ONLINE JOB ADVERTISEMENTS DECREASE IN JAN 2024 The Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) reports this month that the January online job adverts decreased.  In seasonally adjusted terms, job advertisements decreased by 2% or 5,200 job advertisements to 254,500. The JSA states, “Latest data from Jobs […]

News Service 111 – Online jobs small increase, unemployment down, Female careers showcase, NSW Gov review of electrical laws, ASQA issues alert to providers, Merging VET & HE, Apprentice taskforce established, Death notice to dodgy RTOs, Championing gender equality, Electrical safety – switch off power, Electrical checking & testing, Lighting changes, Powerline injury, Electrician stripped of registration, Worker jailed after dropping concrete on apprentice, SafeWork NSW construction update, NSW SmallBizMonth, Cost-benefit solar with battery, EV wave, Transgrid’s major transmission work

Download a PDF version of the News Service 111 1. ONLINE JOB ADS SLIGHTLY INCREASE IN OCT 2022 The National Skills Commission (NSC) released on the 9th of November 2022, the October 2022 Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) report showing that job advertisements increased by 0.5% (or 1,400 job ads) in October 2022 to stand at […]

News Service 90 – Smart & Skilled ups Electrical apprentice funding, Focus on women-MAE project, Online jobs up, Women in trades workshops, New experts & novices platform, MSA scholarship open, ANZSCO update, Training Package news, Safety & Industry News

1. NSW SMART AND SKILLED RAISES CERTIFICATE III ELECTRICIAN (UEE30820) FUNDING BY $5,500 Its good news for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) delivering the Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician (UEE30820). Training Services NSW has announced that it has increased funding for the qualification by $5,500.  The new funding allocation will take affect 1 July 2022. This […]