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TAFELINK Issue No. 5 | December 2007

Feature story

Other news

What's new

Events

Course profile

Feature story

Fresh-baked careers

A new and expanded training program devised by Bakers Delight and TAFE NSW will be making baking products and providing commercial outcomes for the franchisees and exciting career pathways for employees.

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Other news

Training boosts border security

Transport security inspectors are keeping Australia's ports and airports even safer after completing a TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute auditing course.

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Teaming up to save lives

In a bid to improve driver safety, particularly for younger drivers, NRMA and TAFE NSW have teamed up to deliver the new TAFE PLUS course, Certificate IV in Driving Instruction.

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Aged Care overhaul demands new skills

TAFE NSW – Western Institute is at the forefront of the biggest training program ever undertaken by the Department of Health and Ageing.

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Skills training feeds success

A suite of courses run by TAFE NSW – New England Institute for the feedlot industry is helping to maintain standards in this competitive global industry.

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What's new

National training awards success

TAFE NSW has won several key accolades at the 2007 Australian Training Awards held recently in Hobart, with TAFE NSW – Western Institute once again named Australian Large Training Provider of the Year.

TAFE NSW students also received recognition at the awards.  Community worker, Shilo Barker a student from Dubbo Campus won the national award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year. Tanya Roberts a successful IT professional who retrained as a mature age student at Broken Hill Campus was runner up for the title Vocational Student of the Year.

New trade teacher award goes to TAFE NSW

And this year, a new award, National Trade Teacher of the Year, was won by Marion Fitzpatrick, a cookery teacher from TAFE NSW – Northern Sydney Institute's Ryde College.

The new award was presented by the Institute for Trade Excellence to acknowledge and reward excellence in trade skills teaching across eight industry groups. The award recognises exceptional training and mentoring in the hospitality industry.

Alliance to improve productivity in the Hunter

TAFE NSW – Hunter Institute and Asset Capability Management (ACM) have signed an agreement to provide business consulting and workplace training to help Hunter industries improve productivity and skill levels.

Craig Hutchinson, Marketing Director, ACM, said the company specialises in providing a three-pronged approach to industry: interviewing customers, talking to employees and reviewing operational practices.

‘This gives us vital information that we use to define gaps in competency and develop and deliver targeted training programs in a unique partnership with Hunter Institute. The alliance enables us to provide real, measurable and sustainable improvements for local industry.’

Hunter Institute’s Faculty Director of Industry and Natural Resources, Rob Wolter, said this specialised approach to industry will go a long way in addressing skills shortages in the Upper Hunter.

‘We know our training will be effective because it is based on sound research of the organisation and targets productivity gains through improvements in workforce capability,’ Mr Wolter said.

The first company to benefit from the new alliance is Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) based in Muswellbrook.

Educating the Venue Industry

A partnership between the Venue Management Association (VMA) and TAFE NSW – South Western Sydney Institute is putting a formal Recognition of Prior Learning process into place for students who successfully complete the Public Venue Management School (PVMS) course.

The PVMS is a comprehensive training and assessment program delivered by the Association to its members. As it is not an accredited course, the VMA has worked with South Western Sydney Institute so that the course receives full credit towards the TAFE NSW Diploma of Venue Management.

Graduates from the course are now able to have their skills and knowledge validated to achieve a nationally accredited qualification. This in turn assists articulation into university education.

Management qualifications from TAFE NSW and Australian Graduate Management Consortium

You can now complete a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Management through the Australian Graduate Management Consortium (AGMC), thanks to a unique partnership between TAFE NSW and Charles Sturt University.

You’ll gain a university postgraduate management qualification with all the practical relevance for which TAFE NSW is renowned.

You may be eligible to do the course even if you don't have a degree, although you’ll need to have had some supervisory/management experience and, usually, an existing TAFE qualification in a relevant area.

During the course, you'll participate in active discussions, group problem-solving and sharing your experience. You'll be stimulated by readable learning materials with a practical orientation. And you can choose to learn about specific aspects of a module that are relevant to you.

For more information on completing a Graduate Certificate or Diploma through the AGMC, visit the Australian Graduate Management Consortium website.

TAFELINK – Excellence in marketing award

The Australian TAFE Marketing Association’s (ATMA) Annual Awards for Excellence in Marketing are a highlight of the Australian TAFE marketer’s calendar.

The awards recognise the achievements of TAFE staff and their Institutes in marketing the services and products of the vocational education sector.

This year, NSW Department of Education and Training (TAFE Marketing) has won the Excellence in TAFE Marketing award for the TAFELINK e-newsletter. The other NSW winners were 2007 NSW DET Young Professionals' Network Conference in the Events category; Sydney Institute for two successful programs, the Doyle's Hospitality Traineeship and a partnership with the Australian Institute of Commerce and Language to foster talent in skill shortage areas; and Western Institute for its marketing campaign, Messages for a mature-age market.

The TAFELINK win follows the publication’s recent move to the online space after being distributed in hardcopy for many years. The TAFELINK e-newsletter continues to promote TAFE NSW as a provider of quality training solutions for business.

Events

Service Skills Australia 2008 Conference

28 – 29 February 2008
Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney

The conference, run by Service Skills ISC Australia, will examine issues surrounding: the current and future skill and labour needs of the service industries; how industry can build the skill level of employees and address skill and labour shortages; and how the VET system can work with employers and learners to support skill needs for the service industries.

Course profile

OHS Training

Bonded Asbestos – Nominated Supervisor (Workcover NSW Licence) – TAFE PLUS Statement

This course is for people required to supervise the removal of bonded asbestos. You will develop skills in identifying requirements of the OHS Regulations and Codes of Practice. This will assist in developing safe work procedures, procedures for working at heights, and safe work method statements. The course also covers site establishment plans, waste and WorkCover notification procedures.

On completion of the course you may be eligible to apply to WorkCover NSW for an Asbestos Supervisor licence.

For more information on TAFE NSW courses, visit www.tafensw.edu.au.

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