ACFIPS AGM will host a reconvened AGM at 11.30AM on Tuesday 6 December 2011 at Institute of Public Accountants, IPA Boardroom, Level 14, 447 Kent Street Sydney.

With the support of Optus, Milcom Communications has just completed the building of a dedicated Fibre Optic. Training Centre at their existing training college site in North Ryde. This centre has been fitted out with the latest fibre technology equipment in a totally “field simulated” environment to enable students to be assessed and trained to work on the NBN rollout throughout Australia.

The Scoping Review stage is now complete, with the NPRG endorsing the recommendations in the Scoping Review Report. The project is now entering the development phase which is expected to be completed by June 2011.

The Training Package (ICT10) was endorsed in 2010 and caters for the needs of medium to large enterprises and small to medium enterprises requiring skilled staff for installation and deployment of voice and data networks based on IT protocols, wireless technologies and security networks which did not exist under the previous training package ICT02 TP.

Responding to the national imperative to improve adult language, literacy and numeracy levels, IBSA has included two new Vocational Graduate qualifications in Language, Literacy and Numeracy in the new Training and Education Training Package (TAE10) with outcomes similar to those undertaken at a Bachelor degree level:

The Financial Service Training Package was endorsed by the National Quality Council on 7 July 2010 and is available on NTIS . The FNS10 Training Package includes 342 unique units of competency and 133 imported units. Fifty-one new FNS10 units have been developed to cover new skill requirements, to better reflect industry job roles and to meet regulatory requirements...

The new Training Package ICP10 covers the digital sector and is supported by 20 new competencies, these were developed after close and extensive industry consultation. This reflects the rapid growth of the sector and the predicted future trends.

The performance of security activities in New South Wales is governed by the Security Industry Act 1997 and Security Industry Regulation 2007. These laws, which came into effect in July 1998, have been designed with the clear intention of providing the community of New South Wales with confidence in a professional security industry where competency (training), integrity and accountability are provided and maintained to a high standard.