SkillsDMC Consolidates Training Package

SKILLSDMC, the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Skills Council, has consolidated six industry training packages into one.

ON July 7, 2009, the National Quality Council endorsed the new rationalized training package as RII09 Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package.

It replaces Civil Construction Training Packages BCC03 and RII06, Coal Mining MNC04, Metalliferous Mining MNM05, Extractive Industries MNQ03 and Drilling DRT03, reducing superfluous competencies by 25% and qualifi cations by 43%.

SkillsDMC’s focus for developing the new training package was to increase the portability and recognition of skills across all five sectors of the resources and infrastructure industry. The process involved identifying overlaps and duplication and to improve national efficiencies.

SkillsDMC says the new package provides employers with a structure to efficiently recruit and train staff Australia wide. This means that employers can easily recognise industry skills and qualifications that match their enterprise’s needs. The major benefit will be reduced costs of retraining employees and simplification of the recruitment and selection process.

SkillsDMC consulted with all five sectors of the resources and infrastructure industry to review more than 1200 competencies and 106 qualifications. Through this analysis it identified skills that were common to all five sectors and those specific to a particular sector.

The new training package will be available soon and will include 741 industry units, 173 imported units of competency, 60 qualifications and 7 skill sets. There were three skill sets in the previous six training packages.

Currently SkillsDMC is developing 188 assessment tools which will align with the new training package, covering mandatory units of competency for Certificates I to IV and some elective units. There will be a complete set of resource materials, including Learner Guides, for the Certificate I in Resources and Infrastructure Operations and Certificate II in Resources and Infrastructure Work Preparation.

SkillsDMC has received funding from both industry and government to help develop these resources and has run a series of work shops and road show events around Australia during September to launch RII09.

For more information contact Dorothy Rao, Ph: (02) 9299 3014 or email: drao@skillsdmc.com.au

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