FFTI Nimble News 23 Oct 2018

Featured in this issue:

1. Welcome to New and Existing Board Members of the Food, Fibre and Timber Industries Training Council

2. FFTI Training Council: Summary of outcomes for the Skill Priority Occupation List (SPOL)

3. New FFTI Training Council Project: Sustainable Agriculture – An Agrifood VET Toolbox for Schools

4. Free Jobs Board – The Jobs and Skills Centre jobs board assists and supports Western Australian jobseekers to find employment, and can help employers to attract and recruit employees

5. Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships Program – Scholarships of up to $18,000 are open to students from regional and remote areas in Australia

6. For people in the timber/furniture trades: Australian Furniture Association - Furnishing Industry Timber due Diligence Toolkit launched

7. ABARES launches Insights series into Australian agriculture

8. National Farmers Federation launches 2030 Roadmap = new policy roadmap aimed at propelling agriculture towards $100 billion in farm gate output by 2030

9. New Report: Mitchell Institute – The Capable Country

10. City of Kalamunda: Careers Expo May 2019 – Exhibitor registration now open

11. For teachers and career practitioners –MyFuture Training Workshops 19th November 2018 - This workshop will be an introduction to myfuture. The presenters will demonstrate how the platform can be a useful tool in career and transition planning, and highlight resources that are most relevant to you and your students

12. Horses & Greyhounds: Retraining to New Environments, Horse Breeding Skills, and Greyhound Health Assistance. Perth consultations on these 3 new training package projects by Skills Impact are on 28 November 2018

13. TRA Skills Assessments Services: The Australian Government plans to release an RFT for the procurement of assessment services from Australian RTOs in quarter 2 of the 2018/19 financial year. The RFT will be available on AusTender

14. Foodborne Listeria Outbreaks: The AIFST WA Community of Interest is offering an educational evening to discuss listeria outbreaks and the lessons learnt