May 2011 E-Newsletter

Service Skills Australia Launches Report on Productivity in the Service Industries

Service Skills Australia launched the report Productivity in the Service Industries at Service Skills Victoria's Strategic Industry Forum on May 4.  continued here

Melbourne's Inspirational Female Hairdressers

Melbourne's ten most inspirational women in hair gathered at Federation Square on May 3 to celebrate the latest trends for hair and to raise funds for CARE Australia continued here

IN THIS ISSUE

Skills Australia Launches National Review of VET System

International Recognition now available for Australian Hairdressers

Are your Training Facilities meeting Industry Needs?

Taking the Lead: A one-stop shop for information and advice on LLN

ACSF Experts: Expressions of Interest

Ready for Retail: Pilot RTOs required

National Survey: Profiling Labour and Skills in the Tourism and Hospitality Industries

Partnerships Between Employers and Tertiary Education Conference

Joint ISC/skills Australia Conference

work with us!

Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package

We are now in the midst of national consultation for the SIT07 V3 Tourism Review Draft One. Feedback on Draft One should be submitted by 31 May 2011. Refer to the Tourism Hospitality and Events Training Package webpage to download a copy of Draft One and for more information about the consultation process. For more information about the consultation process email Therese Ma tma@serviceskills.com.au.

Sport, Fitness and Recreation Trainining Package

Transition workshops for the SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package have been held over the past five weeks in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, with over 250 participants nationally. Adelaide is next on the agenda with Darwin to follow in late June. Transition workshops for Hobart and Canberra are yet to be determined. Further workshops will be held in NSW after SIS10 is released onto NTIS. SIS10 has been on stage on NTIS since April 20. Being on stage means it is ready for SSA to check and sign-off for it to be released on NTIS. SSA has commenced checking for sign-off, however there is now a possibility of delaying this sign-off in order for a Version 1.3 to be released. This is due to numerous errors that have been highlighted during the transition workshops. Further information on the status of a Version 1.3 release will be made available next week.Provide feedback on the training package using Service For further information please contact Karen Beattie kbeattie@serviceskills.com.au.

Community Pharmacy Continuous Improvement 

Thank you to all the community pharmacy stakeholders who have provided feedback on the first draft components. Feedback has now closed and the project team are working through it to make improvements to the second draft. The second draft will be available for stakeholder validation in early June for a period of six weeks. If you would like to discuss the project please contact Karen Banks at kbanks@serviceskills.com.au.

Retail Services Training Package

Thank you to all who contributed to the review of the Retail Services Training Package. Feedback has now closed and the Training Package is now going through the final stages of editing before going to Quality Assurance. An update on the process will be provided following the completion of this stage. If you have any queries please contact Barbara Hawkins  bhawkins@serviceskills.com.au or 02 8243 1200 or 0418 109 789.

SFL10 Floristry Training Package Pre Release Now Available

Service Skills Australia have now made available a pre-NTIS release version of the newly endorsed SFL10 Floristry Training Package. This electronic version is available now for purchase through the Service Skills Australia online shop. If you have any queries, please contact our customer service team on 02 8243 1200.

SFL10 Floristry Training Package Implementation Workshop

The first professional development workshop for the implementation of the Floristry Training Package was held in Brisbane last week. Participants at the workshop were provided with an overview of the endorsed training package and the opportunity to work through some of the components with peers. In the afternoon session, floral designer Bart Hassam led a discussion on the expectations fo senior florists compared with floral designers in the industry. Workshops are scheduled to be held in Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne over the coming month. Check the Service Skills Australia Website for details.  For further information please contact Karen Banks kbanks@serviceskills.com.au.