IPA's Indigenous Horticulture and Landscaping Employment

PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE:

IPA Personnel have developed a unique Indigenous Horticulture and Landscaping Employment Program (IHLEP) to provide you with exciting local job opportunities.

How does it work?
IPA will work with you and another 100 local Indigenous candidates. Commencing with a 3 week training course we will teach you the areas of horticulture and landscaping that will assist you in gaining employment in the industry. IPA will then work with you closely, providing mentoring and support to ensure that you are successful in securing a job with a local organisation.

What does the Program include?
This is an approved Government (DEEWR) funded program and provides you with:

- Pre-employment support
- Pre-employment accredited training
- Provision of employment equipment and clothing
- Assistance with transport to work
- Ongoing Job Coaching and mentoring support
- Regular follow up and assistance
- Further training opportunities

Why should I be involved?
This is an excellent opportunity for you to gain a job working in the outdoors that will provide you with lots of great benefits including:

- Accredited training in the industry at no cost
- Assistance with required clothing and tools
- Support from a Mentor and Job Coach
- Access to extensive employment opportunities

Most importantly you will have the opportunity to secure a full time job with a local organisation, working in the area of Parks and Gardens.

What is IPA’s role?
IPA’s role will be to provide you with support and to ensure both your success and that of the program in providing you with long term employment opportunities. IPA will provide the following services:

- Mentoring
- On the job training and assessment
- On the job coaching and support
- Transport facilitation if required
- On-going training and development
- Career planning and guidance
- Access to local opportunities
- Safety Management
- Employer education and cultural awareness training
- Job specific tools and equipment (including PPE)
- Project coordination

What will the Pre-employment Training cover?
You will complete 15 days of accredited training specifically targeted to the Horticultural and Landscaping industries including:

- Support Nursery Work – RTC1006A (accredited)
- Support Gardening Work – RTF1004A (accredited)
- Follow Occupational Safety & Health Procedures – RTC2701A (accredited)
- OH&S Blue Card (accredited)
- Basic First Aid – RTC2704A (accredited)
- Return to Work, diversity, harassment and cultural awareness training

For further information please contact one of the following IPA locations:

IPA East Perth Phone: 08 9463 1999 or email: reastperth@ipa.com.au

IPA Kwinana Phone: 08 9411 5888 or email: rkwinana@ipa.com.au


Suite 44a
7 Aberdeen Street
East Perth WA 6004

Phone 08 9463 1999
Fax 08 9325 8755
1300 658 400

http://www.ipa.com.au/

Nursing and Midwifery Careers Information Day 2008.

Nursing and Midwifery Careers Information Day 2008.

The Nursing Workforce Branch of the WA Department of Health would like to invite students from years 9 to 12 and teachers from your school to attend a Nursing and Midwifery Career Information Day to be held at Central TAFE in East Perth from 1:00pm to 3:30pm on Tuesday 29th July 2008.

As this is an invitation only event with restricted capacity, it is important that only those students who have an interest in Nursing or Midwifery as a career attend.

This event will give students information specific to the nursing and midwifery profession, highlighting the variety of opportunities available. Educational facilities and major teaching hospitals will be present to answer questions and provide a hands-on approach, whereby students can participate in activities like taking a blood pressure and aseptic hand washing technique.

Guest speakers will provide first hand accounts of their experiences as a nurse.

To ensure your students don’t miss out on this exciting initiative, please contact Carolyn Boulden on e-mail: carolyn.boulden@health.wa.gov.au by Friday 27th June 2008.

On confirmation of attendance, an information pack will be sent out to you outlining the agenda, parking and transport options.

Academy formed to address construction skills shortage

Taken from: www.constructionindustrynews.net/default.asp

Article by Alex Forrest (Thursday, 12 June 2008).


AN INITIATIVE undertaken by Perth-based engineering and construction company Ertech to address skills shortages in the construction industry has resulted in the formation of a dedicated training academy for senior school students looking to forge a career in civil construction.

The Ertech Construction Academy is aimed at providing students enrolled in years 11 and 12 a Certificate 1 qualification in Civil Infrastructure by allowing them to train at the academy for two days per week while attending normal school for the other three days.Ertech training coordinator Zac Bennett told ConstructionIndustryNews.net that the academy already has the support of the Building Construction Training Industry Fund.

