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Trade skills institute to battle on
Australian Financial Review - Monday 30/06/2008
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INDUSTRY ENDORSES THE BEST OF TAFE
The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence already improving the standards of vocational training
Australian training providers recognise the need to work with industry to ensure that the country’s skills needs are met, and many of them are actively pursuing opportunities for improvement. This was the message from the CEO of the Institute for Trade Skills Excellence, Mr Brian Wexham, in response to the recent announcement of the National Skills Policy Collaboration’s Ten Point Plan.
skillsone.com.au NOMINATED FOR THE 12th ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS
The 12th Annual Webby Awards has nominated Australia’s skillsone.com.au as one of only five nominees in the Associations category, placing it in the running for the two most sought-after Internet awards: The Webby Award and the Webby People’s Voice Award for 2008.
Joint Ministerial Communique supports VET skills reform
In this joint communique, Ministers support further reform of the vocational education and training (VET) sector. They commit to 'a participation and productivity agenda, skills and workforce development reforms, and targets'. The role of Skills Australia is noted as critical to providing information for Government decision making on current and fu...
Landmark documentary – Cooling Australia
An in-depth look at the jobs that help keep Australia cool
SkillsOne Television has produced its second landmark documentary showcasing the many skills and trades that make up an industry. Together with the Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors’ Association (AMCA), SkillsOne is presenting an exciting insight into the thousands of men and women who help to keep Australians cool. Cooling Australia examines the technical side of refrigeration, while highlighting the exciting careers in this high-tech industry.
Careers in horticulture - skills for life
SkillsOne Television will premier an exciting new documentary series examining careers in horticulture, Australia’s second-largest agricultural industry with gross value at the farm gate of around $7 billion and with more than 100,000 workers.
Bring your careers stand to life online
Conventional career stands now have a digital counterpart for organisations that want to maximise exposure. Organisations with existing careers stands are able to further enhance their offering by adding an online stand to extend their reach. The SkillsOne Virtual Tour also gives organisations without the resources to have a physical stand at careers fairs, the ability to reach an unlimited audience with an online career stand at www.skillsone.com.au
The 2008 Minister’s Awards for Excellence for Employers of Australian Apprenticeships are now open. The awards recognize outstanding achievements and best practice in the training of apprentices and trainees across Australia.
http://www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/awards/ministers_awards.asp
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The web of opportunity spreads
Sunday Tasmanian - Sunday 4/11/07
Prestige boost for trade careers
Sunday Tasmanian - Sunday 4/11/07
Trade wind blows hot
Herald Sun - Saturday 24/11/07
The Institute's 2007 Annual Report
Click here to view The Institute’s Annual Report
Special Edition of the Bulletin – Skills Shortage and SkillsOne
The special looks at the current areas of growth for skilled trades-people and where the main shortfalls are. It also profiles some of Australia’s most successful skilled trades-people as well as looking at what the Institute for Trade Skills Excellence is doing to address the skills shortage, in particular taking a look at the new SkillsOne brand the Institute launched on the 26th of July.
Brian Wexham’s Speech from the launch of SkillsOne TV and Website– 26 July 2007
Brian Wexham CEO of The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence launched SkillsOne today 26th July 2007. SkillsOne is a fully integrated multi –media platform made up of two powerful Communications Tools- SkillsOne Television and SkillsOne Website.
New initiatives to address trade skills shortage. Stopping the growing gap in skilled trades people – 26 July 2007
The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence today launched a number of new initiatives designed to address the shortage of skilled tradespeople in Australia.
The initiatives were announced at a major launch event held in Sydney attended by the Federal Minister for Vocational and Further Education, The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP and the CEO of The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence (The Institute), Mr Brian Wexham, and nearly 400 representatives of business, education and Government.
Institute For Trade Skills Excellence Inaugural CEO Appointed - 14 November 2006
The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence has named Mr Brian Wexham as its inaugural CEO.
Trade skills shortages reaching crisis point in Australia - 15 November 2006
74% of Employers unable to secure skilled staff
Dr John Keniry, the Chairman of the Board at the Institute of Trade Skills Excellence (ITSE), spoke today at the TAFE Directors Australia National Conference in Adelaide. Keniry explained in detail the genesis of the initiative, the key activities of the Institute, and its integration both with TAFE and other skills initiatives.
Ministerial Press Releases
Australia’s First Trade Skills Program – 26 July 2007
Australia’s first Pay TV program solely dedicated to promoting and celebrating the trades has been opened in Sydney. SkillsOne Television will air on Foxtel on the Aurora Community channel with content created by a diverse group of young film
View Media Release$1,000 Tax Free Boost to Take Home Pay of Apprentices - 8 May 2007
The Australian Government will give all first and second year apprentices under thirty a tax free, $1,000 wage "top up", and up to $500 each year without an age restriction towards their TAFE or other training fees, to boost apprenticeship wages in trades facing a skills shortage.