Star Ratings: Give industry and trainees what they need
Since launching its Star Ratings Scheme to recognise RTOs, The
Institute for Trade Skills Excellence has received feedback from industry suggesting that, for the first time, industry knows what it wants and can expect from Australia's VET system.
Generation Y needed to help fill 450,000 vacancies
In a plan to increase the number of training places available so that the skills shortage can be addressed, the government will focus on current, emerging and future skills needed by industry.
Tradies needed for the coolest office on earth
Tradies often get to travel around the world thanks to their skills, even to Antarctica. The Australian Antarctic Division is currently looking for more tradespeople to fill positions at its Antarctic stations.
SkillsOne nominated for 12th Annual Webby Awards
The 12th Annual Webby Awards has nominated Australia's skillsone.com.au as one of only 3 Australian sites in the running to win the Internet's most prestigious award.
Ian Corless: Home Automation IntegratorIan Corless is at the cutting edge of the Electrotechnology sector specialising in fitting out million dollar homes with the latest home automation systems.
CareerOne Profile: Line Worker (Power)Battling the day's weather while working on high-voltage powerlines is all in a day's work for brothers Brendan and Michael Verhoeven.
Tiny Good: Senior Production RiggerFlying high: Imagine a job were you get to soar above the MCG on a wire system during the Olympics or hang from the walls of the Telstra Dome while Robbie Williams performs below.
