On 28 November 2018, the Prime Minister announced an independent review of Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector to examine ways to deliver skilled workers for a stronger economy. The review was led by the Honourable Steven Joyce, a former New Zealand Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment. Mr Joyce delivered the final report to the Government in March 2019.
Using a range of local and international data sources as well as real-life success stories, this report addresses some of these pervasive and inaccurate perceptions about vocational education and, also, highlights the importance of including VET pathways in the overall discussion about our nation’s long-term educational strategies and employment solutions.
The National Skills Agreement is a 5-year agreement between the Australian, State and Territory Governments, working in partnership to ensure that the national vocational education and training (VET) system provides high-quality, responsive and accessible education and training to boost productivity, deliver national priorities and support Australians to obtain the skills and capabilities they need to obtain well-paid, secure jobs.
The Qualification Reform Design Group has now commenced the task set for it by Skills Ministers to provide advice about the design of a reform process for vocational education and training (VET) qualifications which prepares the sector for the future. Attached is the Design Group update for August 2023.
Recorded on 18/11/2021 and forming part of Velg Training's National VET PD this webinar looked at validation and what can we learn? It highlighted the fundamental purpose of validation and how you can apply meaningful practices to your validation events.
Recorded on the 14/10/2020, this 90-minute, highly interactive session, streams our VET Expert (John Dwyer) directly to you! Unpack the most critical components of marking guides and their importance as part of an assessment tool in this session.
Recorded on 26/10/2020 and forming part of the National VET PD Week, this 90 minute session that includes an extra Q&A session unpacks the importance of the design of Training and Assessment Strategies and Industry consultation to ensure the TAS takes into account of a range of informing factors.
Skills Service Organisation (SSO), Australian Industry Standards (AIS), has partnered with RMIT University to identify workforce digital skills requirements and examine the capacity of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector to effectively meet the growing demand for digital skillsets. AIS invites stakeholders in the public safety, corrections, transport and logistics, aviation, rail and maritime industries to take part in a short, ten-minute survey to assist with this research.
As part of the 2017–18 Budget, the Australian Government announced funding of $24 million for 1200 Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships that will support regional and remote people wishing to undertake Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) qualifications in higher education and Vocational Education and Training (VET). The Department of Education and Training is now seeking feedback from stakeholders on its draft of the ‘Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships: Program Guidelines’. Submissions can be made until Friday 16 June 2017.
ReadyTech's VETtrak Cloud redefines student management for the next generation, integrating 25 years of industry expertise and cutting-edge cloud technology. Purpose-built for VET, it combines VETtrak's features with advanced cloud capabilities, excelling in compliance, national AVETMISS, and funding requirements. With a modern interface and security backed by AWS, the platform not only streamlines recruitment but guarantees an intuitive and secure trainer, administrator and student experience.
