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New licences come under mutual recognition

The signing of the Mutual Recognition (Maritime and Other Occupations) Declaration 2009 has resulted in a number of new occupational licensed areas recognised as equivalent across Australia. Twenty eight occupational licensed areas are listed in the schedules of the declaration. The occupations covered are in industries including maritime, building ... read more

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Mutual recognition of occupational licences to be achieved by September 2008

At its meeting of 26 March 2008 , the Council of Australian Governments ( COAG ) agreed to advance the due date for mutual recognition of vocationally-trained licensed occupations. Effective mutual recognition is now due to be completed by September 2008. The due date for mutual recognition had ... read more

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Mutual recognition review seeks comments

The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a review of the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) and the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement (TTMRA). The Commission is to: assess the coverage, efficiency and effectiveness of the MRA and TTMRA since they were last reviewed ... read more

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Delivery of general induction training under current arrangements

Registered training organisations (RTOs) are reminded that they need to adhere to the mutual recognition arrangements agreed to by Victoria, New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland in relation to general construction safety induction. Under the arrangements, RTOs are not able to deliver a course from one particular state in ... read more

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Licensing reforms

Australia is currently working towards a new streamlined and national approach to occupational licensing. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has agreed to implement new measures to enable greater workforce mobility and reduce the regulatory burden for industry and for workers possessing vocationally trained trade qualifications. The reforms fall into ... read more

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Mutual recognition

At its meeting of  10 February 2006  the Council of Australian Governments ( COAG ) agreed to new measures to enable people with trade qualifications to move more freely around Australia, without undergoing additional testing and registration processes. COAG requested the implementation of full and effective mutual recognition of occupational ... read more

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COAG decision on mutual recognition of vocationally trained licensed occupations

Following the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) decision of 10 February this year to promote a mobile workforce to help meet skills needs, solid progress is being made to attain full and effective mutual recognition of vocationally trained licensed occupations across all states and territories. Mutual recognition ... read more

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Draft report released reviewing mutual recognition

The Productivity Commission has released a draft research report on the review of the two main mutual recognition schemes in Australia . According to the draft report , the mutual recognition schemes linking Australian states and territories and New Zealand have contributed to a more ... read more

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