VET service providers

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Nominal hours
list of nominal hours for each training package unit of competency
Approved apprenticeships/traineeships in Tasmania
Lists all available funded, non-funded and school-based apprenticeship and traineeship qualifications in Tasmania
Unique Student Identifier (USI) for VET students
The USI will be introduced from 1 January 2014, when it will be mandatory for all new and continuing VET students to have a USI. All RTOs will need to include a student’s USI as part of their national data submission.

Current programs

VET workers Professional Development program
Includes workshops, which aimed at VET practitioners are to develop and enhance their professional skills and knowledge, while providing a networking opportunity with other VET practitioners.
Rapid Response Skills Initiative
The Rapid Response Skills Initiative assists people who have lost their jobs because of retrenchment, closures or company downsizing to upskill and reskill to gain employment.

This page contains information for training/service providers (registered training organisations, Group Training Organisations and Australian Apprenticeships Centres).

Information for registered training organisations (RTOs)
Includes information for RTOs about: registration and compliance; issuing certificates (including the use of the Skills Tasmania Identity); funding/subsidies for training; and professional development opportunities, such as the VET workers Professional Development program.

Information for Group Training Organisations (GTOs)
Includes information for GTOs about group training and registering as a GTO in Tasmania (standards and compliance).

Information for Australian Apprenticeships Centres (AACs)
Includes information on preparing training contracts in Tasmania, as well as additional resources for AACs and their staff, and details on who to contact in Skills Tasmania for further advice

Skills Tasmania newsletter
For all the latest Tasmanian and National VET news and events subscribe to Skills Tasmania Facts, Skills Tasmania’s regular newsletter.

TrainingNet – access individuals’ apprentice/trainee contract information
TrainingNet is a web-based system provided by Skills Tasmania to allow the exchange of information between Skills Tasmania, AACs, GTOs, RTOs and schools. The information is restricted to training contracts of apprentices, trainees and their employers.

Training packages
Includes information regarding the implementation of training packages; sets of nationally endorsed standards and qualifications used to recognise and assess the skills and knowledge people need to perform effectively in the workplace.

Training delivery
Vocational education and training (VET) can be flexible and provided through a range of options, apprenticeships and traineeships being only one part.

E-learning
E-learning is learning facilitated and supported through the use of information and communications technology, using computers or mobile devices. It can cover a spectrum of activities from supported learning, to blended learning, to learning that is entirely online. Skills Tasmania’s E-learning unit can advise anyone interested in exploring this option.