Skills Enhancement and Training (SET) The SET Project has been a four year research and development program to enhance skills and training, and develop career pathways in the forest, wood, paper and timber products industry. The SET Project was undertaken with financial support provided by the Federal Government through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and is now concluded.
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Stimulating Training Demand (Victoria) The project is aiming to stimulate training demand within currently thin markets. It will assist industry enterprises to encourage participation by their employees in higher qualifications and encourage ongoing commitment between industry and RTOs, commensurate with the Victorian demand-driven system.
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Asia Pacific forestry skills and capacity building program The Asia Pacific forestry skills and capacity building program is a program that will assist countries in the Asia Pacific region to increase their forest management expertise and improve the carbon sequestration performance of their forests and is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Forestry Branch).
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Flexible Traineeship Initiative As part of the Industry Training Strategies Program funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, ForestWorks has secured funding to develop flexible training and apprentice delivery models for the forest, wood, paper and timber products industry.
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Young Forestry Leaders In 2008, ForestWorks facilitated an intensive industry induction experience for 18 Year 9 and 10 students from five Tasmanian High Schools.
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Skill Sets Increasingly, individuals are finding that it is a job requirement to possess specific sets of skills to meet industry standards or regulatory and legislative requirements.
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Moving women in forestry The project, ‘Moving women into forestry’ provided a valuable opportunity to meet with women in two of the seven sectors representing the forest, wood, paper and timber products industry (in sawmilling and processing and wood panel/board production and manufacturing).
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