SkillsTech Australia is the lead TAFE institute for training in automotive, building and construction, manufacturing and engineering, electrical/electronics and sustainable technologies throughout Queensland.

SkillsTech Australia is the lead TAFE institute for training in automotive, building and construction, manufacturing and engineering, electrical/electronics and sustainable technologies throughout Queensland.

SkillsTech Australia is the lead TAFE institute for training in automotive, building and construction, manufacturing and engineering, electrical/electronics and sustainable technologies throughout Queensland.

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BUSY has been providing a range of services for Employers, Apprentices and Trainees for 30 years. BUSY Inc (parent company of BUSY AT WORK Apprenticeship Services) celebrated its 30th birthday in November 2007. Their primary purpose being, to help industry engage Trainees and Apprentices in jobs, to ensure the State has the next generation of skilled workers.

The regions of operation for BUSY have grown reflecting the growing nature of our State VET Industry. With growth in the business, BUSY have continually strived to improve and refine the services offered, to continually meet the growing demand for Traineeships and Apprenticeships from a number of stakeholders and employer groups.

They now operate throughout the Regions of Brisbane, Western Queensland and Central Queensland. BUSY currently provides client services to: Australian Training Company, AFL Sportsready Ltd, Electro Group Apprentices, Capricornia Training Company Ltd, Downs Group Training, GAGAL, Golden West Employment Solutions, Torgas Inc, and ON-Q Human Resources Ltd.

Busy At Work\\\'s participation in the Group Training Industry:

BUSY has enjoyed a long term relationship with the Group Training Industry and continues to do so. They have been an active supporter of the Group Training System and the advantages it holds for Apprentices and Trainees.

Over the years BUSY has lent support to many industry events including:
GTAQNT Annual Conference and Awards
Sponsorship
Individual GTO Awards Night Sponsorship
Attendance at Group Training Industry
forum\\\'s such as the School Based Best
Practice Project

Survey Project:

In 2007 BUSY committed to partnering with GTAQNT in our Apprentice and Trainee survey project. Busy At Works commitment extends to surveying a desired target of 500 privately employed Apprentices and Trainees using the same questions that the Group Training\\\'s Apprentices and Trainees were asked to answer. This research partnership between GTAQNT and Busy At Work allows Group Training to measure the industry against satisfaction rates of those privately employed Apprentices and Trainees

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Construction Skills Queensland is the industry's centre of excellence; supporting both career seekers and employers within the building and construction industry.

Construction Skills Queensland leads workforce training and development solutions in the building and construction industry.

For career seekers, Construction Skills Queensland offers funding support and training advice. For employers, Construction Skills Queensland assists with sourcing and employing the right apprentice for the job, advises on the funding available and offers tailored advice on developing their business.

Partnering with the Group Training Industry:

Construction Skills Queensland and The Group Training Association of Queensland and Northern Territory are working collaboratively to create more career opportunities in construction.

Construction Skills Queensland, through its many industry initiatives, lends support to the Group Training Industry's strategy: to increase employment and training opportunities for those interested in construction careers.

" Our involvement with various Group Training Association Queensland & Northern Territory initiatives and programs is a great chance to strengthen an existing relationship."

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Energy Skills Queensland leads energy industry and government engagement on vocational education and training, skills development and labour market issues. ESQ ensures that skill needs are identified at local, regional and state levels, and ascertains training priorities, suitable training products and ideal training delivery methods.

Energy Skills Queensland's core activities include workforce planning, workforce development and industry engagement and advice for seven key industry sectors:

Gas transmission and distribution
Coal seam gas/liquefied natural gas
Sustainable energy
Electricity generation
Electricity supply(includes rail traction)
Telecommunications
Electrotechnology
(electrical, refrigeration, airconditioning)

Energy Skills Queensland, through its established industry sector skills steering committees and regional skills steering committees, constantly engages with the energy industry to provide skills and workforce development information and feedback from industry regarding their skilling needs. ESQ also provides advice back to governments regarding issues such as emerging skill shortages and training priorities.

Energy Skills Queensland's workforce planning research is fundamental to the energy industry's sustained business success and growth. The key to the effectiveness of workforce planning is better decision making in how the workforce is identified, targeted and managed. Ultimately, choices made now will impact on future productivity and financial performance.

This workforce planning process identifies the current and future demand for skills and compares this with the changing supply of skills to identify emerging gaps and shortages. This process is used to inform appropriate workforce development initiatives and strategies.

Energy Skills Queensland can assist employers and businesses with workforce development strategies to identify the skillls that they will need by making recommendations for gap training, recognition of prior learning and other skill development activities.

