Government Skills Australia (Brochure)
Government Skills Australia (GSA) is the Industry Skills Council for government and community safety. GSA is committed to providing high quality training resources and services to support the recognition of skills and professionalism in government administration, services and operations.
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Published - June 2007 |
Identification and Development of Skills 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. The national training system now has processes in place to identify specific skill sets within training packages and allow for formal recognition of those skills. Skill sets appear in all industries and across all levels of work. They provide a clearly defined statement of the skills and knowledge required by an individual to meet either industry needs or a licensing or regulatory requirement.
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Published - July 2007 |
Rationalisation of Training Packages
The performance contract with DEST requires the removal of duplication of competencies and the overall reduction in units of competency and qualifications in current Training Packages. The preferred model for achieving this is to develop a competency framework which identifies shared units of competency and provides a resource for use in all future reviews and development.
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Published - May 2006 |
Employability Skills
Employability Skills will replace Key Competencies in all new Training Packages. Training Packages under review are now required to provide information about the coverage of Employability Skills for each qualification. Current Training Packages are required to have an appended statement and mapping to demonstrate the coverage of employability skills and, where gaps occur, to add new components of competency, or make implicit skills more explicit. All Training Packages will include statements of Employability Skills by December 2006.
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Published - June 2006 |
The History of Government Skills Austalia
Government Skills Australia (GSA) is one of the ten national Industry Skills Councils registered by the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) to replace national Industry Training Advisory Boards (ITABs). GSA was formed in July 2005 and replaces the national advisory boards for Local Government and Water (ALGT), Public Sector (PSETA), Public Safety (PSITAB), Correctional Services (NCSAC). The ITABs are no longer recognised by DEST and have ceased to operate as industry advisory agents. The industry coverage of GSA is Government and Community Safety.
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Published - July 2006 Updated March 2007 |
Training Package Reviews
Government Skills Australia is responsible for the maintenance and continuous improvement of its Training Packages. Three Training Packages are under review: Corrections, Water and Public Safety. The Corrections and Water Training Package will complete their reviews by the end of 2006 and will be available for implementation in early 2007. The Public Safety Training Package is in its scoping project which will report in October 2006. The redevelopment project will take place in 2007. The Public Sector and Local Government Training Packages were reviewed in 2004 and are now under continuous improvement.
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Published - August 2006 |
National Industry Career Specialists
Government Skills Australia hosts the National Industry Careers Specialist (NICS) project, an initiative of the Commonwealth Government, through a three year contract with DEST. The aim of NICS is to raise the quality, accessibility and relevance of careers advice for young people aged 13 to 19 years.
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Published - September 2006 |
Continuous Improvement of Training Packages
Government Skills Australia is responsible for the maintenance and continuous improvement of its Training Packages once they have completed their final review project. The Correctional Services and Water Industry Training Packages will be reviewed and endorsed in 2006 and will then be subject to continuous improvement, managed by the Corrections Industry Advisory Committee. Local Government and Public Sector Training Packages, reviewed in 2004 are currently under continuous improvement.
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Published - October 2006 |
Evaluation of the Industry Skills Councils
The Minister for Vocational Training and Education, Hon Gary Hargreaves, has announced the findings of the evaluation of the Industry Skills Councils. The purpose of the evaluation was to examine the performance of the Industry Skills Councils against the DEST objectives in reforming the vocational training system. The evaluation was also driven by concerns from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry that the Industry Skills Councils were encroaching on the roles of employers and on the territory of ACCI.
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Published - November 2006 |
Training Package Support Resorces
Government Skills Australia had reviewed the support resources for the Public Sector and Local Government Training Packages to align them with the latest versions of the Training Packages. The support resources will be made available at a small cost through the GSA website: (www.governmentskills.com.au) or through direct orders placed with the GSA office. During the future stages of continuous improvement to the Training Packages, GSA invites those with an interest in the Training Packages to let us know what additional resources would be useful to promote and support training in areas of high priority skills development.
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Published - February 2007 |
Continous Improvement of Training Packages - Managing Change
Changes can be made to Training Packages as part of continuous improvement and the impact of those changes will determine the complexity of the endorsement process. DEST has a current focus in streamlining the endorsement process, but RTOs have concerns about the difficulty of delivering qualifications when there are regular and frequent changes. GSA is in the process of developing a policy for managing changes to its Training Packages to ensure that they will be responsive to the changing needs of industry but at the same time, apply a strategic approach to the timing and processes for introducing changes.
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Published - May 2007 |
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