November 2020 – Agrifood ITAB

New Funding for Mature Workers and Women in Trades

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020adminNo Comments

The NSW Government is paving the way for more women and mature workers to take up trades, with a $57.4 million commitment over four years for a new of Trades Skills Pathways Centre in the 2020 – 21 NSW Budget. The Centre will work with registered training organisations to help experienced but unqualified trade workers to attain certification. It will also look at delivering trade training in a flexible way, which would be attractive for many women and mature workers who are often balancing work and family responsibilities. For more information on this please visit:

Skills List Applications NOW OPEN

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020adminNo Comments

The NSW Training Market Design team at Training Services NSW, Education and Skills Reform has circulated a notice of invitation for stakeholders to apply to add a qualifications to the NSW Skills List. The notice states, “The NSW Skills List identifies the vocational education and training (VET) qualifications eligible for a government subsidy under Smart and Skilled. You can view the current Skills List here.” CURRENT NSW SKILLS LIST V11.2 The team is inviting stakeholders with an interest, to complete an online survey as follows: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nswskillslistadditions Interested parties are encouraged to distribute the link to other stakeholders as they see fit. Applications in any other format will not be accepted.… Read More

Skilling for Recovery fee-free training

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020admin3 Comments

Hundreds of fee-free training courses are now available for school leavers, young people and job seekers, as part of the NSW Government’s Skilling for Recovery initiative. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said these courses come from the $320 million committed to delivering 100,000 fee-free training places across the state. Courses offered will cover a range of agrifood sectors including agriculture, beekeeping, baking, conservation, communication and digital literacy. Full details of the courses on offer as part of Skilling for Recovery is here and the Department of Education Summer Skills program is available here

Revised NSW Quality Framework is now in effect

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020adminNo Comments

New revised NSW Quality Framework for Smart and Skilled is now in effect. The revision is a step towards embedding high performance and quality post training outcomes into the design and management of Smart and Skilled. Smart and Skilled is the NSW Department of Education, Training Services NSW framework in which training providers can train and assess with NSW Government financial assistance. The revised NSW Quality Framework focus training providers attention into 5 key areas for high quality. >Striving for improvement through a student centred approach to the training experience >Providing high level individualised support for students, particularly disadvantaged students >Expanding connection to industry so training is innovative and meets… Read More

NEW GUIDELINES PROTECT APPRENTICESHIPS SCHEME AGAINST RORTING

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020adminNo Comments

The Federal Government’s has announced changes to the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program in terms of amendment to the existing worker requirements. The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) stated in an article written by Anna Patty, “’It’s not open slather now’: new restrictions to prevent apprentice subsidy rorts”, stating “Industry group and vocational training leaders have welcomed the federal government’s decision to restrict access to its new $1 billion scheme to support 100,000 trainees and apprentices after warning it could be rorted. The government said it would tighten eligibility to the scheme after concerns were raised about the risk of training organisations and employers signing up existing employees.” The stated objectives of… Read More