The Australian Industry Skills Council has approved 25 updated qualifications from the building and construction training package. This means you will soon need to start enroling any new apprentices in the new qualification. Existing students who are due to complete within the next 12 months will be able to continue in their current course. There […]
The 3rd Digital Campus and Blended Learning Innovations Conference is the event platform that will provide educators and learning professionals with essential strategic and technical knowledge to facilitate their digital transformation.Understand the requirements for learning spaces to meet the needs of students, learn to address challenges in professional training for primary, higher education & VET […]
Education is going global. It is Australia’s third largest export, but this could drop dramatically if Australian institutes and colleges don’t adapt to new technology. Australia has the capacity to become a global education powerhouse if we free our minds from traditional notions of what education should look like, and focus on how we can […]
The construction industry poses its own unique challenges to RTOs and organisations providing an e-learning solution. Here are our top eight tips and hints to successfully use e-learning for construction apprenticeships: Use multi-media effectively. It’s no secret that tradies hate reading and writing. Otherwise they wouldn’t be tradies. They learn kinetically, with their eyes and […]
Thousands of trades people and trade contractors will now able to receive training in sustainability through a new program called ‘Green Tradies™’, developed by the Green Building Institute. The Green Tradies™ Program has been developed especially for trade contractors wanting to ‘green’ their business and learn how to choose and recommend sustainable materials. It also […]
Recently, Australia participated in the “China Australia Vocational Education and Training Strategic Policy Dialogue”, which brought together officials from both our governments, policy leaders and leaders of industry to discuss ways in which we can collaborate. According to Hon Simon Birmingham, Australia’s Assistant Minister for Education and Training, […]
Buildoffsite is a membership organisation, referred to as ‘a coalition of the willing’ and has been formed to support a step-change increase in the use of offsite construction solutions. Set up with the support of the UK government almost a decade ago and now comprising more than 100 organisations from the construction industry and client […]
Challenges are forecasted for the construction industry in 2015, but they are different from the trials industry leaders faced in recent years. After a difficult start to 2014, the industry is recovering, adapting to new regulations and techniques, contending with labor and material shortages and implementing advanced technology. These factors create risk and potential setbacks, […]
Big data analytics is being adopted at a rapid rate across every industry. It enables businesses to manage and analyze vast amounts of data at ultrafast speeds, and obtain valuable insights that can improve their decision-making processes. One of the industries that are reaping the benefits of this technology is the construction industry. Construction companies […]
