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NECA Foundation is excited to introduce the Electrotechnology Careers Pathway. The Pathway is a brand-new, interactive tool built to help you ...

Lani’s story from electrical apprentice to business owner. A story inspiring the work of our Powering Women into Clean Energy ...

Work in Victoria’s energy sector? The work you’re doing may be covered by the portable long service leave scheme. ...

Think you know what it takes to become a licensed electrician? There are many myths out there about licensed electrician’s ...

Electricians are in high demand across Australia, with government forecasts predicting an additional 14,000 professionals needed by 2030. If you’re ...

Latest update: The Albanese Labor Government is extending these payments to December 2026 following strong uptake of the KAP since ...

As Victoria works towards meeting its renewable energy targets, Future Energy Skills (FES) takes pride in contributing to workforce capability ...

Introduction  Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) is focused on being the catalyst to activate the potential of Australia’s workforce to ...

Introduction  The issue of safety and fairness has recently led to the establishment of the Apprenticeship Taskforce by the Victorian ...

Future Energy Skills values the trust electricians put in us as they develop their career journey. We meet numerous individuals ...

The National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER) maintains a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Knowledge Bank which contains ...

The Australian Government is currently undertaking a review of the Australian Apprenticeship Incentive System (Incentive System). Financial support for apprentices ...

The Australian Government invested $2.7 million over two years from 2022–23 to deliver the Australian Universities Accord through a 12-month ...

Regulatory change and updates happen regularly, and Energy Safe Victoria (Energy Safe) is currently seeking industry feedback regarding draft changes ...

In June 2023, Skills and Workforce Ministers established a Qualification Reform Design Group (The Design Group) with representatives from unions, ...

As we all know, COVID 19 created many challenges, none more so than in the training field. In light of ...

The SpeakUP BuildUP campaign by the VRQA is aimed at protecting the rights of women and non-binary apprentices in building ...

Job Skills Australia (JSA) recently worked in partnership with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to create the VET National ...

Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) was established in November 2022.  Its central role is to advise government and other stakeholders ...

When completing an apprenticeship, both the employer and the apprentice sign a training contract. This contract allows an apprentice to ...

Careers for Net Zero is a movement to expand Australia’s clean economy workforce. This is a new initiative and at ...

With the development and creation of the new Jobs Skills Councils (JSCs) The Federal Government has recently released the details ...

In November 2022, the Hon Jason Clare MP, Federal Minister for Education, appointed a panel to conduct a review to ...

On the 29th of June, Mick Cullen represented Future Energy Skills at the SEC Energy Jobs and Skills Forum in ...

The National Centre for Vocational Education Research is an independent government funded agency that conducts regular research into vocational education ...

Engaging in the clean economy requires skilled workers into the future. It is estimated that around 10,000 additional jobs per ...

At Future Energy Skills, we acknowledge that all of our candidates come through our doors with diverse backgrounds and life ...

The Victorian State Government will be conducting their expo “The Trades Fit” again this year due to popular demand. The ...

In 2022, FES had two candidates come through our doors that achieved 100% in all three Licensed Electrical Assessment; Mark ...

On 20th December 2022, an updated version of the Electrotechnology training package (UEE) was released. This is the 5th release ...

The Protect Apprenticeship Endeavour Award recognises the achievement of an electrical apprentice who overcame additional challenges, barriers or set-backs whilst ...

Hydrogen is already in use in the petroleum and fertiliser industries so, what is all the buzz about hydrogen? The ...

CPD is here and the FES Project Management Office (PMO) is proud to be involved in this project. A big ...

In exciting news, Solar Victoria has announced FES as the successful provider for the Licensed Electrical Inspectors (LEI) Resource Development ...

Monday the 22nd of March saw the first LEI Forum.  The Forum was attended by representatives of Energy Safe Victoria, ...

Future Energy Skills is proud to announce that our three pilot units from the Course in New Energy Technology Systems ...

To create a consistent level of knowledge and skills in the industry for all workers, the new training unit VU22744 Work safely ...

The Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, and Minister for Solar Homes, The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio announced a $9 ...

Australia’s boom in solar batteries is about to get safer, with new training set to provide the technical skills required ...

On Monday the 27th of November, the Minister for Training and Skills, the Hon Gayle Tierney MP, launched the much-anticipated ...

Future Energy Skills is contracted as an agent of the Office of the Victorian Skills Commissioner (OVSC) to deliver on ...