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Saturday 21 January 2012
QUEENSLAND has the highest percentage of Green Star certified office space in Australia and industry experts believe the time is now right for momentum to build in the residential sector.
Thursday 19 January 2012
While TAFE institutes and other registered training organisations are interested in developing ‘encore career’ programs and services,
they are unable to do so within the current funding arrangements.
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Recent research published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) concludes that two sectoral divides are being blurred, not just one.
Many businesses not ready for NBN
MANY Australian businesses are unprepared to reap the benefits of the National Broadband Network just as the nation suffers a slowdown in the non-mining economy, according to new research.
MORE than 10,500 new study places in the health, construction, finance and retail industries have been allocated by the State Government.
Tuesday 17 January 2012
The new headquarters for Federal Government's Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has become the highest NABERS Energy Base Building rated development in the ACT, through energy efficiency alone, with a rating of 5.
BELGRAVE Heights Christian College will soon be home to a new $1.2 million trades training centre. The Federal Government has allocated $2.7 million for two centres in the La Trobe electorate as part of its $2.
Monday 16 January 2012
Home loans up but still low
The number of home loans was up again in November, but remained low by the standard of recent years. The seasonally-adjusted one per cent rise in the number of loans to intending owner-occupiers was the eighth increase in a row and took the total to 46,953 homes financed in the month, according...
An army of apprentices have helped rebuild, renovate and repair flood and cyclone damaged homes, businesses, community and sporting facilities under the $83 million Queensland Natural Disasters Jobs and Skills package.
Friday 13 January 2013
Jack of all trades may yet be a master of one
DIRTY, dangerous and demeaning. This is the impression of the trades sector instilled in several generations of school leavers, leading to a steady erosion in apprenticeship uptake and a chronic skills shortage.
Thursday 12 January 2012
THE state's Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, is resisting a strong push from the Commonwealth to make TAFE institutes compete against private operators for public funding under a model previously championed by NSW's top bureaucrat.
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Eight Indigenous Australians from Bundaberg and Central Queensland will have the opportunity to develop their skills in the building industry thanks to more than $100,000 from the Gillard Government’s Indigenous Employment Program.
Home building approvals s
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The number of homes approved for construction rebounded in November, surpassing economists' expectations, official figures show. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show building approvals rose 8.
AAP The housing sector is still weak, even though new data shows a modest pick-up in building approvals, economists say. Australian residential building approvals rose 8.
Sunday 8 January 2012
More bleak times ahead for housing
THE property market forecast for the next 12 months differs greatly depending on which side of the auctioneer's gavel you are standing on. While home owners should brace themselves for another rocky ride as hopes for a recovery falter in the face of a weakening Victorian economy, the outlook is...
Thursday 29 December 2011
Apprentice brickies reach record levels
A RECORD number of apprentices are training as bricklayers, with interest surging in the hands-on trade.
Thursday 22 December 2011
Housing shortfall blows out
A CURRENT shortfall of 215,000 homes Australia-wide has prompted calls to reform land and sales taxes to cater to the growing demand for rental accommodation.
$2m boost for local school's trade training
LOCAL schools are set to benefit from more than $2 million in funding from the latest round of the Trade Training Centres in Schools Program. The program, an Australian Government investment in building trade training centres in secondary schools, will see 169 secondary schools across the nation sh...
Thursday 15 December 2011
CPSISC Media Release - $11m NWDF Announcement for Construction and Property Services Timely
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Home construction slump adds to building industry woes
NEW home construction has slumped for the fourth time in five quarters, as the weak property market takes a growing toll on builders. Official figures yesterday showed the number of new housing projects that started in the September quarter dropped by 6.
Apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities are plentiful and should be considered by the crop of students now finishing high school education, according to a major provider of apprenticeships and traineeships.
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Breaking down barriers to employment for older workers
Age discrimination, physical illness, injury and disability are key barriers preventing older Australians remaining in or re-entering the workforce, according to a report released by Minister for Employment Participation, Kate Ellis.
Squeeze on cash flow hurting house builders
Residential property builder National Builders Group is the latest company to be issued with an ultimatum from its bank: either refinance its loan with another bank or sell the business.
