The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has funded the Society for Knowledge Economics to undertake research into the Leadership, Culture and Management practices of High Performing Workplaces in Australia’s services industry.
The AQF Council has commissioned research which will help validate andfine tune the structural elements of the strengthened AQF. An on-linesurvey will gather data to empirically test the levels criteria, thequalifications type descriptors and where Australia's qualificationsshould be placed in a strengthened AQF.
The NQC secretariat has notified IBSA that the Training and Education Training Package was endorsed by NQC members at its meeting of the 12th May 2010.
IBSA is delighted to announce the scheduled release of a number of newBSB07 and FNS04 training resources to accompany our current range ofTAA04 and BSB07 resources.
IBSA is a major partner in the inaugural Creative Innovation 2010 two day conference to be held on 9-10 September 2010. Creative Innovation 2010 is the place to learn from world changing innovators, futurists, inspired thinkers and curious souls gathered together in an interactive community.
Following IBSA’s Enterprise Innovation Summit in June 2009, IBSA hasarticulated the focus and key outcomes in its latest publication,Enterprise Innovation.
Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA) in conjunction withClear Space is offering professional development workshops nationally. Rebecca Mezzino from Clear Space and IBSA’s Anita Roberts both havearticles featured in the March 2010 edition of the ProfessionalEducator.
Follow the link to see the Register of Learning and Training provided for Small & Micro Businesses.
To assist trainers to embed innovation skills development into their training methodology, Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA) has developed a Facilitator Guide for trainers in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system.
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relationscommissioned the Society for Knowledge Economics to research the roleof Government in creating innovative, productive and fulfillingworkplaces, resulting in the report Leading Australia to More Innovative, Productive and Fulfilling Workplaces – The Role of Government.
John Mitchell & Associates has released the JMA Analytics Model ofVET Capability Development which found that the current skill levels ofthe average Australian VET trainer and assessor meet only 80% ofprofessional work requirements and that by 2014 this will fall to 62%.The full report is available at www.jma.com.au/JMAAnalytics.aspx
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Australia’s National Broadband Network is facing a major shortfall of skilled workers, according to the Innovation & Business Skills Australia’s (IBSA) 2010 Environment Scan.
A User Guide has been developed to support the delivery and assessment of the two new language, literacy and numeracy qualifications. It is freely available for downloading from IBSA’s website.
IBSA has completed the first of four research reports currently being undertaken on management/leadership and innovation to be launched as a series later in 2010.
Following the review of the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and the creation of the Training Package in Education and Training, IBSA is to conduct a review of the Diploma level qualification.
The NQC secretariat notified stakeholders on July 7th the NQC determination on benchmarks for AQTF trainer and assessor competencies...
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