On Friday 27 February I went to a session explaining how the new training.gov.au was going to work and how it was a vast improvement to NTIS (this wouldn't be hard). These are the important part that I believe we should all be aware of:
September 2009 is the expected implementation date
this new site will replace both NTIS and training.com.au
NTIS to run for 2 months after launch
new training packages should be available much faster as they will be developed inside this system
Training packages will be fully searchable and downloadable if required
there will be three different websites for individuals, employers and RTO
Queensland is one of the states that will pull data directly from this website to display
Nobody should need training to use this system, except back end users
August 2009 any new training packages will only be put on NTIS as PDF as an interim measure
superseded packages will still be available, not necessarily fully searchable though
RTO site is yourRTO.gov.au, this has reports available
you can sign up for notification of changes
ability to just enter units and find relevant qualifications
search RTO and see what they have in scope
mapping info will show previous names of units/competencies
States will have a back end login to edit and enter data
user-friendly preferred terms will be associated with Training Packages, eg. Sparky
there is a newsletter you can subscribe to called TGA express
Individual site is yourtraining.gov.au
downside RTO are listed for courses even if they are only in scope
list of occupations in demand will be included
Employer site is trainyourpeople.gov.au
QTIS lists Queensland specific information http://tsx.dtir.qld.gov.au/cgi-bin/dycgi03.exe/inetsite/app/qtis/qtis.stm (not related to training.gov.au just useful info)