“They will give us a $300 per student start-up payment, and that will pay for their personal protection equipment and work boots,” he said. Training is something that has been on the mind of Ertech’s founder, Jim Giumelli, for some years.

“He’s always had this in the back of his mind, and when I became involved and the word ‘training’ was in my title, he came to me and said, ‘This is what I want to do, let’s do it’.”

The first intake of students was enrolled in the academy in March this year, with the students coming from local Armadale schools and the Clontarf Foundation, an organisation focused on improving the lives of young Aboriginal men. “The students have been told that the top six [of 14 students overall] will be invited to apply for a job with us,” Bennett said. “They won’t get given the job, but chances are they will get it.

That will be a Certificate III traineeship.“Once they finish the course at the Construction Academy, they will have a broad range of machine operation and awareness [training], so mobile plant operations. Also, they will have [familiarity with] all aspects of pipe laying.

“Basically, it’s an introductory course to everything that’s done on a civil site, so they will have limited experience with everything.” He said the course would equip the students with the experience to decide on which area they would like to focus on within the construction industry.

“If they do come on board with us, we’ll put them straight into a Certificate III traineeship, and that has different streams, like plant operation, pipe laying and road construction,” Bennett said. “Then from Certificate III, they can go into Cert IV and as far as engineering, so it’s a pathway into tertiary education if that’s what they want to do.“The kids we’ve got are genuinely interested in what they’re doing. I have spoken to some of the parents, and the kids are actually performing better during the three days they’re at school.”

Australia's FIRST National ICT Careers Week - 28 July - 2 August

National ICT Careers Week
28 July - 2 August 2008

Studying computing and communications is the start to a rewarding, interesting and social career anywhere in the world.

During National ICT Careers Week, information and communications technology (ICT) companies, professional associations, women in IT groups, TAFEs, universities, state and federal government agencies will be showing the opportunities available to young people in ICT to start here, go anywhere. Participating organisations are asked to complete the National ICT Careers Week event register .

Responses will be collated into state lists of activities for reference by students, parents, teachers and journalists. National ICT Careers Week is endorsed by the Australian Information Industry Association and the Australian Computer Society.

Opportunities for young people through ICT:

ICT is a truly global career - Your work in ICT can take you round the world
No matter what area you want to work in, studying ICT will help you achieve it
ICT means meeting people and working with people to solve other people's problems
ICT is part of the solution for climate change
ICT is entertainment - movies, music, games, animation and fashion
ICT is a great job earning great money with a great lifestyle
ICT just keeps growing

Contact:
Michel Hedley , Australian Information Industry Association, 0417 695 616
Len Joynson , Australian Computer Society , (02) 8296 4418

Resources:
Start Here, Go Anywhere! National ICT Careers Week
Media release: Australia's first National ICT Careers Week

Official website of the Australian Information Industry Association © 2008

2008 Trades and Skills Teacher of the Year Awards

The 2008 Trades and Skills Teacher of the Year Awards are now open.

Nominate a Trades or Skills teacher you think deserves recognition for the commitment, expertise and hard work they undertake to ensure their students are trained to the highest industry standards.

The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence is awarding prizes of $5,000 to outstanding Trades or Skills teachers in the following areas:

• Automotive
• manufacturing
• building and construction
• metals and engineering
• electrical
• mineral resources
• hospitality and personal services
• rural and farming.

One overall winner will be crowned Australian Trades and Skills Teacher of the Year at the Australian Training Awards in Darwin on 20 November, 2008.

Go to www.itse.com.au to find out more about nominations and applications.

Disclaimer: Awards are open to trades or skills teachers and assessors who are currently engaged with trade training in Australian Registered Training Organisations.

Motor Industry Training Association of WA (MITA) presentations for students

The Motor Industry Training Association of WA (MITA) has offered to provide Year 11 and 12 students , in the metropolitan area, with up to date career information about the automotive industry over the next few months.

Changing technology, advances in the automotive industry and future trends are influencing the industry to a significant extent. Traditional views of the industry, including trades and career pathways need to be updated to reflect the emerging skill requirements and nature of automotive careers in the 21st century. In this respect MITA is offering to present an interactive overview of the range of automotive careers highlighting industry preferences at entry level and the nature of emerging technology and skills. It is expected that many young people will find the industry offers a challenging, satisfying and rewarding career pathway.

