FFTI Nimble News 18 Dec 2017

Featured in this issue:

Survey: Textile Fabrication Traineeship - Variation to an Apprenticeship Certificate III in Manufactured Textile Products (MST30216)

Education and Health Standing Committee: Putting VET to the test - An assessment of the delivery of Vocational Education and Training in Schools

Rural Bank Scholarships - 15 new scholarships to first-time undergraduate university students enrolled in studies that will enable them to contribute to the Australian agricultural industry

Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships - scholarships to undertake STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) studies, including in agriculture and health fields. Close Monday, 8 January 2018

Safe Farms - Great website for everything about Safety on Farms

New Certificates in Horse Care, Horse Breeding and Performance Horse are now available

ASQA Updates to the Users’ guide to the Standards for RTOs 2015

ASQA Update: December 2017

NCVER Research: Identifying work skills: international approaches

Have your say: Business Council of Australia (BCA) review of the tertiary education and training system. Submissions close 19th January 2018

Muresk Institute: Building a better cow – A 1 day presentation tailored to individuals working in the livestock industry and focuses on specific areas of beef production – Wed. 14 March 2018

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WORKPLACE ESSENTIALS FOR BETTER BUSINESS

NEW BROCHURES NOW AVAILABLE

The Department of Training and Workforce Development, together with their project partners, published additional workforce planning and development brochures tailored to small to medium businesses.

The brochure titles are as follows:

• Fostering workplace innovation in your business – Innovation thrives in an environment where it's encouraged, accepted, promoted, recognised and celebrated.

• Retaining and supporting employees – The cost to bring a new person into the workplace includes dollars spent on advertising, selection and lost productivity while positions are vacant. Flexible work options to retain and support employees can provide a strong business advantage.

• Managing change in the workplace – Change in a workplace is best undertaken with carefully considered goals, good planning, capable people to drive and implement change and involvement of people who are affected.

Visit the Workplace Essentials website for these and previous brochures. Also refer to the What's New which contains workforce planning and development news as well as events and information.

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