July 2021 – Agrifood ITAB

NSC RELEASES QUALIFICATION SIMILARITY ANALYSIS REPORT

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021adminNo Comments

The National Skills Commission (NSC) has released its most recent report on the analysis it has undertaken on the similarity of qualifications across all Training Packages. Released on the 23 July 2021, it states, “This paper outlines the methodology used in the exploratory analysis of the similarity of VET courses across and within training packages in Australia. This analysis employed natural language processing to calculate similarity scores for each national VET qualification to all other qualifications across all training packages. Read the methodology paper and explore the searchable dashboard to search for a qualification and see other similar qualifications, ranked in similarity from very high, to high, moderate and low.” Access the… Read More

NSW Agrifood ITAB changes its name

July 19, 2021November 21, 2021adminNo Comments

The NSW Agrifood Industry Training Advisory Body (ITAB) has now changed its name to the Agrifood Industry Training Advisory Body. Although the name has changed the mission and vision of the organisation has not. The Agrifood ITAB is still working on new and innovative projects such as BEE FUTURES to assist the agrifood industries with workforce development and skill shortage issues. We are also here to provide advise and help with individual industry projects. For more information on new projects and how we can assist please visit our constantly updated website at www.agrifooditab.com.au You will notice that the Agrifood ITAB’s logo and website address has change however nothing else has….we… Read More

NATIONAL SKILLS COMMISSION RELEASES NERO

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021adminNo Comments

The National Skills Commission (NSC) has advised that it has released new employment data, which provides trends and current figures for regions and occupations. NSC states, “the Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation — NERO — is a new experimental dataset developed by the National Skills Commission.” It goes on to explain NERO, a dataset that “provides timely information on employment at detailed levels, including 355 occupations across 88 regions in Australia. Until now, data at this level of detail was only readily available once every five years as part of the ABS Census of Population and Housing. With NERO, the insights are available monthly. As a new source… Read More

NSC RELEASES 2021 SKILLS PRIORITY LIST

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021adminNo Comments

The National Skills Commission (NSC) has released its 2021 Skills Priority List. The NSC states, “The NSC has responsibility for regularly reviewing the national skills needs of Australia and producing a Skills Priority List (SPL). The SPL provides a current labour market rating and a future demand rating for occupations nationally. Current labour market ratings are available for occupations at a state and territory level. The future demand rating (available nationally) is a proportional measure that expresses the prospects for an occupation relative to that occupation’s size. Shearers, bakers, landscapers, arborists, as well as pet groomers and agricultural consultants are some of the occupations listed as having a national shortage… Read More