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TRG Set to Oversee TAE and FSK Training Packages

The Skills and Workforce Ministerial Council agreed that the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will have temporary oversight of the TAE Training and Education and FSK Foundation Skills Training Packages.

Given that the Education industry sector is of critical importance in underpinning the entire VET sector, particularly in respect of supporting foundation skills and the VET workforce more broadly, the department is considering alternative arrangements to best serve the Education Industry sector in the short and longer term.

In the interim, the department has established a small time-limited TAE/FSK Training Package Technical Reference Group (TRG) to assist the department with the TAE and FSK training packages. The department will work with States and Territories and VET industry stakeholders to consider longer-term arrangements for the vocational education sector, both in the context of broader skills reforms and the new industry engagement arrangements.

The ITECA Skills Training National Policy Committee Chair, Andrew Shae, has been appointed by the Australian Government as the Chair of the TRG.

Technical queries regarding the TAE and FSK Training Packages can be sent to TrainingProductQueries@dewr.gov.au until longer-term arrangements are settled.

See full media releases and information via the links below:

• Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
• Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia

Date posted Jun 15, 2023