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Apprentice and trainee June quarter 2011 statistics released
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has released the Australian apprentice and trainee statistics for the June quarter 2011. In total there were 462 400 apprentices and trainees in-training as at the end of June 2011, an increase of 5.
Tuesday 6 December 2011
Training delivers up to a point: New 2011 student outcome stats
TRAINING helped 44 per cent of previously unemployed course completers into work this year, according to new statistics from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
Better pay, training system on the way for tradies nationwide
TENS of thousands of carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other tradies will be able to fast-track their apprenticeships and travel across state borders to earn higher pay as part of a new training blueprint.
Monday 5 December 2011
CPSISC, the National Industry Skills Council responsible for the building, construction and property services industries, acknowledged the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) report released today which outlines current construction shortfalls and points to longer term skill demands.
Tasmania's vocational education and training system is being reviewed. The review will examine the role and function of the Skills Institute and the Tasmanian Polytechnic which were formed under the failed Tasmania Tomorrow system.
VET graduate employment up slightly after downturn
While vocational education and training (VET) graduates are finding work after they finish their training, employment has not returned to pre-economic downturn levels.
Friday 2 December 2011
Bad news builds to a crisis in construction
IN any normal year, builder Philip Loft would be working until Christmas Day to ensure he could squeeze in a summer holiday.
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Surveyors’ Awards of Excellence Announced
Press Release – NZ Institute of Surveyors November 2011 Surveyors’ Awards of Excellence Announced High quality land development for years to come will be the outcome of this year’s NZIS Award of Excellence ‘Gold’ winner.
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Portfolio: Training and Workforce Development Four Western Australian winners at national training awards Evidence of WA’s excellent vocational education and training opportunities Four Western Australian apprentices, trainees or companies stole the show and walked off with the major awards at...
BOX Hill Institute announced 70 redundancies after the state government decided to reduce funding for several courses. Redundancies will be made across the finance, hospitality, tourism, property services, wholesale and retail, and recreation studies faculties.
Monday 28 November 2011
THE peak TAFE body has called for the role of public training providers to be redefined, saying TAFEs risk being sidelined as a "policy tool in dealing with market failure".
Friday 25 November 2011
Youth Allowance reform opens the doors for regional students
Almost 21,000 students across the country will benefit from the Gillard Government’s reforms to Youth Allowance after legislation passed Parliament today.
DO-it-yourself fans love their dodgy creations, although they are often the only people who do.
Thursday 24 November 2011
Industry trainee numbers fall 31 per cent - Ardern
Industry trainee numbers have fallen by 41,000 --- or 31 per cent --- since National came to office, Labour's Employment and Youth Affairs spokesperson Jacinda Ardern said today.
Local chef and Boorowa TAFE teacher Robert Lawson has been announced as a finalist in the 2011 Australian Training Awards. Senator for New South Wales, Ursula Stephens, said Mr Lawson is a finalist in the VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award category of the national awards.
A major new report into the expectations, attitudes and abilities of apprentices and their employers will help increase apprenticeship completions. NSW education minister Adrian Piccoli, who launched the A fair deal: Apprentices and their employers in NSW report, said it would inform the Government
SPENDING on construction is expanding as its fastest pace on record, as a torrent of investment flows into the country's mining hot spots. The value of construction work completed in the September quarter soared by 12.
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Skills crisis reaches breaking point
THE lure of projects interstate will magnify a crippling skills crisis in SA, an economic report has found.
Monday 21 November 2011
UK: Apprenticeships to help young people find work
Ministers have pledged to reform the apprenticeship system after admitting that they focused too much on helping older workers to gain skills instead of assisting young people to get their first job.
Employers back NSW VET market
NSW'S peak business organisation has called for Victorian-style training reforms, saying the state's economy would benefit from more competition for funds.
Sunday 20 November 2011
5000 years of surveying
Forty years as a surveyor have given Graham Haymes an intimate insight into Marlborough's shifting landscape. He still works for Blenheim firm Gilbert Haymes and Associates after selling his shares in the firm this year, and believes his generation has seen the biggest-ever changes in surveying pra...