These workforce development initiatives include:

VET in Schools, School-based
apprenticeship and traineeship strategy
Pre-employment and Pre-apprenticeship
strategy
Skills attention and retention strategies
Apprenticeship retention strategy
RPL and Gap Training Strategy including
an energy focused version of Skilling
Solutions Queensland
Para-professional and Cadetship strategy
Productivity Place Program brokerage

Energy Skills Queensland also undertakes a number of projects including skills formation strategies for the Department of Education and Training and commercial development projects for industry including the sustainable energy industry, and most recently for the coal seam gas/liquefied natural gas industry.

Each year Energy Skills Queensland updates the Energy Industry Skills Plan. This document identifies and priorities the key workforce issues and outlines the key workforce development strategies needed to manage these identified workforce issues. The Energy Industry Skills Plan 2009-2012 is available for download from the Energy Skills Queensland website http://www.energyskillsqld.com.au

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Apprenticeship Solutions is part of Mission Australia's Employment Services Division which successfully tendered in 2006 to operate government registered Australian Apprenticeships Centres (AACs). Apprenticehship Solutions is one of Australia's two largest AACs, providing a national service for employers and apprentice/trainees from 34 locations. Our emphasis is on making the process easy.

Expert consultants advise employers on up skilling and retaining new and existing staff with traineeships and apprenticeships.

Our apprenticeship centres assist all types of employers including Group Training with all paperwork and government incentives claims, ensuring employers receive all the financial incentives they are eligible for. Mission Australia is a large not-for-profit organisation employing over 3,300 staff providing 450+ employment and community services nationwide.

Participating in the Group Training Industry

Mission Apprenticeship Solutions is an active supporterr of the Group Training Industry. 'Since our inception' we have placed large emphasis on developing close relationships with a wide range of Group Training Organisations, to help support these organisations in their everyday business'. As a result of these relationships, Mission Apprenticeship Centres sponsors and supports individual GTO events such as:

GTO trade events and expo's
Attendance and sponsorship of GTO
Awards Night's

Mission Apprenticeship Solutions also play an active role in supporting the overall Group Training Industry. Organisational support is also extended to industry projects such as the school based best practice project in providing feedback on the content of the best practice pathway and the possible application to industry sectors. Industry relationships are also an important part of business, whereby to Mission Apprenticeship Solutions commits to regular meets with the State Association to discuss ways forward in industry issues/barriers and to assist in providing Group Training with practical solutions to work with regarding barriers.

Research Partners with GTAQNT

In 2007 Mission Apprenticeship Centres committed to partnering with GTAQNT in the Apprentice and Trainee survey project. Mission Apprenticeship Solutions are striving towards securing feedback from a large number of the privately employed Apprentices and Trainees. The partnership is valued by Mission Apprenticeship Centres as it is viewed by management as an important step in finding out more about client satisfaction with the VET system in general and helping to create better industry opportunity for future Trainees and Apprentices.

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MSQ ensures that skill needs are identified at local, regional and state levels while ascertaining training priorities, suitable training products and ideal training delivery methods.

Manufacturing Skills Queensland (MSQ), is the Skills Division within QMI Solutions and is an initiative of the Queensland Government's Department of Education and Training(DET). As part of the Queensland Skills Plan, DET established a number of Centres for Excellence for Queensland industry. MSQ is the Centre of Excellence for skills development in the manufacturing and engineering industry.

MSQ leads and influences the manufacturing and engineering in skill-related matters - from industry strategy and business process to smarter workforce management. MSQ ensures that skill needs are identified at local, regional and state levels while ascertaining training priorities, suitable training products and ideal training delivery methods.

MSQ is a partnership between industry and government to foster coordination and leadership from within industry, and strengthens the role of employers in overcoming skills shortages.

MSQ assists Queensland manufacturers to develop skilling to encourage an industry-owned and driven skilling agenda to address the key skills development and formation challenges facing Queensland manufacturers. MSQ then helps them employ skilling strategies to strengthen the global competitiveness of the State's manufacturing industry through the following activities:

encouraging the Queensland
manufacturing industry to take the lead
and drive strategies and solutions to
address the skilling challenges facing the
industry

partnering with industry to influence
government policy and investment in
industry development and training to
ensure the skilling needs of Queensland
manufacturers are met

providing the Queensland manufacturing
industry with a range of strategies,
products and services to address the
challenges of industry skills formation
and development

ensuring the Queensland education and
training system meets industry needs

ensuring the National Training Framework
takes into account the strategic and
operational education and training needs
of the Queensland manufacturing
industry

http://www.msq.org.au

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The National Careers & Employment Expo (NCEE), the largest careers, education and employment event in Australia has joined forces with the Worldskills National Skills Showdown to bring Queenslanders the largest careers, employment and skills initiative in the southern hemisphere.

If you are a graduate looking for a job, a career information seeker or simply looking to change jobs then this event is for you.

The National Careers & Employment Expo will showcase a cross section of organisations all looking to attract talent for their current and future workforce.

Held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre the NCEE will be held across 3 big days May 7th, 8th & 9th: 2010. Entry is Free.

For more information go to : www.eoexpo.com.au

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