Michelle Kruger appointed President of Austal USA Shipbuilder Austal has announced that the Austal USA Board of Directors has appointed Michelle Kruger President of Austal USA. Michelle has been Interim President since July 2023 and assumes the permanent role immediately. Michelle joined Austal USA in 2022 as Vice President of Global Services and Support, responsible…
Slightly over a third of the Australian team of young apprentices, trainees, and students competing in the upcoming WorldSkills 47th International Competition in France will be from Victoria, the state government has announced. WorldSkills will be held in Lyon on September 10 – 15, with the theme “Where there is a skill, there is a…
Two-thirds of students who completed a vocational qualification at certificate I or above had an improved employment outcome post-training, up 2.6 percentage points from the previous year. The report, VET student outcomes 2023, released today by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) shows: 50.6 percent of graduates who did not have a job…
Employers continue to engage with the accredited training system while increasing their use of unaccredited and informal training in 2023, according to a report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The report is derived from the 2023 Survey of Employers’ Use and Views of the VET System, which collected information from 6,290 employers…
The federal government will establish a new Integrity Unit within the national VET regulator, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), to combat operators rorting the system ando better protect students. The new unit will be bolstered by a $37.8 million investment to ensure it is adequately equipped and has the technology and data matching capability…
The federal and Western Australian governments have announced that a further 22,200 Fee-Free TAFE and VET places will be available for Western Australians from January, 2024. This injection of Fee-Free training places builds on the success of free paces offered in 130 courses in 2023, and will continue to provide support for West Australians choosing…
NSW container scheme nears milestone The NSW Return and Earn scheme is on the verge of reaching the milestone of 10 billion recycled cans and bottles. On Friday the NSW Government encouraged households to help reach the mark in the next 24 to 48 hours, by taking their empty drink containers to one of 620…
TasTAFE’s new $27 million Water and Energy Trades Centre of Excellence on Hobart’s Eastern Shore has been opened during the current National Skills Week. In a statement describing it as one of Australia’s newest state-of-the-art training facilities, state skills minister Felix Ellis said WET will deliver training for over 1,250 students and build the island’s…
The number of students enrolled in nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) courses increased by 5.1 percent to 4.5 million between 2021 and 202, according to the latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Most of the increase can be attributed to significant rises in domestic and international fee-for-service subject…
The federal Minister for Skills and Training Brendan O’Connor has announced the establishment of a VET Qualifications Reform Design Group to deliver a more responsive and appropriate vocational educational and training (VET) system To be chaired by the CEO of the Victorian Skills Authority, Craig Robertson the group will aim to develop a simpler system…
