Useful Links

Useful Links

Text Box: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Australia www.tvetaustralia.com.au Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Australia has a range responsibilities was established to forward the improvement of the quality of the National Training System .

Text Box: Project Management Institute, USA (PMI) www.pmi.org PMI is the leading global association for the project management profession. Founded in 1969, it is in the forefront of working with business worldwide to create project management standards and techniques that work. See PMBOK 4th Edition for the current global standard.

Text Box: Industry Skills Councils—Project Management and Training & Assessment Innovation & Business Skills Australia — www.ibsa.org.au IBSA is one of 11 national Industry Skills Councils (ISCs). They cover the skills needs of most Australian industry. In general terms these organisations work to involve industry with the development of nationally applicable vocational education and training. ISCs are privately registered companies run by industry-based boards of directors, but whose funding is provided substantially by the Australian Government through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (DEEWR). ISCs give all industries, peak bodies, enterprises, unions, training organisations and governments a voice in Australia's vocational education and training system through a national system of industry advisory arrangements and a structure based on industry-led boards of directors and standing committees.

Text Box: The Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) www.aipm.com.au is the peak body for project management in Australia. Formed in 1976 as the Project Managers' Forum, AIPM has been instrumental in progressing the profession of project management in Australia over the past 32 years. AIPM’s role is to improve the knowledge, skills and competence of project team members, project managers and project directors, all of whom play a key role in the achievement of business objectives.

Text Box: PMI ASIA PACIFIC CONGRESS 2010—MELBOURNE—AUSTRALIA Gather the skills and inspiration to increase project success at PMI Global Congress 2010—Asia Pacific. This three-day educational and networking event, hosted by Project Management Institute (PMI), provides an opportunity for professionals across all industries to exchange ideas on today’s project challenges and emerging trends across the Asia Pacific region.

Attend PMI Asia Pacific Congress 2010—Melbourne, Australia

Text Box: 2010 Update on the TAA04 Training Package Development of new Training Package – Training and Education (TED10) IBSA intends to produce a new Training Package (TED10), to replace the current TAA04 Training Package. The new Training Package would incorporate the newly revised TAA40104 Certificate IV qualification. This proposal has been canvassed with various audiences over the past few months and has received a supportive response.