Friday 18 November 2011
EDUCATION exports slumped 12 per cent in the last financial year according to an analysis of Bureau of Statistics data by Australian Education International.
Tuesday 15 November 2011
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) construction company will take on 400 apprentices, in what is said to be one of Australia's biggest ever intakes of apprentices.
Monday 14 November 2011
Where is your next worker? – Deloitte
DEEWR Media Release: Embracing mature age workers central to future prosperity The Australian Government recognises the imperative for businesses to retain their mature age workers, as recommended in the Deloitte report released this week, “Where is Your Next Worker?” (The first in their new series...
Saturday 12 November 2011
THE COAG Reform Council has given the troubled Productivity Places Program a "green mark", endorsing the government's claims two months ago that the program had exceeded its enrolment targets. PPP exceeds targets THE COAG Reform Council has given the troubled ProductivityPlacesProgram a "green mark", endorsing the government's claims...
DEMONSTRATING strength, of sorts, in the economy apprentice and trainee commencements remained effectively unchanged in the September quarter, according to new numbersfrom the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research. The statistics came at the end of the week where the Bureau of Statis
Friday 11 November 2011
CPSISC, the National Industry Skills Council responsible for the building and construction and property services industries, today commended ACIL Tasman’s report into the EBPPP flagship training program which provides a timely update on the performance and delivery of upskilling programs through employers, industry and ISC partnerships.
Driving apprenticeship success in challenging times
With youth unemployment peaking over 40% on the Central Coast earlier this year and early school leaving rates higher than the state average, there has never been a greater need to lift the quality of training to retain more apprentices and trainees in our region
THE national skills agreement is the least transparent of the intergovernmental accords, according to the body that tracks the Council of Australian Governments' success in meeting its own targets
AUSTRALIAN adults are getting more skilled, but not quickly enough to meet key Council of Australian Government targets, according to a COAG Reform Council report released yesterday.
The number of people starting a trade apprenticeship has slightly increased in the September 2011 quarter, marking a change from the past three consecutive quarters of falling commencements.
Thursday 10 November 2011
Australian governments are not on track to meet a skilled workforce target in 2020 but there has been a significant improvement in how many people have qualifications, a new report says
MORE people are training but fewer of them are getting jobs, the COAG Reform Council has found. Its new report, which evaluates progress towards national training targets, has found that the unemployment rate of vocational education and training graduates rose last year despite improvements in the.....
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Women can hold own in male industries but still face barriers
WOMEN still face barriers as basic as no female toilets on worksites when it comes to male dominated industries like construction, Federal Employment Participation Minister Kate Ellis says.
Monday 7 November 2011
Decline in construction slows in October
The decline in the construction industry has slowed in October, according to a private survey. The Australian Performance of Construction Index increased 4.
Labour market policies focused on increasing the number of new tradies are the way to tackle skill shortages in the trades, according to new research published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).
Thursday 3 November 2011
As the nation faces the challenge of an ageing population, encouraging older workers to stay in the workforce and postpone their retirement is a dominant policy trend.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Unis kept off 'TAFE' places
THE federal government has moved to restrict the number of places universities are able to offer in non-degree courses, in an attempt to safeguard enrolments at TAFEs and private colleges.
AAP The housing sector is set to make a comeback, getting a further boost from Tuesday's interest rate cut, economists say. Australian residential building approvals fell 13.
No one will escape the looming skills crisis, with flow on effects to cause soaring inflation, interest rates, wages and prices, as well as a higher Australian dollar, according to the authors of a major discussion paper launched today to spark urgent action in "the war for talent".
Tuesday 1 November 2011
ITS horses for courses in ensuring school leavers receive the post school training that suits their circumstances, according to new research from the National Centre for Vocational Education research.
Building your own home used to be the great Australian dream but a $10,000 grant incentive is failing to entice buyers to the market in southeast Queensland.
...time-limited, surgical strike aimed at getting hammers swinging and builders, plumbers and carpenters into jobs in the immediate future. "It is early...
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