Latest news

The public comment period is now open for the Exposure Draft for the National Law for the National Licensing System... read more

The Australian Government has released an important safety message for all installers participating in the Energy Efficient Homes Package... read more

The Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment has agreed to support the formation of a new, independent national regulator for the vocational education and training sector... read more

The Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment has endorsed the new National Green Skills Agreement, which will see greater embedding of green skills in the vocational education and training system... read more

The National Quality Council has endorsed key changes to the Australian Quality Training Framework Essential Standards for Registration... read more

Following the announcement last month of the Enterprise Productivity Places Program, all national Industry Skills Councils have released expression of interest documents to participate in the program... read more

A new Responsible Service of Alcohol framework has been developed in Queensland to ensure licensees and staff are able to meet the new mandatory RSA requirements which came into effect on 1 July 2009 ... read more

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is finalising an implementation strategy to allow the national high risk units of competency to be recognised for the purposes of high risk work licensing in Queensland... read more

Australian registered training organisations, business and industry can apply for more than $7 million in funding and support to help embed e-learning as a key aspect of their business strategy and to help tailor their training to meet learners' needs... read more

Changes to occupational safety and health laws in Western Australia will soon come into operation to ensure that only workers with the proper skills and knowledge can remove asbestos... read more

Changes to the Home Insulation Program will require every person installing insulation to meet minimum training or skill requirements by 12 February 2010... read more

Licensing Line News is currently undertaking a survey to get the views and opinions of its readers and subscribers... read more

The Case for Endorsement for Version 3 of the TLI07 Transport and Logistics Training Package has been submitted to the National Quality Council with the inclusion of a number of licensing related units of competency... read more

The Queensland Department of Education and Training has extended the accreditation of 30496QLD Course in Operating Loadshifting Equipment until 30/3/2011.... read more

To assist registered training organisations to meet their requirements under the Australian Quality Training Framework, TVET Australia has released a new RTO management product... read more

Innovation and Business Skills Australia has commenced a scoping review of the Occupational Health and Safety qualifications and units of competency contained within the BSB07 Business Services Training Package... read more

Solaria and tanning units will need to be registered and their owners and operators licensed under new regulations being developed by the ACT Government.... read more

A national workforce development strategy released by Skills Australia calls for a fundamental overhaul in the way the nation approaches and supports workforce development... read more

Five new Flexible Learning Toolboxes have been released as part of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's Series 12 Toolboxes... read more

From 1 March 2010, the Department of Education and Training and Workplace Health and Safety Queensland implemented a new process for handling registration applications that contain units of competency or accredited courses that lead to outcomes regulated by WHSQ... read more

The implementation of the new AQTF 2010 standards has been pushed back while the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment considers the proposed amendments... read more

The National Quality Council has amended its policy on the training and assessment competency requirements to include a definition of vocational competency... read more

The Australian Trucking Association has released a proposal to change the truck driver licensing system to increase drivers' skills and encourage more job seekers to consider truck driving as a career... read more

The Australian Government has announced that it will invest more than $660 million in training, apprenticeships and adult literacy and numeracy... read more

The Queensland Electrical Safety Office has provided advice regarding the use of apprentice electricians to conduct insulation inspections... read more

The new TAE10 Training and Education Training Package, which includes the revised Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, has been endorsed by the National Quality Council... read more

An additional $8.3 million will be provided to progress sweeping reforms to the way governments regulate the $49 billion transport sector, including funding for the establishment of national regulators for rail and heavy vehicle... read more

The updated AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Registration are now available.... read more

Safe Work Australia has brought forward the moderation process for the mandated high risk work licensing assessment instruments from September 2010... read more

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is advising registered training organisations that the delivery of "Licence to ..." units of competency from National Training Packages will not commence on 1 July 2010... read more

Updated AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Registration are now available... read more

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has updated its information page on the national regulator for the vocational education and training sector... read more

Worksafe and the West Australian Training Accreditation Council have jointly produced an information flyer to provide updated information on high risk work licensing in Western Australia... read more

NT WorkSafe  provides an update on high risk work licensing in the Northern Territory... read more

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland provide an update on high risk work licensing in Queensland... read more

SafeWork SA provides an update on high risk work licensing in South Australia... read more

Workcover NSW provides an update on high risk work licensing in New South Wales... read more

Following the release of the new AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards, streamlined and improved supporting documents have been developed to assist RTOs, applicants and registering bodies... read more

The federal government has announced the appointment of four Interim positions to help set up a national system of quality assurance and regulation in the higher education and VET sectors... read more

Safe Work Australia report finds workers trained in health and safety are more aware of asbestos risks... read more

Worksafe Victoria provides an update on high risk work licensing in Victoria... read more

WorkSafe ACT provides an update on high risk work licensing in the Australian Capital Territory... read more

Work Cover Tasmania provides an update on high risk work licensing in Tasmania... read more

On 29 April 2010 Safe Work Australia Members endorsed the amendments and a revised version of the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act... read more

The new National Construction Code covering building, plumbing, gas, electrical and telecommunications technical standards in all states and territories will be released in 2011... read more

Following the May 2010 endorsement of the TAE10 Training and Education Training Package the NQC has reviewed and updated its policy on the competencies to be held by trainers and assessors under the AQTF... read more

The Occupational Licensing National Law Bill 2010 was introduced to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly and passed its first reading on 10 August 10... read more