The Aboriginal Tourism Academy (Round 1), developed by the Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Council (WAITOC) and Breakaway Tourism, and funded by program partners Indigenous Business Australia, City of Perth and the City of South Perth, is launching in July 2020. The Aboriginal Tourism Academy is seeking expressions of interest from established ‘Emerging’ (operating less than 2 years), ‘Market Ready’ (operating for more than 2 years), and ‘Export Ready’ (operating over 3 years, contracted to international trade markets) Aboriginal tourism businesses in Western Australia that aspire to access the support, business/professional development, mentoring and industry networks required to operate successfully in the domestic and international Western Australian tourism industry. Applications close Friday, 19th June 2020. For more information, contact: Rob Taylor, CEO WAITOC at [email protected] or P: 0419 921 946 Michelle Sidebottom at [email protected] or P: 0419 904 691 Application form The Western Australian State Government through the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has committed sixteen million dollars over four years to the Western Australian Screen Fund, which will be administered by Screenwest. FutureNow Board member and Screenwest Head of Strategic Projects and Screen Investment Matt Horrocks stated, “This is a terrific result for the Western Australian screen industry. It will create sustained employment, economic outcomes for the regions and the expansion of the (previous Regional Film Fund) program to cover post-production and visual effects. This is an exceptional development opportunity for the sector.” The fund supports feature film as well as television production across regional WA. Read Minister Templeman's statement here Read Screenwest's announcement here The State Government will invest $16.25 million to build a State Football Centre to serve the growing football community of Western Australia. The elite facility will be constructed in Queens Park, in the City of Canning, and include training facilities, pitches to support junior and high-performance development, as well as grassroots, community football programs. The State Football Centre will provide a location for high-performance training and house Football West's administration facilities and has future provision to allow for a WA-based A-League team to join the Centre. The centre will be capable of accommodating up to 700 spectators through permanent seating on a regular basis with the ability to expand its capacity up to 4,000 spectators through temporary seating for occasional special events. The estimated total cost of the project is $32.5 million, with the Federal Government committed to funding the remaining $16.25 million needed for the project. The Centre is earmarked for the site on the north of Queens Park Open Space, with access off Welshpool Road, which is currently vacant land. Read more Frameworks for how best to incorporate essential digital skills into vocational education and training (VET) delivery and to upskill VET educators are the subject of two new ‘good practice guides’ released on 10 June by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The guides Incorporating digital skills into VET delivery and Teaching digital skills: implications for VET educators highlight how critical it is for VET educators to use technology in their teaching practice, as is their ability to assist learners in developing their own digital skills. Read more and download the guides: PwC Skills for Australia have been commissioned to develop Cross Sector Infection Control training for employees preparing to return to the workplace. Comments are being invited on whether the infection control training meets the requirements in your industry. We would greatly appreciate if you could include FutureNow in your comments at [email protected]. The deadline for feedback is 19 June 2020. Please click on the links below for more information: Project overview: an invitation to contribute (PDF) Draft unit of competency (Word doc) Draft skill set (Word doc) The announcement by the WA Government of the details of the Phase 3 operating arrangements for Western Australian public schools will see the return of sport and recreation programs for school students. The changes came into effect on June 8. As part of the Phase 3 operating guidelines - which are in line with the latest health advice - restrictions have been lifted to allow parents, carers and visitors inside schools for meetings and to drop off and pick up students, subject to physical distancing and hygiene measures. School events, school camps, sports training and competitions as well as in-term swimming classes can recommence within social distancing, group limits and good hygiene practices being applied. High frequency cleaning will continue throughout the school day at all WA public schools. Students in secondary years are also able to get back to their work placements as long as schools make sure the employers are complying with WA COVID-19 Health Guidelines. As per the WA COVID-19 Roadmap, all school activities will be reviewed again in preparation for Phase 4. Read more Productivity Commission interim report on National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development8/6/2020
The Productivity Commission is examining how well the Australian, State and Territory governments have achieved their goals for the vocational education and training (VET) system as set out in the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development, and the suitability of this agreement for the future. The Commission released its interim report on June 5, 2020 and is inviting submissions or comment. For more information and to download a copy of the report, visit the Productivity Commission website. The Department of Training and Workforce Development will cover training costs for more than 3,000 apprentices and trainees who have had their contracts cancelled or suspended. Fees have been scrapped to enable apprentices and trainees to continue their training 'off the job' for up to six months. More than half of the apprentices and trainees impacted so far are in hospitality, tourism, wholesale and retail services, personal services, finance, property and business services, and building and construction. Fees will be paid directly to training providers, available from July 1, 2020. Media statement. Science Minister Dave Kelly and Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery today launched the McGowan Government's STEM campaign to ensure young Western Australians are ready for the jobs of the future. The campaign message 'Take 2 STEM' aims to encourage more WA students to select at least two STEM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths - especially those entering Years 11 and 12 or those considering a vocational pathway. The campaign also speaks to parents and school staff as research shows they are students' key influencers when selecting subjects. Part of the Government's State STEM Skills Strategy, Take 2 STEM includes a focus on increasing participation in under-represented groups, including girls and women, people from lower socio-economic backgrounds and Aboriginal students. The campaign will initially run from June 8 until August, the decision-making period for upper school and vocational education subjects. Read the full Media Statement here. Visit the Take 2 STEM website here.
Revive WA is a community initiative designed to help WA’s post-Covid economic revival. It started with an online video encouraging people to ‘do their bit’ and support their tourist towns, but Revive WA is bigger than that.
The Revive WA logo will soon be free for all WA businesses to use, to remind their customers to ‘shop local’. The film and the initiative were created free-of charge, by a collective of over 40 of WA’s advertising, film and production professionals to raise awareness that the ‘Buy Local’ message also extends to local creative and production services. "We see the work we’ve created for this initiative as a great way to highlight the incredible creative and production talent we have right here in WA." "In recent years, many WA brands have shifted some of their production and creative strategy over to advertising agencies and production companies based on the East Coast. We’d love the Revive WA idea to inspire big WA businesses and government departments to support local suppliers in terms of using WA creative and production agencies and freelancers whenever possible, rather than spending their budgets interstate." |
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