The Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) has endorsed the establishment of a new time-limited Industry Reference Committee (IRC) for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, and is asking for feedback on the proposed structure (follow link below). The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing IRC will have responsibility for supporting the development of all pharmaceutical units of competency, qualifications and skill sets within the FDF10 Food Processing Training Package. For the time that it exists (a minimum of 12 months), it will work closely with the existing Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical IRC, … Read More

  All six Skills Service Organisations (SSOs) came together on 19 April in Canberra with representatives from the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) and the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) Secretariat to collaborate on how they can better support industry’s skills needs – now and in the future.  

Completed Consultations   Proposed IRC Structures Consultation for the structure of the Racing IRC is now closed. The AISC will soon request nominations for the membership of this IRC.   IRC Structures and Membership Consultation for the structure and calls for membership of the following IRCs has now closed and the next step in this process is for the final make-up of these IRCs to be finalised by the AISC. Agriculture and Production Horticulture IRC Amenity Horticulture, Landscaping, Conservation and Land Management … Read More

Thank you to those who provided their feedback on the draft units of competency and qualifications, which were available on the Skills Impact website from 3 – 30 April. This feedback will inform work on the final draft units and qualifications, which will be available for industry validation in late May. This project has been established to ensure relevant veterinary nursing units of competency and qualifications within the ACM10 Animal Care and Management Training Package reflect the current occupational skill standards … Read More

There is still time to provide feedback on the draft units of competency, skill sets and qualifications for the Retail Baking Review Project. The draft documents are available on the Skills Impact website for broad stakeholder consultation.  Please provide us with your feedback before Monday the 8th of May. The draft units, qualifications and skill sets have been available for feedback since 11 April. Thank you to those who have provided their feedback as it helps to inform the work on the final draft documents, which will be available … Read More

Thank you to those who provided feedback on the draft units of competency, qualifications and skill sets, which were made available on the Skills Impact website from 11 April – 1 May. The feedback will inform the work on the final draft of units, qualifications and skill sets which will be available for industry validation mid-May. This project has been established to ensure units of competency from the RGR Racing Training Package are up to date and encapsulate racing integrity and animal welfare … Read More

A project is underway to review and update units of competency from the FWP Forest and Wood Products Training Package, in line with current forest harvesting optimisation technology and the impact on processes. Draft units of competency are currently being developed in consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). Broad stakeholder consultation is scheduled to commence in June, when draft components will be made available for comment on the Skills Impact website. Please feel free to register your interest to keep informed of … Read More

Thank you to those who provided feedback on the draft units of competency. With the support  and advice of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), we are currently reviewing all feedback to write the final draft units, and the related qualifications and skill sets. These final draft units, qualifications and skill sets will be available for industry validation in the next few weeks. Equine related units of competency are being reviewed in this project to help improve safety, quality and consistency in the delivery of … Read More

Thank you to those who provided feedback on this year’s draft documents. The final documents, that were submitted to the AISC, can be viewed on the Skills Impact website here. On behalf of the 11 Industry Reference Committees (IRCs) Skills Impact supports, we have completed work on 8 2017 IRC Skills Forecasts and Proposed Schedules of Work. These documents are reviewed annually by the IRCs, undergo consultation with industry and submitted to the Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) in April. The documents identify skills … Read More

The AISC met on 11 April 2017 and will next meet on 1 June 2017. Read the AISC Communique here

There is still time to provide feedback on the draft units of competency, skill sets and qualifications for the Retail Baking Review Project. The draft units, qualifications and skill sets will be available on the Skills Impact website for stakeholder consultation until 5pm next Sunday. (Please note that this is the 7th of May, not the 11th of May as previously communicated. We apologise for this error and any confusion it may have caused. Please contact us if this date is an issue). The Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical Industry Reference Committee … Read More

The feedback period for the Greyhounds Project (animal welfare and racing integrity) has been extended from close of business today to after the webinar on Monday, 1 May. Feedback is being sought on 22 draft units of competency, 2 draft qualifications and 6 draft skill sets. The Racing Industry Reference Committee (IRC) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) are seeking feedback to ensure these units, qualifications and skill sets are up to date, and that they encapsulate racing integrity and animal welfare skills … Read More