[Agriculture and Horticulture ] Fwd: [Allpicmm] Possible merging of 3 Training Packages - consultation forum

[Delwynne Peterson]

This could be of interest to schools teaching VCAL / VET, or those  
intending to do so in the future.

Regards,
Delwynne Peterson

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Delwynne PETERSON" <DELWYNNE at avila.vic.edu.au>
> Date: 21 September 2006 2:47:39 PM
> To: <dfp at labyrinth.net.au>
> Subject: Fwd: [Allpicmm] Possible merging of 3 Training Packages -  
> consultation forum
>
>
>
> From: "Primary Skills Victoria" <admin at psv.com.au>
> Date: 21 September 2006 2:23:56 PM
> To: <allpicmm at nmit.vic.edu.au>
> Subject: [Allpicmm] Possible merging of 3 Training Packages -  
> consultation forum
> Reply-To: <admin at psv.com.au>
>
>

>
> Primary Skills Victoria
>
> ABN: 54 801 821 357
>
>
>
> Tel: (03) 9210 9470
>
> Fax: (03) 9210 9471
>
> Email: admin at psv.com.au
>
> Website: www.psv.com.au
>
>
>
>
>
> Agri-Food Industry Skills Council
>
>
>
>
>
> National Training Package Review 2006
>
>
>
>
>
> Feasibility Study into the
>
> Merging of the Rural Production, Amenity Horticulture and  
> Conservation and Land Management Training Packages
>
>
>
> Stakeholder Consultation Forum
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> To all Victorian Primary Industries Stakeholders,
>
>
>
> As you are probably aware, the Agri-Food Industry Skills Council is  
> currently in the process of undertaking a review of a number of  
> National Training Packages in the Primary Industries.  As part of  
> this review, a feasibility study into the rationalizing of three  
> Training Packages RTE03 (Rural Production), RTF03 (Amenity  
> Horticulture) and RTD02 (CLM) into a single package has been launched.
>
>
>
> A series of consultations will take place in each state with the  
> Victorian Stakeholder Consultation meeting to be held on Monday 9th  
> October, 2006 at the Darebin Arts Centre in Preston, Victoria.
>
>
>
> Stakeholder groups include (but are not limited to):
>
> -         Employers and employees
>
> -         Industry Organisations
>
> -         Employer and employee representative bodies
>
> -         Government departments
>
> -         Registered Training Organisations (public and private)
>
> -         Schools
>
> -         Trainers and assessors
>
>
>
> Primary Skills Victoria has been asked to assist in the organising  
> of this event on behalf of the Agri-Food Industry Skills Council  
> and Training Package Review Consultant, Barbara Bishop, from the  
> Queensland Rural Industries Training Council who will be conducting  
> the forum.
>
>
>
> We will be distributing this notice across a number of stakeholder  
> networks and would like to strongly encourage all persons who have  
> an interest in primary industries training in Victoria to attend.   
> While the sectors of agriculture, horticulture and conservation,  
> land & natural resource management are immediately affected by the  
> outcomes of this study, other sector stakeholders may find it  
> useful to observe the processes and issues which arise and the  
> possible implications for related sectors.
>
>
>
> Also distributed with this letter is an event notice, agenda and  
> discussion paper/focus question document which is also available  
> for view on the AFISC Website www.agrifoodskills.net.au.  Please  
> feel free to forward these documents on to anyone you think might  
> also be interested.
>
>
>
> Details in summary:
>
>
>
> Date:         Monday 9th October
>
>                    Time:         9am – 1pm
>
>                    Venue:      Jacaranda Room, Darebin Arts Centre
>
>                                       Cnr Bell Street & St Georges  
> Road, Preston
>
>
>
> There is no cost to attend this forum and morning tea will be  
> provided.  If you would like the opportunity to participate, please  
> forward your RSVP to the Queensland Rural Industries Training  
> Council by email at reception at qritc.org.au or phone (07) 3238 4848  
> by the 6th October 2006.
>
>
>
> Should you wish to make further enquiries please feel free to  
> contact us at Primary Skills Victoria, details at the top of this  
> letter.
>
>
>
> I look forward to catching up with you there
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Greg Hallihan
>
> Executive Officer
>
> Primary Skills Victoria
>
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
> This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed
> Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information
> visit http://www.mci.com

-------------- next part --------------
Skipped content of type multipart/mixed