You are invited to provide feedback on the draft documents for the two projects summarised below. We are seeking feedback on whether the qualifications, skill sets and units of competency reflect the current skills standards and practices of industry, and whether job functions are accurately described. Animal Incident Management Project This project has reviewed and developed skill sets and units relating to incidents involving large animals, and large groups of animals. Twelve new units and five new skill sets have been devised. In addition, three … Read More

How to Provide Feedback The drafts can be downloaded on the project webpage. You then have several options for submitting your feedback: online via the feedback hub; register for a face-to-face consultation workshop or webinar; or, by email. Click here to visit project page   Register for a Face-to-Face Workshop or Webinar The draft documents will be discussed during face-to-face workshops and webinars being held in February. Register to attend one of these workshops using the links below.

You’re invited to provide feedback on the drafts documents that make up the Animal Technology Project. This includes two revised qualifications, 12 revised units of competency, one new skill set, and three new units of competency. We are seeking feedback on whether the draft documents reflect the current skills standards and practices of industry, and whether job functions are accurately described. You are welcome to provide feedback on as many of the draft documents as you would like. They will be available for … Read More

Information about industry skills gaps in national training packages, emerging markets and changing work methods is submitted to the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) every year in April. The information is documented in a IRC Skills Forecast, the drafts of which will be available for feedback in February. Through our work with the Industry Reference Committees and engaging with many of you, as well as carrying out desktop research, we are able to compile information, data and statistics about labour market … Read More

Register for Consultation Workshops 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 on the project webpages for download and feedback in February, to correspond with the workshop dates. To register, please click on the relevant project webpage: Arboriculture Project Animal … Read More

You are invited to review draft qualifications and units of competency relating to Sawmill Timber and Process Optimisation and Wood Machining and Sawdoctoring. It is important that these documents reflect real work experience. We are seeking your feedback on whether the draft qualifications and units reflect current job roles, industry skills standards, knowledge and practices and whether all job functions are accurately described. The draft qualifications, skill sets and units will be available on the Skills Impact website for feedback until 15 February 2019. Please … Read More

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As part of this project, 11 new units and three new skill sets were developed to address skills gaps across the following areas: Animal Health Data Collection Operation and management of biogas facilities in a processing plant Improving meat quality (by identifying secondary sexual characteristics in beef) Conduct a workplace incident investigation Preparation of market reports for sheep and beef Food-safe pest control management Development of a new unit is TACCP and VACCP Material handling through traceability of products. Visit project … Read More

Every two months the AISC meet to discuss issues affecting the vocational education and training (VET) sector and approve training packages for implementation. At their 23rd meeting on Tuesday 4 December the committee approved the Case for Endorsement for Forest and Wood Products, and Animal Care and Management – Cert IV in veterinary nursing (the diploma has been referred to the IRC). These Cases for Endorsement related to qualifications, skill sets and units developed out of the Prefabricated Building Systems, … Read More

Following endorsement by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC), the final qualifications and units of competency that were reviewed as part of the following two of the projects within the FWP Forest and Wood Products Training Package are now published on training.gov.au. They are published within the FWP Forest and Wood Products Training Package. Due to the cross over of many of the skills being reviewed, the Prefabricated Building Systems Project and the Cross-Laminated Timber Building Systems Project were … Read More

You are welcome to provide comment on as many of the draft documents as you would like. Please feel free to share these with others who may be interested in providing validation or comment. Click here to visit project page   Other Projects of Interest Thank you to those who provided feedback during the validation stage of the Seafood Post Harvest Project and Aquaculture, Fishing Operations & Biosecurity Project. The final drafts were made available on the Skills Impact website from 27 September – 30 … Read More