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AEN Newsletter - 2nd February 2024
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OHS & QA Standards Network Meeting
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The prestigious Victorian Training Awards will celebrate their 70th anniversary in 2024.
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The awards bring together apprentices, trainees, students, teachers, training providers, employers, and industry representatives, sharing in a high-quality training system that meets the needs of all Victorians.
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AEN & GAN Australia are again proud to be the awards principal partner.
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We encourage all of our recent Apprentice Training Award finalists and winners to enter.
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Nominations close Friday, 12 April, at 11.59pm.
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Worksafe Victoria are currently running a campaign to promote greater safety for young and inexperienced workers - Young Workers (aged 15-24 years old) and apprentices are often one of the most vulnerable cohorts in workplaces.
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They have the highest chance of being injured in the first six months of starting a new job, due to their lack of experience and being new to the role.
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As an employer you are responsible for ensuring that your young workers receive the induction, training and information they need to work safely.
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Young workers bring a range of benefits to workplaces, including:
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- Innovation and creativity
- New skills and optimism
- Future talent and protection against skill gaps
Young workers are also more likely to be injured because they are often new to a job and may be inexperienced.
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Did you know young workers have the highest chance of being injured in the first 6 months of starting a new job?
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Young workers are a diverse group of people who may react and behave differently to more experienced employees in the same situations.
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They often look to peers to reassure them and are less likely to ask questions for fear of negative consequences. This is where you can help them.
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Understanding the unique risks to young workers is important to help them stay safe at work.
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Fairwork Australia is holding a free webinar on recent key changes to workplace laws.
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- Secure Jobs
- Better Pay
- Protecting Worker Entitlements legislation
- Recap paid family and domestic violence leave.
The webinar will be held on Tuesday 6 February at 2pm AEDT.
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Building a Skilled Cyber Security Workforce:
Insight from OECD Countries
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Delivery: Hybrid event
Location: OECD Auditorium, 2, rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris, France
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Time: 14:00 – 17:00 (CET)
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In a digitally interconnected world, organisations increasingly focus on cyber security and IT risk management to mitigate vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, emphasising both proactive and reactive strategies.
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This approach requires not only skilled cyber security professionals but also an organisational culture that minimises cyber risk, highlighting the need for a broader and more diverse cyber security workforce.
This event is organised into two parts. In the first part, the OECD will present the most relevant global trends in both the demand for cyber security professionals and skills and the response of countries’ projects contained in a policy note that summarises the three reports from the project on “Building a skilled cyber security workforce” including insights from the Five-eyes alliances countries, in Latin America, and Europe.
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Public leaders from England (UK), Colombia, and France will come together to shed light on how to tackle cyber security skills shortages in OECD countries.
The second part of the event will focus on the new OECD report, “Building a Skilled Cyber Security Workforce in Europe: Insights from France, Germany, and Poland”.
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This provides an opportunity to bring together leaders from the sector to discuss initiatives and strategies that should be implemented to expand and diversify the cyber security workforce in Europe.
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Previous Cyber Reports are available through the OECD Library.
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In-person Registration (limited places)
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New workplace road safety program for apprentices in the construction trades is a FREE program aims to help new apprentices on their P plates safely navigate driving challenges at work.
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- Driving unfamiliar vehicles
- Fatigue and early morning driving
- Reliance on mobile phones
- Packing vehicles and securing loads
- Speed, speeding and stopping distances
- Dealing with risky or illegal situations
- One day – 6 hours including breaks and lunch provided
- Commences February 2024
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For further details and to register please
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- Groups up to 12
- A focus on P-plate apprentice carpenters, plumbers & electricians
- Free program delivered by experienced facilitators and trade trainers
- Mix of interactive learning and practical application
- Flexible, self-contained program that can come to you across Melbourne and Regional Victoria
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Building Personal Resilience
Resilience enables us to cope with change, challenges, and stress. It helps us to turn stumbling blocks into steppingstones and setbacks into comebacks.
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This interactive session is designed to empower and inspire you to maximise your own level of resilience required to respond positively to the pressures and demands in your personal and professional environment.
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Date: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Time: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Delivery: In Person
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Youth Mental Health First Aid (Accredited Course)
Mental Health First Aid is the help provided to someone who is developing a mental health problem, has a worsening of an existing mental health problem or is in a mental health crisis.
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The first aid is given until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves.
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Mental health first aid strategies are taught in evidence-based training programs authorised by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia and conducted by MHFA instructors across Australia.
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Date: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Delivery: In Person
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Raising Personal Awareness
We are often obsessed with time and get distracted by the whirlwind of daily tasks, which by the end of the workday may make us wonder what we actually achieved.
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Personal effectiveness is about knowing when and where to direct efforts to achieve fruitful outcomes.
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In this engaging session, you will learn how to reduce interruptions and optimise your day by using a variety of productivity hacks that can make all the difference. These techniques are easy to learn and can help you work smarter, not harder.
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Date: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Time: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Delivery: In Person
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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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Since the program commenced in May 2020, a total of 1,133 participants have been supported to date.
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Apprentices and trainees who have lost employment are encouraged to register.
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Once registered, apprentices and trainees will be assisted by one of our program officers until placed with a host employer through a Group Training Organisation (GTO), or directly with an employer.
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If you have an apprenticeship position you would like to fill, please contact the AEN Office so we can forward potential candidates that meet your criteria.
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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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