ASQA has recently approved an extended transition period for 18 qualifications from the CPC08 Training Package until 31 December 2021.

ASQA also agreed to extend the transition period of CPC40308 Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Estimating) and CPC40508 Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Site Management) to 27 November 2022.

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NCVER’s AVETMISS Client Support (Client Support) team provides advice and assistance to RTOs with their national AVETMISS reporting obligations.

The purpose of this survey is to determine how effective NCVER have been in providing services to RTOs, as someone who has used our services recently or owns an RTO listed on training.gov.au. The survey will remain open for 2 weeks and close on Friday, 7 May 2021.

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To assist RTOs, Training Accreditation Council (TAC) has developed a new Fact Sheet titled ‘Issuing Testamurs and Statements of Attainment’ which provides sample templates for a testamur, Statement of Attainment, and Record of Results. A TAC Fact Sheet is available to explain specific guidelines on when and how to use the TAC, Nationally Recognised Training (NRT) and AQF logos.

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Each year, the National Student Outcomes Survey (SOS) collects important information about VET students’ satisfaction with their training and their employment and further study outcomes. The 2020 SOS RTO reports are available now. To ensure data are appropriately protected, NCVER will only disclose VET data about RTOs to an authorised person within the RTO.

The 2021 National Student Outcomes Survey will open in June 2021 for students who completed a VET qualification, program or subject during 2020.

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The Survey of Employers’ Use and Views of the VET system collects information about employers’ engagement and satisfaction with the VET system and the various ways employers use the VET system to meet their skill needs. This survey shows 50.9% of employers used the VET system in 2019, down 3.5 percentage points from 2017. In 2019, the top two reasons for having vocational qualifications as a job requirement is to provide the skills required for the job and for legislative, regulatory or licensing requirements.

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This report provides a snapshot of apprenticeships and traineeships across Australia in the 12 months to 30 September 2020, compared with the previous year. There were 264,425 apprentices and trainees in training, a decrease of 4.2% from the previous year (276,020), 2% of workers were employed as an apprentice or trainee and 10.1% of employed workers within the trade occupations were an apprentice or trainee.

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The report from the Recruitment Experiences and Outlook Survey, highlights key findings and trends in recruitment activity, recruitment difficulty and future staffing expectations. In March 2021, 46% of surveyed employers reported that they were recruiting or had recruited in the past month, unchanged from February. The recruitment rates in both Rest of State areas (49%) and Capital Cities (44%) were unchanged from February 2021. In March 2021, 23% of employers expected to increase their staffing levels over the next 3 months, compared with 20% in February 2021 and 16% in June 2020. In Rest of State areas, the proportion of employers expecting to increase staff in March 2021 reached a peak of 26%, the highest level since the start of the series in April 2020.

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The following training packages have been updated on training.gov.au:

• AVI: Aviation Training Package
  Revised 15th April 2021.
• CUA: Creative Arts and Culture
  Revised 16th April 2021.
• MSS: Sustainability
  Revised 21st April 2021.
• SIR: Retail Services
  Revised 28th April 2021.

Updates have been made to some Australian Apprenticeships and Traineeships Qualifications.

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Hear from a VET consultant, provider and quality assessor on how VET providers can use educational technology to enhance and support the quality of online learning and outcomes for students.

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AATIS will be hosting a free webinar each day at 2PM AEDT between Monday May 17th – Friday May 21st. There will be a variety of topics being discussed including Resources for Schools, Job Hunters and Employers as well as ‘Social Marketing in the VET Sector’ and ‘The Value of the Network: The AATIS Partners Program’.

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WorldSkills Australia has partnered with AWS, Keysight Technologies and CloudShare to create Virtual Skills Week 2021 – where Australia’s top up-and-coming IT talent will battle for medals, prizes and a potential spot at the WorldSkills Australia National Championships. Registrations are now open.

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