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What a year we had in 2021! We continued to work online - sometimes live, sometimes not.  And we sometimes got to meet people in person, giving up our much-loved trackie daks for 'hard pants' - this year's term for slacks that are less comfortable than...

'Skills Urgency' is the title of the Australian Industry Group’s most recent report on the skill needs of Australian employees.  The report aims to prompt discussion about big changes the AIG suggests are needed to build employee skills in Australia.  The AIG states that: “A cocktail...

This is my first post of 2019. It is long overdue, but the fact is, I simply haven't had the time to write before now.  This is because, since January, much of my time has been spent training and assessing TAE upgrades. The deadline for completing the...

September 2018 was another good month for conferences - I attended (and presented at) Velg Training's National VET Conference (#2018NVC).   This year I was lucky enough to work with not one, but three experts in the area of foundation skills.  I have come to realise that...

Today's the day! Today is the deadline for submissions to PwC's Skills for Australia, in support of the case for change to the TAE Training Package. I know the training and education industry is still recovering from the introduction of the TAE Training Package, TAE40116 Certificate IV in...

This post is written by my colleague, Ann Leske. Ann and I work together on a joint venture called, LLN and VET Meeting Place.  Lately, we have received loads of questions and cries for help from RTOs who want to 'do LLN right'.  They are looking...

Today's post is quick! This morning, ASQA released more information about TAE40116 extension-to-scope applications. ...