Welcome to our first E-News. Our aim is to keep you connected with news about your sector, training opportunities, funding news and much more. We also hope you’ll use it as a trigger to contact us about any training, workforce planning and partnership needs you have. The Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector is a very different place these days, so "keeping you in the loop" will be vital.
Also, please take 5 minutes to click on and complete our Industry Contacts Update survey, to help us keep up to date with your organisation's details. Regards, Chris McCann, Snr Educational Manager
What's happened in 2009?
Apart from our full range of vocational qualification offerings, our program has been busily rolling out funded projects. Perhaps your services may have been involved in:
- Better Skills Better Care Round 5 (BSBC) 76 training places in Aged Care, Enrolled Nursing, Leisure & Health
- Support for Aged Care Training - 21 Enrolled Nursing training places across 21 Aged Care facilities. Watch this space for future rounds of this funding.
- Productivity Places Program (PPP) 2008/9 for existing workers, funded via DEEWR. We are currently successfully training and upskilling workers in Disability Work, Aged Care, Enrolled Nursing, Community Services Management
- PPP June 2009 for existing workers - funded via DFEEST. A range of training places across Disability Work, Enrolled Nursing, Adv Dip Children's Services. We look forward to future ventures within this PPP funding.
- PPP 2009 for Job-Seekers funded via DEEWR- currently supporting 350 training places. We are also commencing PPP DFEEST- funded training in Cert IIIs in Aged Care, Disability Work, Children's Services. Enrolled Nursing and Cert II in Health Support.
From 2010 our program will be delivering Community Services qualifications from the new CHC08 Training Package. On top of our regular vocational courses, we will have scope to offer some newly framed qualifications from CHC08 including:
- Cert I, II and III in Active Volunteering,Cert IV in Volunteer Co-ordination,
- Dip Community Services Co-ordination, Adv Dip Community Sector Management
- Cert III Education Support
- Cert IV Home and Community Care
- Certificate II in Health Support Services
- Certificates III in Allied Health Assistance, Health Services Assistance (Assistant in Nursing), and Nutrition & Dietetic Assistance
- Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
- Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 nursing) and Advanced Diploma of Nursing
A priority for our program next year, will include services in Training Needs Analysis and workforce planning for organisations. Watch this space for announcements!
Workshops and Short-Courses
Our program provides a range of industry workshops, to cater for the CSH&E sectors. You may also find some of interest on TAFESA's Short Course site. Watch on the Right Menu bar under Sub-Programs to connect with offerings of interest. Wikispaces are currently being developed for each. To start, check out the program called "Workforce Services".
Our interstate capability
On top of our commitment to our South Australia services to industry, borders are no barrier to creative training and workforce development projects. We currently deliver Enrolled Nursing, Community Development, Financial Counselling, Youth Work, Alcohol and other Drugs, Volunteer Management, Education Services, all using flexible and customised methods to meet those needs. Contact us to discuss options.
Contact us about any of our newsletter information, or any enquiry about training, workforce planning, potential partnerships or funding opportunities you'd like to discuss. Go to our Contacts menu on the Right.
