Skilled
Issue Two March 2006
In this issue:
Search is on for Queensland's best
Nominations for the 2006 Queensland Training Awards have opened with employers and their apprentices and trainees encouraged to become part of the awards' 45 years of rewarding training excellence.
Creating jobs, building skills
Recent low unemployment has seen the state's economy depend more heavily on the proportion of the working age population participating in the labour market.
The Queensland Skills Plan: A Snapshot
The newly released Queensland Skills Plan outlines a policy framework that benefits all Queenslanders by ensuring an individuals skilling needs are met, and by ensuring businesses have the skills they need.
Cadetships powering on
For many workers, the path to a higher qualification and career progression has been paved with years of late nights spent at university or TAFE engaged in part-time study.
Centres of excellence are taking off
The resources sector - vital to the State's economic growth - is experiencing boom conditions while simultaneously dealing with the effects of the global skills shortage. The result? Greater cooperation between government and industry and innovative partnerships between miners and training providers such as TAFE Queensland Mining Services.
New centres deliver career high
People seeking a career as a flight attendant stand to benefit with Aviation Australia set to launch its new Cabin Crew Training Centre.
Tapping into a wealth of skills
Businesses today rightly hold their staff up as their most valuable asset, yet often they don't fully realise just how valuable - and skilled - this asset is.
A minute with...Tony Bennett, General Manager Asset Services, Energex
Skilled caught up with Tony Bennett, General Manager Asset Services of Energex, which is a top 100 Australian company with $5.6 billion in total assets and more than 3500 employees, to discuss the training priorities of this organisation.
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