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Maritime Day Postponed until October 2022

6/2/2022

 
Fremantle Ports Maritime Day has been postponed and will now be held on Saturday 29 October 2022. Maritime Day celebrates all aspects of the maritime industry and with over 90 displays there is something for everyone. Come down and see the LDSC as we promote maritime educational opportunities and the exciting careers available in maritime to the wider community. We look forward to welcoming you. 

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RTO Forum – 3 December 2021

8/12/2021

 
We were delighted to see an incredible turnout of RTOs representing our diverse industry coverage areas on Friday 3 December 2021 at the LDSC annual RTO Forum.  With at least representative from each industry sector: Maritime, Retail, Aviation, Road Transport, Rail, Warehousing and Logistics. A thank you to all our presenters who provided an update on their respective areas with insight into what is occurring for their organisations next year:
  • Klausch Schmidt - Australian Industry Standards (AIS),
  • Morena Stanley - Training Accreditation Council (TAC)
  • James Gett - Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA); and
  • Peter Hensen – Department of Training and Workforce Development (DTWD)
  • Michael Taremba – Logistics & Defence Skills Council (LDSC)
  • RTO Forum – Minutes
Click the links below to access their presentations and RTO Forum Minutes. Please contact the LDSC for further information on (08) 9388 8781 or info@ldsc.asn.au.
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Industry Outlooks Released

14/6/2021

 
Following industry consultation and research, Australian Industry Standards (AIS) have released Industry Outlooks for 2021 for the following sectors:
  • Aviation
  • Maritime
  • Rail
  • Transport & Logistics

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Feedback Sought: Case for Change

6/5/2021

 
​The Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) has recently released Cases for Change for Rail, Aviation, Transport and Logistics, Maritime, and Defence sectors. ​​This work is aimed at ensuring qualifications, Skill Sets and Units of Competency reflect current technologies, industry practices, and regulations and requires industry feedback required by Tuesday, 11 May 2021 for all sectors. 
 
As always, if you are providing comment, please send a copy of your feedback to the LDSC so that we can ensure feedback from WA Stakeholders has been taken into account during the consultation process.

Streamlining of National Training Products: Revised Lists

5/5/2021

 
​The Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) agreed in December 2020 to the immediate deletion of a number of training products (i.e. qualifications) from the national vocational education and training (VET) register. 

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Maritime Skills Webinar

5/3/2021

 
On behalf of the Maritime IRC, Australian Industry Standards (AIS) is holding a webinar about emerging trends for your industry, cross-sector issues, and proposed qualification changes to support workforce needs.
 
Register here to join the Maritime webinar on 12 March 2021. Hear from the Industry Reference Committee about current industry challenges and its role in addressing skills needs, and the AIS Skills Specialist about proposed projects for the maritime training package to support workforce needs.
 
AIS is keen to hear your ideas and feedback to ensure qualifications and skills standards deliver real outcomes for industry.

Maritime Training Package Endorsement

1/2/2021

 
The Maritime Training Package (Release 7.0) has been endorsed by Skills Ministers for implementation.  
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The Maritime Industry Reference Committee, with the support of Technical Advisory Committees, has revised the Certificate I in Maritime Operations (General Purpose Hand Near Coastal) and developed new Units of Competency and Skill Sets for specialist maritime operations.

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Maritime Operations Linesperson

27/1/2021

 
On behalf of the Maritime Industry Reference Committee, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the Maritime Operations Linesperson project has drafted Training Package materials and would like your feedback. ​

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Dredging Operations: Maritime Training Package

11/1/2021

 
On behalf of the Maritime Industry Reference Committee, the Technical Advisory Committee for the Dredging Operations project has drafted a new Skill Set and Unit of Competency and would like your feedback.

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Streamlining and new framework to prioritise training package development

17/12/2020

 
In response to a direction from Skills Ministers, the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) has agreed to delete 975 units of competency and 46 qualifications identified as having zero enrolments over the past three years. The training products will be deleted from the national register by mid-February 2021.​

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