GTA calls for funding for proven training programs
06 February, 2014Investment in training is vital to ensure job opportunities for young Australians, GTA says. The national peak body for group training organisations has called for continued government support to enable apprentices and trainees to begin and complete their training.
Data centres aim for the stars
30 January, 2014In February 2013, NABERS announced the new NABERS Energy rating tools for data centres, which enable data centre owners, operators and tenants to obtain ratings for their data centre infrastructure, IT equipment, or both.
BICSI professional training in 2014
24 January, 2014BICSI South Pacific will be delivering the DC125 Data Centre Design course in 2014, just before its annual conference in Brisbane.
SolarQuip to run SPS accreditation course
18 December, 2013A stand-alone power systems (SPS) accreditation course is being held in Moruya in late January 2014. Run by SolarQuip's Glen Morris, the course consists of five days' classroom-based theory then three days of off-grid practical training.
National Occupational Licensing Scheme scrapped, NOLA disbanded
17 December, 2013COAG has announced that the National Occupational Licensing Scheme (NOLS) will be disbanded. The National Occupational Licensing Authority (NOLA) will be disestablished early in 2014.
SkillsTech makes BRW Most Innovative Companies list
02 December, 2013SkillsTech Australia has made the BRW 50 Most Innovative Companies list for the second year in a row. The company is the only training organisation to make the prestigious list.
Financial incentives to obtain cabling qualifications
22 November, 2013An earlier BICSI column in ECD Solutions advised of changing Australia Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) regulations requiring cablers to hold 'competencies' in specialist cabling activities such as structured cabling, optical fibre and coax cabling. These new requirements come into effect July 2014, so, many cablers around Australia have been looking into how to obtain these competencies through ACMA-approved training.
Poor literacy and numeracy threatening electrical apprenticeships
01 November, 2013Australia's vocation education and training (VET) system is having to compensate for stagnant literacy and numeracy standards in Year 12 students, E-Oz Energy Skills Australia has warned.
AIRAH to offer BCA Essentials course
08 October, 2013AIRAH is offering a series of half-day courses throughout November which provide an overview of the National Construction Code (NCC) Volume One BCA (Class 2-9 buildings) as it relates to mechanical services.
Opinions differ over Coalition's apprentice loan scheme
26 August, 2013While training organisations have welcomed the Coalition's proposed apprentice loan scheme, others have been less pleased with the proposal, saying it is not the answer to low apprenticeship completion rates.
Pre-contractor Program helps sparkies launch small businesses
12 July, 2013Master Electricians Australia is offering a new mentoring program to help small businesses in the construction industry by providing free mentoring and training in business management for electrical contractors.
Brightest Spark competition tackles electrical safety incidents
04 June, 2013Master Electricians Australia has launched a competition to encourage electrical safety in response to a spate of severe electrical safety incidents in NSW.
Australia urgently needs ICT infrastructure design certification
27 May, 2013 by Paul Stathis, BiCSIAt the recent BICSI Conference in Melbourne, ICT engineering consultant Lawrence McKenna stressed the costly ramifications of inadequately skilled ICT cabling designers in Australia, calling for the industry to ‘raise the bar’ or suffer further financial losses.
Evolution of the electrical industry
27 May, 2013 by Malcolm Richards, CEO, Master Electricians AustraliaThe electrical industry is constantly evolving. With new products popping up on the market and ever-changing energy-efficient options, the industry is always looking for the next big thing. This means businesses need to constantly be improving to keep up with the rapidly growing industry.
Make migration easier for overseas electricians, MEA urges
24 May, 2013The lack of electricians entering Australia from overseas is severely stunting growth within the construction sector, Master Electricians Australia (MEA) claims.
