Ai Group’s new report of employer skills needs released last week highlights the increased percentage of employers facing skills shortages. Caused by a mix of factors, these skills gaps are hurting members as businesses grapple with strategies to source the…
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Recent data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research for the March 2018 quarter has shown that there were 272,440 apprentices and trainees in training at the end of March this year. This indicates a rise from the December…
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Newcastle, centre of the Hunter Region and NSW’s second city, has a whole new face as a manufacturing and technology region following the closure of the BHP steel mill in 1998. A region with 150 years of engineering history, it…
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The way that air cargo leaving Australia is being screened is changing and it will affect all members who use air freight or are part of the logistics chain. By 1 March 2019, all exports sent overseas by airfreight will…
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The Ai Group Confectionery Sector has made a submission to the Australian Parliament Senate Select Committee into the obesity epidemic in Australia. The inquiry, established on 16 May, conducted public hearings this last week in Sydney and Melbourne on 6…
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The National Centre for Vocational Education and Training (NCVER) released its annual apprenticeship completion data on 5 July 2018, showing national completion rates have declined since the last report. The NCVER collects completion data using two methodologies. The first is…
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The release this week of a ‘Thought Leader Paper’, The Imperative of Higher Apprenticeships, has demonstrated Ai Group’s commitment to this growing area of importance. The paper addresses the rationale for the introduction of ‘Higher Apprenticeships’ and the policy implications this…
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Earlier this year, 16 apprentices employed through the Industry 4.0 Higher Apprenticeships project travelled to Germany to extend their understanding of technological developments and to partner internationally with other apprentices on a virtual collaboration project. The Industry 4.0 Higher Apprenticeships…
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The National Energy Guarantee (NEG) proposed by the Energy Security Board (ESB) and championed by the Federal Government is to be considered by the COAG Energy Council for possible approval on 10 August 2018. The detailed design has been developed…
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Measurement is everywhere, but most of us have never heard of the National Measurement Act (1960) – or given it much thought even if we have. Regardless, our daily lives depend on measurement. From the litres of petrol we put in…
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