Edition 82, September 2010

Safe Work Australia Week is celebrating its sixth year and will be on again from 24 - 30 October... read more

Three Victorian courses which provide training in specialised areas of first aid are being reviewed for re-accreditation... read more

Two Queensland accredited courses for the erection and installation and the safe use of swing stage scaffolding have been amended... read more

Queensland Building Services Authority (BSA) has provided more information on the introduction of mandatory fire occupational licences... read more

A national heavy vehicle regulator, responsible for regulating all vehicles in Australia over 4.5 tonnes, will become operational on 1 January 2013... read more

Transitional licence arrangements for refrigerant handlers and recoverers have been extended until 30 November 2011... read more

Western Australia continues consultation on introduction of the national licensing system with a second public information session to be held on 16 September 2010... read more

The Queensland Taxi Compliance Unit is to appoint more transport inspectors following an injection of funds from the State Government... read more

Australia to have a single Maritime Safety regulator following COAG decision... read more

A new team of environmental inspectors is to be established to focus on regulating the growing Queensland Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry... read more

The states and territories have been hosting their 2010 training award ceremonies during August and September... read more

IBSA has announced that Version 3.0 of the Business Services Training Package BSB07 is now available on the NTIS website... read more

The recently endorsed version 4 of the Public Sector training package PSP04 has been released and is available on the ISC website or from NTIS... read more

Green Skills Agreement to build the capacity of the VET sector to deliver the skills required for sustainability in the workplace... read more

Queensland has produced a code of practice for recreational diving and snorkelling to provide guidance to businesses in this industry to meet their workplace health and safety obligations... read more

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has released a A Guide for doggers outlining competency based skills needed to perform doggers' duties safely... read more

The 2010 Australian Training Awards will be held on in Sydney... read more

Comcare 2010 National Conference will be held on 22-24 September in Canberra... read more

Agrifood Industry Skills Council National Conference will be held 23 September in Melbourne... read more

The EE-Oz Training Standards Annual Conference will be held on 12 -13 October on the Gold Coast... read more

SkillsDMC will be holding a Civil Construction Skills Forum on 12 October in Melbourne... read more

The Safety Show will be held 26 - 28 October at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park... read more

Voc Ed Learning Group (VELG) is holding its inaugural TAE10 Summit at the Brisbane Mercure on 8 & 9 November 2010... read more