ForestWorks Skills Update November 2009, ed. 14

November 2009, ed. 14

In this issue...

• Stimulating training demand in Victoria, work in progress
• Encouraging Indigenous participation in NSW
• Saw Doctor Qualification finds new home
• ISC upgrade for FPI05
• Review of FPP01
• Skill Sets for Mechanical Harvesting
• Grading timber flooring – using your mobile phone
• FREE job advertising - ‘log a job!’ online!

Stimulating training demand in Victoria, work in progress

A Working Group will meet on 18 November 2009 at ForestWorks in Melbourne to co-ordinate the ‘Stimulating Training Demand’ project. The project will support industry enterprises to encourage participation by their employees into higher qualifications (in particular in Certificate IV Forest Operations and the Diploma Forest & Forest Products) in Victoria. The project will also promote an ongoing commitment between industry and RTOs to further strengthen the industry with highly trained technical foresters.  Learn More!

Encouraging Indigenous participation in NSW

ForestWorks is undertaking a project that seeks to address the low participation rates of two priority target groups - Indigenous Australians and women in the forest, wood, paper and timber products industry in one area of NSW. The project aims to produce collaborative partnerships with a range of enterprises and agencies in the mid north coast and far north coast of New South Wales and develop a model to attract Indigenous Australians and women from local communities into employment in our industry. Learn More!

Saw Doctor Qualification finds new home

ForestWorks has negotiated with the Queensland Department of Education and Training to have the Saw Doctor training course (current course cancelled by SA TAFE) transferred to Timber Training Creswick in Victoria. Students currently enrolled in the course will complete their qualification with Timber Training Creswick who have been granted an extension to their user choice contract by the Queensland Department of Education and Training. Learn More!

ISC upgrade for FPI05

ForestWorks is pleased to advise that Version 1.1 of the FPI05 Forest and Forest Products Training Package has now gone live on NTIS – www.ntis.gov.au  Changes to the package include the updating of imported units, the addition of several new imported units, minor changes to Certificate I packaging rules to allow for increased flexibility and employability skills qualifications summaries have been added to all qualifications.

Review of FPP01

The review of the Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry Training Package is continuing.  It is expected that the final version of the reviewed package will be agreed by industry, user stakeholders and the project steering committee by 26 February 2010, with submission to the NQC by 16 April 2010 and an expected final endorsement date of 31 May 2010.

Skill Sets for Mechanical Harvesting

10 Skill Sets for mechanical harvesting operators have been developed and endorsed by industry and will be part of ForestWorks December 2009 ISC upgrade.  The Skill Sets cover the operation of: crawler/dozer; skidder;  loader;  forwarder;  feller buncher;  boom delimber;  excavator;  mechanical processor;  single grip harvester;  and heavy production mobile chipper.   In some states, the acquisition of one of the above Skill Sets will be all that is required to obtain an operator’s licence.  In other jurisdictions, there will be a requirement to obtain further competencies to become licensed.  In all cases, the acquisition of the Skill Set will provide credit towards a full qualification.

Grading timber flooring – using your mobile phone

Workspace Training has developed an e-learning application that allows a summary of the grading rules for T&G hardwood flooring to be downloaded to a mobile phone.  Funding for this project has been provided by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework and is available free to all users. Learn More!

FREE job advertising - ‘log a job!’ online!

An important part of the ForestWorks website is the ability to advertise vacant jobs. This enables anyone seeking a career in our industry the means to be able to view all vacant positions online and in one place. To post your job online for free, please click here.

UPCOMING EVENTS 

November 2009

Forest Futures - 2009 Forest Industries Conference, Canberra, 24-25 November 2009.

Pulp and Paper Industry OHS Conference Health & Wellbeing @ Work, Melbourne, VIC, 27-28 November 2009.

EVENTS

If you have an event you would like listed in our newsletter or on our website, then please email the details to hbugno@forestworks.com.au

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