Program
Schools wishing to participate in the program are invited to contact me on telephone number 9339 8377 or mobile 0488 015 262 or email: alice.williams@bridgingthegap.org.au to schedule an Automotive Careers presentation.

In this respect provision has been made to deliver a number of presentations as follows:


One: 30/6 -4/7
Two: 28/7 – 1/8
Three: 11/8 – 15/8
Four: 25/8 – 29/8
Five: 8/9 -12/9
Six: 22/9 -26/9
Seven: 13/10 – 17/10
Eight: 27/10 – 31/10
Nine: 10/11 – 14/11
Ten: 23/11 – 28/11
Eleven: 7/12 -12/12

This schedule has been provided to aid in the co-ordination of the program and it is expected that in some cases resource priorities will result in an alternative date being offered. Preferences are for groups numbering approximately 100 in size.

Also, MITA, as the largest employer of automotive apprentices and trainees, is prepared to consider a limited number of industry tours through their automotive training workshops in Balcatta. It is suggested that these tours would best suit those who are in Year 11 or 12 who are at this stage still considering an automotive career but require more information to assist with their decision making.

Consider getting involved in your State’s or Region’s activities ?

Youth Services Directory information

Please make this information available to all your students/clients if you have not done so already information about Youth Services in your area.

7 Quarry Street
Fremantle
Telephone: 9432 9824.

Melville: 9364 0669

Cockburn: 9414 9055.

The Fremantle Community Youth Service can assist young people and young families in need of support and accommodation.

The service is open from Monday through Friday from 8.30am - 4.30pm with a 'Drop-In' service available between 2.00pm and 4.30pm.

Contact Fremantle Community Youth Services if you have any great ideas for events, etc.... and want to help make them happen.

Staff and students/clients can access more information by visiting the Fremantle and Melville website:

www.freofocus.com/facilities/html/youth.cfm

I also have a credit-card sized Youth Service Directory for each school in the region which I will be sending out soon. More of these cards can be ordered through the Youth Service on the numbers given above.

The Career Education Lighthouse Schools Project

The Career Education Lighthouse Schools Project recognises good practice and encourages innovation in school career education programmes by providing funding to schools.

Lighthouse schools champion good practice in quality career education and encourage other secondary, primary, government and non-government schools to implement quality career education programmes.

The Australian Principals Association Professional Development Council (APAPDC) has been contracted to manage the Career Education Lighthouse Schools project.

The Australian Government is committed to ensuring that all young people find and achieve their potential by ensuring they have access to high quality, relevant and up to date career information and guidance.

Principals and career advisers play a vital role in the delivery of career education in schools. Good career education programmes help young people to:

• understand themselves, the world of work and how best to turn their aspirations into reality;
• identify education, training and employment pathways at school and beyond school.

The aim of the Lighthouse project is to improve the delivery of career education in schools through disseminating positive examples of career education programmes which encourage other schools to develop a planned and coordinated approach to career education.

Applications for 2009 funding round are now open.

Who should apply?

Schools from all sectors and all states and territories can apply for Career Education Lighthouse funding. Schools are encouraged to actively engage their Local Community Partnership (LCP) in as many ways as possible with their proposed Lighthouse project.

Individual schools and clusters of schools can apply for Career Lighthouse funding to:

• develop an existing good practice career education programme;
• or trial and evaluate an innovative career education programme which builds on existing good practice.

All Career Education Lighthouse schools need to plan, develop, implement, evaluate, document and disseminate their project experiences and learning’s to career advisers, teachers, principals, parents and the community so that other schools can benefit from the project and integrate findings into their own career programs.

• individual schools can apply for up to $10,000;
• clusters of two schools can apply for up to $17,500;
• clusters of three schools can apply for up to $25,000; and
• clusters of four or more schools can apply for up to $30,000.

Further information can be accessed at: http://www.careerlighthouse.deewr.gov.au/funding_applications.htm (source: DEEWR)

Please also feel free to contact your Local Community Partnership Coordinator (Alice Williams - details on the right hand side of this blogspot) to discuss further options.

2008 Australian Vocational Student Prize (AVSP)

From 2008 onwards, the timing of the Australian Vocational Student Prize (AVSP) has been aligned with that of the Australian Students Prize (formerly the Lord Florey Student Prize).

