August E-Newsletter
August 2011 E-Newsletter
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Stakeholder Profile - Carl Keeley Carl Keeley, award winning hairdresser and Managing Director of Chumba Concept Salons, aims to influence hairdressing's future perspective through his appointment to the Service Skills Australia Wholesale, Retail and Personal Services Industry Advisory Committee continued |
National Workforce Development Fund Update The Commonwealth Budget in May included the announcement of a National Workforce Development Fund providing $558 million over four years to support training and workforce Development. Bernard Moore, Service Skills Australia's Program Manager for Workforce Development, explains SSA's role here |
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Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package Feedback Analysis on Tourism Review The SIT07 Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package is being reviewed as part of the continuous improvement process. The major review will be carried out in three industry-aligned phases:
These cross sector units will be reviewed in each of the three phases. Tourism Review Phase 1: The Tourism Review is currently in the validation stage. Consultation on the Tourism Review Validation Draft closed on 12 August 2011. The team is currently analysing the feedback on the Validation Draft. Hospitality Review Phase 2: The Hospitality Review is in the Project Scoping stage. The Hospitality Review Scoping Paper is currently in development. See the Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package webpage for more information http://www.serviceskills.com.au/tourism-hospitality-and-events-continuous-improvement For more information email Therese Ma tma@serviceskills.com.au. |
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Sport, Fitness and Recreation Trainining Package SIS10 Version 1.2 can be found on training.gov.au. We are in the final stages of making corrections to this version so that a Version 1.3 can be submitted for an ISC upgrade during September 2011. More detailed information around the continuous improvement of SIS10 will be available on the SSA website shortly. In regard to the new training.gov.au, we note some RTOs are experiencing difficulty in navigating SIS10 on this site and are including this in our feedback to DEEWR. For further information please contact Karen Beattie kbeattie@serviceskills.com.au |
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Community Pharmacy Continuous Improvement The draft 2 community pharmacy units are now available for stakeholder feedback. All are encouraged to consider the updated and new units from a technical perspective to ensure that they accurately reflect the skills and knowledge being described. Feedback closes on Friday 9 September. For all information on the updated community pharmacy units, please go to the project page at www.serviceskills.com.au/community-pharmacy-continuous-improvement If you would like to discuss the project please contact Karen Banks at kbanks@serviceskills.com.au |
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SIB10 Beauty Training Package - Your Feedback is Required! As training providers have familiarised themselves with the SIB10 Beauty Training Package, a number of improvements have come to light. We have been compiling the inconsistencies, issues and errors that have been identified and will update the Training Package to version 1.2 before the end of 2011. We encourage you to email any feedback to Karen Banks at kbanks@serviceskills.com.au by September 23, 2011. |
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SIR11 Retail Services Training Package The validation draft for the revised SIR11 Retail Services Training Package is now available for review. The validation draft is based on the feedback received during the consultation process, Service e Skills Feedback Register, national consultation, workshops and emails. Feedback on the consultation drafts was generally positive and consistent throughout the country and we believe that the comments/suggestions received have contributed to the improvement of these revised drafts. This validation draft provides a final opportunity for our stakeholders to review and comment on the draft components of the revised package to ensure that the revised training package reflects the current skill needs of the retail industry. All comments to be submitted by September 2 2011 via email to Barbara Hawkins at bhawkins@serviceskills.com.au Once the validation process is complete, the revised package will go through the quality assurance process which includes adjusting unit codes and competency fields, external equity and editorial and holistic reports and sign off from the state training authorities. We envisage that work on the revised package will be completed by September 2011. I welcome any feedback/comments on any aspect of the project. Please feel free to contact me at or on 0418 109 789 if you have any questions. |
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