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AEN Newsletter - 30 August 2024
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QA Standards & OHS Network Meeting
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Mastering Strategic Planning for Effective Leadership
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Business Writing for the Digital Era
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Becoming Change Agile to Master Uncertainty
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2024 AEN Field Officers Conference
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The 2024 Field Officer Conference, held on the 29 and 30 of August at RACV Goldfields Creswick provided a significant platform for our Victorian GTO Field Officers.
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Thank you to all of our speakers:
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Apprenticeship Support Australia
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The Outback Mind Foundation
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Apprenticeship Employment Network
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Photos and presentations will be available soon on the AEN Website.
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On Friday this week the Victorian Training Awards will be held in Melbourne.
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The awards, now in their 70th year, will showcase the very best of the VET sector.
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Best of luck to our members Master Plumbers and Mechanical Services of Australia, NECA Education and Careers, Skillinvest and Westvic Staffing Solutions, who are all finalists in various categories.
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Congratulations to the following GTO apprentices who will each receive $1000 to support their apprenticeship training costs.
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Australian Training Company (NSW)
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Thank you to AEN NSW & ACT for this initiative.
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The Occupation Shortage Report offers analysis on occupations experiencing shortage pressures.
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Some highlights from the report include:
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- Fill rates increased 1.7 percentage points to 66.2%.
- Metropolitan fill rates are above the rates for regional areas.
- Fill rates for Skill Level 3 occupations rose above 50% for the first time since September quarter 2021.
- Technicians and Trades Workers rates are at 51.9%, the lowest of all major groups.
- From 2014-2023, Managers and Professionals have had above average and increased hourly earnings over time.
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The Occupation Shortage Report (OSR) (formerly the Skills Shortage Quarterly report) offers analysis on occupation shortage pressures using data from Jobs and Skills Australia’s Survey of Employers who Recently Advertised.
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The next release and more information will be available soon.
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Changes to workplace laws will commence on 26 August 2024 as part of the Closing Loopholes reforms.
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The Fair Work Ombudsman has information available to help you prepare:
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- Changes to casual employment including how casual work is defined, pathways to permanent employment and employee and employer responsibilities.
- Changes to independent contractor rules including a change to the definition of employment.
- A new right to disconnect for employees which gives eligible employees the right to refuse contact outside their working hours unless that refusal is unreasonable. This doesn’t apply to small businesses until 26 August 2025.
- New minimum standards and protections for ‘employee-like workers’ in the gig economy.
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In two weeks it will be R U OK? Day, the National Day of Action (12 September) and the most important message is to remind everyone to Ask R U OK? Any Day, because life happens every day.
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There will be plenty of R U OK? activities and events in workplaces, schools or communities.
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You can also organise an R U OK? activity any day of the year so download the Guide to Supporting R U OK? and check out the free resources for lots of tips on how you can share the R U OK? message and promote connection in your community.
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Mastering Strategic Planning for Effective Leadership
The key challenge in achieving organisational outcomes often lies in the ambiguity surrounding our purpose and the misalignment of vision, mission, values and goals. This hands-on session offers a wealth of proven strategies and frameworks to clarify the organisation’s purpose, align the team, and drive performance.
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Through interactive exercises, you will brainstorm and develop growth strategies, set SMART goals, identify Wildly Important Goals (WIGs) for focused action, and create a detailed action plan to translate the organisational vision into reality. You will leave with a clear roadmap for strategic planning, empowering you to lead with confidence and achieve your goals.
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Date: Thursday 5 September 2024
Time: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Delivery: In Person ONLY
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Business Writing for the Digital Era
Writing proper business-related documents in today’s workplace requires a solid understanding of the fundamentals behind how specific documents should be approached, designed and edited. Written communications in the workplace should be concise, yet thorough and well laid out.
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Technology enabled communications (emails and texts) should also be well thought out and designed to get the correct message across, while avoiding any potential misinterpretation.
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This newly designed course teaches how to create business documents in the modern workplace, which takes into account the many forms that modern communication can take and teaches participants how to best align their message with the appropriate documentation and device.
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Date: Tuesday 17 September 2024
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
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Becoming Change Agile to Master Uncertainty
It can be tough dealing with the pace of change and the uncertainty that goes with it. However, it is important for leaders to learn how to embrace, navigate, and lead through change effectively. And the more change agile we are, the better prepared we are to respond when things move fast.
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This session introduces you to the ADKAR change management model and explores different leadership techniques to lead yourself and your team through challenging times with purpose and poise.
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Date: Wednesday 25 September 2024
Time: 10:00am - 1:30pm
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Please login to the members area prior to purchasing tickets to access the members rate or to RSVP for a free event.
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Head on over to GAN Australia and subscribe to the newsletter to be kept up to date with everything that’s happening with GAN Australia and the wider VET sector?
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Thanks to our Industry Partners
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