The AVSP recognises and rewards outstanding senior secondary students undertaking a Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Schools program or an Australian School-based Apprenticeship. It is the vocational equivalent to the Australian Students Prize for academic achievement.

In previous years, school principals nominated students for the Australian Vocational Student Prize in early-to-mid Year 12, on the basis of the student's achievements up to that point. By comparison, the Australian Students Prize has always rewarded the highest achieving students based on their completed academic results received at the end of Year 12.

Awarding the Australian Vocational Student Prize, based on completed Year 12 and VET results, ensures that all winners are indeed the highest achieving and most deserving students undertaking a VET in Schools program or an Australian School-based Apprenticeship.

Aligning the Australian Vocational Student Prize with the Australian Students Prize means that the AVSP nomination announcement and administration processes will now be changed.

Students who are nominated by their school principals for the 2008 AVSP, and who are due to complete their Year 12 studies at the end of 2008, will now be awarded their prizes in early-to-mid 2009. There will be no Australian Vocational Student Prizes awarded in the calendar year 2008.

It is expected that AVSP nominations will open in mid-October 2008 and close in early March 2009.

The establishment of the Australian Vocational Student Prize is an important initiative by the Commonwealth Government that recognises vocational education and training as a valuable and desirable pathway for students. It complements other initiatives and programs in both the school and VET sectors aimed at promoting VET as an important career pathway equivalent to other secondary and tertiary education.

Each year, this Prize rewards up to 500 Year 12 students who have demonstrated exceptional skill, commitment and achievement while participating in VET in Schools programs or Australian School-based Apprenticeships. Students are nominated by their school principal and winners each receive a cash prize of $2,000 and a certificate.

The most outstanding recipients of the Australian Vocational Student Prize are selected for the Prime Minister’s Award for Skills Excellence in School. Winners of this prestigious award include the highest achieving student in each state and territory, the highest achieving Indigenous student, and the highest achieving student by industry category.

Enquiries should be directed to: Telephone - 1300 363 079 Email - avsp@deewr.gov.au

PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO TIMING USING LINK BELOW:

Please be advised that there are changes to the timing and process for the 2008 Australian Vocational Student Prize.
The following weblink provides you with information on some important changes in the timing of the Australian Government's 2008 Australian Vocational Student Prize.

The Australian Vocational Student Prize recognises vocational education and training (VET) as a valuable and desirable pathway for students. Each year, the Australian Vocational Student Prize rewards up to 500 Year 12 students who have demonstrated exceptional skill, commitment and achievement in VET in Schools programs or Australian School-based Apprenticeships. Each winner receives a cash prize of $2,000 and a certificate.
For information on the timing of the 2008 Australian Vocational Student Prize, please refer to the attached document.

MAKE A SCI-FI FILM

Creative Youth Workshops.

This week-long workshop over the school holidays will focus on basic camera and editing skills through the creation of a short film in the Science Fiction genre.

Participants will also be introduced to scriptwriting, acting, special effects, green screen and sound effects.

9:30am - 4:30pm Monday 14 - Friday 18 July

Ages 13 - 16yrs

Places limited.

Please contact FTI Training on 9431 6700 to discuss your enrolment.

2008 ACS Career Adviser Seminars PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The National Australian Careers Service (ACS) Career Adviser Seminars are on again. This year it will be bigger and better than ever with new presenters and fantastic opportunities for career advisers to develop their industry knowledge and share ideas.

These seminars are specifically designed for career advisers and other professionals providing career counseling with a specific focus on Vocational Education pathways for students.

These FREE seminars are a fantastic way to network with other career advisers in your area as well as with national and local industry representatives that have various career pathway advice for you to pass onto your students.

The day will consist of:
- a fully catered for event with post events drinks
- networking sessions
- great prize draws
- direct information and contact details from all of the industry representatives
- a professional development certificate

The PERTH ACS Seminar will be held on Tuesday 19th August at Gloucester Park, Nelson Avenue, East Perth.

To register for these FREE events please contact 1800 682 133 or email: acs@hobsons.com.au or register online at: http://www.acs.futurefinder.com.au

Training Providers in our local region

Please find link here to search the list of all training providers in our local region:

http://productivityplacesmis.deewr.gov.au/public/ProviderSearch.aspx