Edition 365, 10 May 2010

birthday celebrations for carrick’s first year in adelaide

Carrick Education Group celebrated its first anniversary in Adelaide recently with a large birthday cake to acknowledge the steady growth of the Adelaide Campus.

presentation skills 2.0; learn the skills to become a world class presenter!

Matt Church will be facilitating a pre-conference master class, Presentation Skills 2.0; Learn the skills to become a World Class Presenter!, on Wednesday 25 August in Melbourne.

member profile: jmc academy – the creative force

JMC Academy (NSW) last week, opened its doors for Sarah Rosen, ACPET NSW to take a look at the creative sector and meet with current students.

National

policy matters

1. AQF Policy for the addition or removal of qualification types: Final draft
2. VET Workforce – Productivity Commission Study

membership renewal reminder

By now, all members should have received the 2010/11 Membership Renewal Pack.

new display pods now available for the acpet 2010 national conference

As we have sold out of exhibition booths at this years conference and due to demand, we have now released new display pods as an option to display your products or services.

registrations are open for the “over the top – skilling northern queensland” forum to be held at the skycity in darwin on 2 & 3 june 2010.

This two day forum will focus on matters relating to skilling, training, development, student engagement and workforce planning in Northern Australia, marine industries, a panel discussion on audit, industry partnerships, e-learning, VET in schools, access and inclusion and professional development opportunities.

acpet representation at the community services training package advisory committee and the health training package advisory committee

ACPET VIC staff member, Laura Hanzak, has become a member of the 2010 Community Services Training Package Advisory Committee and the Health Training Package Advisory Committee and will be representing relevant ACPET Members.

have your say on the draft national green skills agreement implementation plan

The Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard MP has assembled a Green Skills Implementation Group to assist in the achievement of the Green Skills Agreement.

ncver news

1. Give credit where it's due: Student qualification transfer
2. New statistical resource taps into training history

framework to take copyright on the road

No longer just the domain of librarians and resource developers, e-learning has pushed the issue of copyright onto the radar of teachers, trainers and managers of training organisations.

tender opportunity

A tender opportunity exists for the provision of a training package that is nationally recognised and delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), incorporating endorsed components to gain recognised qualifications in the Certificate IV in Telecommunications - Radiocommunications (ICT40310) and/or the Diploma of Government (PSP50104).

endeavour awards 2010

The 2011 round of the Endeavour Awards is now open and will close on 31 July 2010.

e-portfolios australia conference 2010 - call for papers now open

e-Portfolios Australia Conference 2010 (EAC2010) will bring together national and international educators and thought leaders from the vocational education and training (VET), higher education (universities) and adult community education (ACE) sectors to showcase current e-portfolio practice.

what's on around the country

in focus 10 may 2010

Planning in a vacuum…

Australian Capital Territory

act exporters network

1. FREE Networking Function!
2. ACT Education Services Export Strategy

New South Wales

packed agenda for acpet nsw state committee meeting

Last Wednesday 5 May, the NSW State Committee convened its 2nd meeting for 2010.

consultation on new nsw board of studies' human services syllabus

The NSW Board of Studies is currently consulting on a new Higher School Certificate (HSC) Human Services Curriculum Framework (syllabus).

tae10 training and education training package

NSW Vocational Education and Training Education Board due to accredit at Board’s next meeting 7 June 2010

ncver releases stats on vet market including nsw

NSW members may be interested in the following two statistical resources that were released last week:

Queensland

acpet submission to the premier on the future of international education and training in qld

ACPET had the privilege of meeting with Premier Anna Bligh a few weeks ago to discuss a range of issues related to the international education and training sector.

acpet q congratulates natasha mayrseidl

On behalf of ACPET Queensland we would like to congratulate Ms Natasha Mayrseidl of Kelly Colleges as our newest State Committee Member.

vale daisy? call for welders!

Over the past twelve months members have followed the exploits of Daisy ACPET's 2009 entry in the XXXX Gold Variety Bash – The Children’s Charity.

copyright workshop in brisbane

No longer just the domain of librarians and resource developers, e-learning has pushed the issue of copyright onto the radar of teachers, trainers and managers of training organisations.

napcan – love bites launch in queensland

LOVE BiTES is a relationship violence prevention program aimed at young people aged between 14-18 years.

call for tafe institutes advisory council members

Queensland TAFE Institutes (non-statutory) are looking for people with strong industry and/or community backgrounds to serve in a voluntary capacity on one of eleven Institute Advisory Councils across the state for a 3 year term commencing July 2010.

South Australia

acpet international education seminar – last chance to register!

Offshore Market Development: Opportunities and Approaches

acpet sa events

Workforce Development Plans: Implications for Training Providers

other sa events

1. Business SA seminar - Apprenticeships and Traineeships
2. Equal Opportunity Commission Training
3. DFEEST Professional Development – Internal Audit
4. DFEEST Professional Development – RPL Workshop
5. DFEEST Quality and Tertiary Education Policy Directorate

adelaide tertiary studies & careers expo – 30-31 may, 2010

Seminar bookings are now being accepted

e-learning in sa

1. e-Skills May e-learning workshops
2. Free e-learning advice and resources to enhance your business
3. Professional development in e-learning

managing cultural diversity training program for your staff

The Australian Multicultural Foundation and Robert Bean Consulting have developed the Managing Cultural Diversity Training Program (MCD Training) to enable small and medium enterprises to better understand cultural diversity and how to manage it effectively to improve workplace relationships, teamwork, productivity, market knowledge, community relationships, customer service and competitiveness.

sa training awards applications now open

Begin your preparations now to apply for the SA Training Awards. It’s free to apply.

engaging international students in the community

SA Multicultural Events Calendar 2010

Tasmania

copyright workshops in tasmania

No longer just the domain of librarians and resource developers, e-learning has pushed the issue of copyright onto the radar of teachers, trainers and managers of training organisations.

Victoria

vet in schools seminar

Find out how to successfully deliver VET in Schools ...

extend and enhance your student safety program - an initiative by acpet and mfb

Does your current program include information on Fire, Water and Personal Safety?

globall program 2010 is off and running

GloBALL, the program that introduces international students into the culture of AFL footy and this year cricket thanks to Cricket Victoria, was launched last week.

megt responds to an article in the age

MEGT has responded to The Age article on Monday 3 May 2010 with the following letter to the editor:

Western Australia

outstanding delivery of training to remote students

Private providers of the North West of West Australia welcomed the opportunity to work with ACPET on a recent visit to the region last week.

marketing through television media

Recently WA members have taken advantage of a promotional television opportunity aired last Saturday on Channel 9 to advertise and give information about their private training organisation on television media.

july 1 – wa private education and industry forum

Our WA ACPET office has been overwhelmed with support for the first training and education forum dedicated to the private sector in WA.

National Monday Update

1. FREE Networking Function!
2. ACT Education Services Export Strategy

In Focus

Member Notice Board

National Monday Update