Skills Update - Edition 4, April 2009

ForestWorks Skills Update - April 2009, ed. 4

In this issue...

• Joint workshop will inform on industry training
• Industry Scan updated
• ForestWorks training product submission goes to NQC
• Industry ‘Continuous Improvement Plan’ updated
• ForestWorks supports furnishing industry awards
• Girls make it a go!
• FREE job advertising - ‘log a job!’ online!

Joint workshop will inform on industry training

The Australian Timber Trainers Association (ATTA), ForestWorks and Forest Industry Assessment Plan System (FIAPS) will hold a national annual workshop in Mt Gambier on 27-30 July 2009. Many of the activities will focus on skills development techniques and approaches to meet workforce development needs to the industry. ForestWorks encourages all members directly involved or responsible for training to attend! Learn more!

Industry Scan updated

ForestWorks (ISC) produces an annual industry Environmental Scan that gathers information on skills supply and demand, workforce development priorities, analysis of implementation of the current Training Packages and recommendations for changes through a three year Continuous Improvement Plan. This update of the Scan has been prepared on the basis of data collection, review and validation in the period September 2008 - March 2009. Learn more!

ForestWorks training product submission goes to NQC

ForestWorks recently responded to the National Quality Council (NQC) consultation paper, VET Training Products for the 21st Century. ForestWorks advocated the retention of the current definition of competence, preservation of Training Packages as the single driving organising framework for qualifications, retention of the current structure of Training Packages and supported the investigation of a national credit system for VET and Higher Education. Learn More!

Industry ‘Continuous Improvement Plan’ updated

ForestWorks recently updated the ForestWorks Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) covering both Pulp and Paper Training Package FPP01 and Forest and Forest Products Training Package FPI05. The Continuous Improvement Plan sets out changes that need to be made to the endorsed components of Training Packages so they meet the existing and emerging skill needs of industry. Learn More!

ForestWorks supports furnishing industry awards

ForestWorks is sponsoring the inaugural (joint industry) 2009 Victorian Furnishing Industry Training Awards to be held on 1 May 2009 in Melbourne. The awards, jointly hosted by the ForestWorks Victorian Furnishing Industry Training Advisory Committee (FurnITAC) and the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia (Vic/Tas) Inc., are also endorsed and sponsored by Skills Victoria.  Finalists will be encouraged and assisted to nominate for the 2009 Victorian Training Awards to be held in August. 

Girls make it a go!

Patricia Hughes, Victorian  Manager of FurnITAC, is a steering committee member of the 'Girls Make It Go!' project. This project will educate young women, their parents, school careers and advisers about the career options in various occupations relating to manufacturing and technology that traditionally attract lower numbers of women. The project has been funded by Skills Victoria and is targeting young women from the Northern suburbs of Melbourne. 

FREE job advertising - 'log a job' online!

An important part of the ForestWorks website is the ability to advertise vacant jobs. This enables anyone seeking a career in our industry the means to be able to view all vacant positions online and in one place. To post your job online for free, please click here.

Upcoming Events

April 2009

Australasian Forest Genetics Conference, The Esplanade Hotel Perth, 20-22 April 2009.

Australian Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Association (APPITA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, 19-22 April 2009.

May 2009

Victorian Furnishing Industry Training Awards, Plaza Ballroom Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1 May 2009.

July 2009

Combined ATTA and FIAPS Conference, Mt Gambier, 27-30 July 2009. www.forestworks.com.au

If you have an event you would like listed in our newsletter or on our website, then please email the details to hbugno@forestworks.com.au

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