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News

Amendments to the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996
Effective 10 June 2009, the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 has been amended, repealing the Industrial Training Act 1975, to provide greater flexibility and a more contemporary training system for Western Australia.

Changes to the legislation will modernise training in Western Australia and allow training providers and employers to operate in a more streamlined, fairer and responsive training system.

For more information please visit the ApprentiCentre website which also includes a number of useful fact sheets.

Client Qualification Register
The Training Accreditation Council  now requires all Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) to submit information on student achievements.

For further information on the CQR system, or to access the resources available, please click on the above link.

Course Accreditation Application Fees to Increase
Proponents of courses considering the submission of initial accreditation, or re-accreditation, documentation in mid to late 2009 should be aware that course accreditation application fees will rise (Vocational Education and Training (General) Regulations 2009).
Effective 1 September 2009 the accreditation application fee* will be:

$1080 - For each qualification such as Certificate I, II, III, IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Vocational Graduate Certificate, Vocational Graduate Diploma and;

$540 - For a course other than a qualification.

*The fee is payable at the time of submitting the application. These fees are non-refundable.
Any enquiries should be directed to TAC Course Accreditation Officer on 9441 1919.

Transition arrangements for Tilt Up Training
The unit CPCCM1007A Carry out tilt-up work safely will replace 51629 Course in Contribute to Safe Tilt Up Construction. TAC and WorkSafe have put together an information flyer to advise RTOs on the transition arrangements as well as the dual auditing process for new applications. For more information please click on the above link.

Transition arrangements for Course in Safety Awareness Training (51466)
The Training Accreditation Council, WorkSafe and the Department of Education and Training have released a joint communiqué detailing WorkSafe's  position on the induction training, and TAC's amendment to registration process for the new unit CPCCOHS1001A Work safely in the construction industry. This unit will replace the Course in Safety Awareness Training (51466).For more information please click on the above link.