| Welcome to the North Western Skills Store |
| The Skills Stores are a Victorian Government initiative to assist Victorians in recognising and developing their skills.
The North Western Skills Store will provide the Skills Store services to individuals, organisations and businesses in the north-west region of Melbourne. |
Recognise your skills. Build your future! |
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| What is a Skills Store? |
| North Western Skills Store consultants will help you gain recognition for your current skills and provide guidance on how best to update or improve your qualifications.
The consultants have the expertise to assist with a referral service for career and training options. |
| If you are an employer, North Western Skills Store can discuss skills recognition and specific training options for your employees to assist in developing and expanding your business or organisation. |
| School careers advisers can also be assisted with training-related information by the North Western Skills Store staff. |
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| How can the North Western Skills Store help me? |
| The North Western Skills Store will provide |
- an opportunity for you to discuss your current skills and how you can get your skills recognised.
- a profile indicating how your skills match all or part of a qualification
- course information, training options and a referral to a training organisation in your area.
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| What happens when I visit the North Western Skills Store? |
| You can either drop in to any of the North Western Skills Store shopfronts or make an appointment to meet with one of the Skills Store consultants. The Skills Store consultant can provide you with information about the Victorian vocational education and training system and discuss your current skills. |
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| The Skills Store consultant will help you identify your current skills and how your skills may be assessed against a nationally recognised qualification. The Skills Store consultant can then give you a personal referral to a TAFE institution or other registered training organisation to have those skills formally assessed. That way, your existing skills and experience may be recognised by a qualification or part of a qualification without you having to repeat training unnecessarily. |
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| How much does it cost? |
| All Skills Stores advice and referral services and an initial skills profile are free-of-charge. There may be fees and charges associated with training and the formal recognition assessment of your skills provided by a registered training organisation to which you have been referred. |
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| Where is the North Western Skills Store? |
| The North Western Skills Store has four shopfront locations and a mobile service. The shopfront locations are in Preston, Footscray, Broadmeadows and Meadow Heights. The mobile service will visit public spaces such as shopping centres, markets, community centres, libraries and, by arrangement, workplaces. |
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| Where are the Skills Store shopfronts? |
| The North Western Skills Store shopfronts are: |
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| Footscray |
Western Business Enterprise Centre (Victorian University)
213 Nicholson Street, Footscray 3011
Leadership and Small Business |
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| Footscray public transport directions: |
Bus: No 409 (Ballarat Road to Footscray Station)
Train: Footscray Rail Station (Melton, Williamstown or Werribee Train Lines)
Zone 1 fare
Melway ref: map 42 C3
Walking: Irving St, turn left at Nicholson St Footscray
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| Footscray shopfront map: |
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| Preston |
Building A (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
77-91 St Georges Road
Preston 3072
www.nmit.vic.edu.au |
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| Preston public transport directions: |
Bus: No. 513, Glenroy - Eltham route
Tram: No. 112, South Melbourne/St. Kilda - West Preston route
Train: Epping Line - Bell Station (zone 1) or Preston Station (zone 1 & 2)
Melway ref: 18 E12
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| Preston shopfront map: |
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| Meadow Heights |
Shop 24
Paringa Boulevard
Meadow Heights Shopping Plaza
Meadow Heights 3048
www.mhls.com.au |
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| Meadow Heights public transport directions: |
Bus: No 541 & 542
Train: Upfield or Broadmeadows line
Zone 2 fare
Melway ref: map179 H11
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| Meadow Heights shopfront map: |
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| Broadmeadows |
Hume Global Learning Centre
1093 Pascoe Vale Rd, Broadmeadows 3047
www.kangan.edu.au |
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| Broadmeadows public transport directions: |
Bus: No 541 & 542
Train: Broadmeadows line
Zone 2 fare
Melway ref: map 6 H7
Overpass Pascoe Vale Road
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| Broadmeadows shopfront map: |
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| Contact us |
| Telephone: 9655 4863 |
| Email: skillsstore@vetassess.com.au |
| Website: www.vetassess.com.au/skillsstore |
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| North Western Skills Store partners |
| For further information about the services provided by the North Western Skills Store partners, refer to the partners weblinks: |
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VETASSESS
www.vetassess.com.au |
Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
www.nmit.vic.edu.au |
Kangan Batman TAFE
www.kangan.edu.au |
Victorian University
www.vu.edu.au/Tafe |
Meadow Heights Learning Shop
www.mhls.com.au |
Apprenticeships Plus
www.apprenticeshipsplus.org.au |
Community and Health Services ITAB
www.intraining.org.au |
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| For more information on the Skills Store service, visit the Skills Stores website at www.otte.vic.gov.au/skillsstores. |
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| Or call the Victorian Government's Course Information and Referral Service Line on 1800 809 834. |
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| Useful links |
| Employment , training and assessment |
| Vetassess competency assessment |
| TAFE Institutes |
| Department of Education, Science and Training |
| Adult Learning Australia |
| Government education and training information |
| Local Learning and Employment Networks (LLENs) |
| Australian Apprenticeships |
| Centrelink |
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| Career Guidance |
| Career Advice Australia |
| Myfuture |
| Department of Education, Science and Training |
| Job Guide 2007 |
| Job Outlook |
| Career Planning training |
| Job Wise |
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