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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND THE ARTS
SEPTEMBER 2008 EDITION
Queensland Skills Plan » » Queensland Skills Plan 2008 Launched » New Opportunities for Unemployed and Under-employed » Industry Input Sought on Training » Building Industry Service a National First
Training » » Indigenous Skills Training Strategy Launched » 10 Years of Mining Industry Training Excellence » Course Entices Workers to 'Hot' jobs » More Trade Apprentices are 'Fast Finishers'
Showcase » » Still Too Much Workplace Bullying: Ombudsman » Training Helps Sustain Biotech Bubble » Training Awards Showcase State's Best Calendar » » Technology Talkfest is Interactive » Training Program Boosts RPL Skills
Resources » » New Booklet Outlines Older Workers' Options » Website for VET Sector Professional Development » Feedback Wanted on Audit Experience
QUEENSLAND SKILLS PLAN 2008 LAUNCHED » The State Government’s new blueprint to address the State’s skills shortages – the Queensland Skills Plan 2008 – was launched on 29 August.
Education and Training Minister Rod Welford said the new blueprint would build on the considerable progress made since the original Queensland Skills Plan was released in March 2006, when the State Government introduced the most significant reform to Queensland’s vocational education and training system in 40 years.
INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING STRATEGY LAUNCHED»
A new State Government strategy to increase employment and reduce unemployment among Indigenous people in Queensland was launched in Cairns on 4 September.
A new vocational graduate diploma course in biotechnology developed at Southbank Institute of Technology (SBIT) will put Queensland even further ahead of other states in developing skills in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
A technology conference of particular interest to the vocational education and training field will be held at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast from 5-7 November.
