VET in Schools Immersion Program
    • News and media
    • Video Gallery
  • August 27th, 2020

The NSW Department of Education as part of it committment to ensuring VET in School teachers remain current with the latest skills, trends and applications conduct immersion programs for their teachers. You can see the passion and committment in the teachers to ensuring that their students obtain the most up to date information and skills...

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NRL – Wellbeing and Education
    • News and media
  • August 27th, 2020

As part of National Skills Week, the Australian NRL has created short videos from ambassadors for the NRL-VET (Vocational Education and Training) Pathways program. The NRL ambassadors, talk to us about their experience with vocational education, how it helped them both on and off the field, as well as where it has taken them in...

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Right Skills. Right Time?
    • News and media
  • August 26th, 2020

    SkillsIQ is a national not-for-profit organisation supporting industry to develop standards to ensure the workforce is equipped with the right skills for jobs now and in the future. This report measures the gap between the required qualification across 400 occupations in the economy and the actual qualifications held by more than 10 million...

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Federal Education Minister, Dan Tehan Media Release
    • Media Statements
  • August 26th, 2020

National Skills Week is an excellent opportunity for locals in Wannon to think about your career and consider where vocational education and training can take you. National Skills Week is a chance to recognise the valuable work of our vocational education and training sector, as it responds quickly to COVID-19 and helps set up our...

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Please tell us about Vocational Education. Advice to Influencers and young people.
    • News and media
    • Podcasts
  • August 26th, 2020

This episode explores the experience of 3 Vocational education and Training Alumni, who have all had very different experiences and journeys with Vocational Education and Training (VET). One thing in common is they are all passionate about providing guidance and information to young people and their influencers on the opportunities and diversity in VET. We...

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Where next for skills? Upskilling to Reboot Australia
    • News and media
  • August 26th, 2020

              To meet the demands of the accelerated technological change, with the added complication of border closures, business needs to shift its focus to reskilling and upskilling employees. In June PwC surveyed CFO’s around the world and found roughly half plan to make remote work a permanent option.  And 52% said...

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National Careers Institute
    • News and media
  • August 26th, 2020

      The Australian Government is National Skills Weeks biggest supporter. The National Careers Institute (NCI) is a government measure that was established so that Australians have access to accurate and up to date career information and support regardless of their age and stage. It provides a single, independent and impartial government source of...

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Senator Michaelia Cash Media Release
    • Media Statements
  • August 26th, 2020

National Skills Week 2020 will focus on the critical role that the vocational education and training (VET) sector will play in the nation’s economic recovery. We have committed a further $3.3 billion to skills, through our JobTrainer initiative and by providing financial assistance to keep hundreds of thousands of trainees and apprentices to stay in...

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South Australian Minister David Pisoni Media Release
    • Media Statements
  • August 26th, 2020

There are so many new pathways through vocational education and training into future industries, such as cyber security, IT and the health and medical industries. Vocational Education and Training continues to play a crucial role in building a skilled workforce here in South Australia in traditional, and new emerging industries. Vocational education pathways will play...

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Victorian Minister Gayle Tierney Media Release
    • Media Statements
  • August 26th, 2020

“We want to ensure Victorians are equipped with the skills and training they need to get a job as we respond to and recover from the coronavirus crisis.” The Sunraysia TAFE virtual open careers week is dedicated to publicising the many career pathways and courses available at Sunraysia TAFE from helping people enrol to start...

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Tasmanian Minister Jeremy Rockliff Media Release
    • Media Statements
  • August 26th, 2020

Tasmania has a lot to celebrate as part of National Skills Week when it comes to our nation-leading, diverse and job-creating vocational education and training industry. ‘Skill Up’ is providing a range of low or no cost online short courses through TasTAFE to help boost peoples skills to enhance their employability. Through JobTrainer we are...

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Queensland Minister Shannon Fentiman Media Release
    • Media Statements
  • August 26th, 2020

Queensland is home to so many talented students, hardworking teachers, successful training organisations and fantastic employers. As we Unite and Recover for Queensland Jobs, we know that training and skilling will be critical. We know we need to grow our skilled workforce so we can continue with our plan for economic recovery: Unite and Recover...

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NASSSA’s Ensemble of Schools in an Orchestra of Ideas
  • Event Date: August 28th, 2020

For National Skills Week, and to support our students, NASSSA, in collaboration with their RTOs and trainers are offering ‘open classes’ to Alliance students. This will occur right across the week. With over 50 events and programs planned within the schools and in conjunction with TAFESA and industry there is a a wealth of information...

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