Provider: 

Date: Commencing August 2012

Contact: Ric Harrison (08) 9321 1702 or ric.harrison@eit.edu.au

For further details please click here 

EUPA does not endorse or recommend individual products, services or providers.  EUPA is not liable for the content of external websites.

Provider: 

Date: Commencing at the end of July 2012

Contact: Ric Harrison (08) 9321 1702 or ric.harrison@eit.edu.au

The 3 streams available are design, system operations, and testing & protection and result in a para-professional qualification.

For further details please click here

EUPA does not endorse or recommend individual products, services or providers.  EUPA is not liable for the content of external websites.

Technical Writers were contracted to develop resource materials; learner resources, facilitator resources, and assessment tools for the following streams:

• Distribution and Collection;
• Bulk Water (including, Irrigation, Source Protection and water storage) ;
• Treatment (including, water and wastewater treatment, trade waste) ;
• Generic (resource materials for Core Units and generic units – not specific to one stream.

Please visit GSA’s online store to purchase these items.

The unique nature of this work requires that the particular language is identified to meet industry requirements.

Please view the policy directly by clicking here (pdf document).

Further advice is available from GSA by contacting them on (08) 8100 7400 or info@governmentskills.com.au

Full details of criteria, key dates and the award can be found here (opens in new tab/window).

The program encourages the development of online services that are replicable and scalable, and that other local governments across Australia can adapt for their purposes. It assists local governments to deliver innovative online services—in particular, to homes and businesses. It has the potential to encourage a step change in the quality, availability and speed of local government services.

For further information, please go to the Department of Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy here.

Minister for Emergency Services Troy Buswell highlighted the valuable services provided by approximately 32,000 volunteers who give their time to FESA.  Click here for his media release.

EUPA has been in discussions with FESA for some time now and has also liaised with VolunteeringWA in an effort to understand the difficulties faced by organisations who take on volunteers.  We look forward to implementing a strategy that will elevate FESA’s volunteer training to new and exciting levels.

Nominations are now open for the 2012 Australian Water Association WA Water Awards, which recognise significant contributions made by organisations and individuals to water management in Western Australia.

Minister for Water, Bill Marmion stated “Western Australia is at the forefront of water innovation and the WA Water Awards provide an excellent opportunity to highlight the outstanding work being done to ensure the sustainability of our State’s precious water resources,”.

The awards are organised by the Australian Water Association and presented by the Department of Water and the Water Corporation recognising achievement in the following categories: 

• Infrastructure innovation
• Program innovation
• Research innovation
• Resource management
• Conservation and efficiency
• Recycling
• Waterwise business
• Waterwise council
• Waterwise school
• Water professional
• Young water professional

Nominations close on Friday September 7, 2012 and winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Friday November 23, 2012. To find out more about the WA Water Awards or to download a nomination kit, go tohttp://www.awa.asn.au/awards/wa.

(Source:  Bill Marmion, Media Release)

UEE11 Electrotechnology Training Package Version 1

When accessing the UEE11 Training Package on TGA (see:http://training.gov.au/Training/Details/UEE11) you may have noticed that many UEE units are listed as Imported Units. This is of an issue has now been resolved and everything should be in its correct category.

This Training Package is now also available on the EE-Oz website please click here to view.

UET12 ESI – Transmission Distribution and Rail Sector Training PackageVersion 

• Qualifications: 13 new qualifications, comprising 11 replaced qualifications and 2 additional qualifications 1 amended qualification
• Units: 214 new competency standard units, comprising 179 replacement units and 35 additional units, 2 units removed

Status:  UET12 was endorsed by the NSSC out of session on 14 February 2012 and has now been loaded onto training.gov.au. 

UEG11 Gas Industry Training Version 1

The TGA team has corrected the error in the presentation of the qualification UEG20311 Certificate II in Gas Industry Transmission Pipeline Construction on the TGA website.  See: http://training.gov.au/Training/Details/UEG11

ESI – Generation Sector Training Package Version 1

• Qualifications: 12 new qualifications, 12 removed qualifications
• Competency Standards: 39 new units, 184 Amended units, 78 removed units

Status:  The Generation Sector Training Package has undergone full Quality Assurance process has been reviewed by State and Territory Training Authorities.  Issues raised as a result of QA and further stakeholder consultations as well as the addition extra units have required delay in progressing the endorsement.

EE-Oz is anticipating presenting UEP for endorsement in May 2012.

Strong and Necessary Steps to improve productivity, quality and compliance

Australia’s 11 Industry Skills Councils are inviting you, employers and managers, employer associations and unions to join them for breakfast to hear about what you can do in the workplace to make sure you have the processes in place to help your staff with their employability and language, literacy and numeracy skills.

Proudly sponsored by the Australian Government’s Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) program, the breakfast briefing will also provide you with a chance to talk to WELL personnel about funding to help you run training that is tailor-made for your needs and will help you deal with these issues.

Hear firsthand from others who have run successful WELL programs and find out how to access funding.

The Perth briefing will commence at 7am to 9am and will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 99 Adelaide Tce Perth.

Places are strictly limited, so to reserve your complimentary place at the breakfast table click here to register (link is contained inside the flyer).

EUPA will be in attendance and will pass on valuable information for those who are unable to attend.