HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITE MAP HELP CONTACT WORK FOR US   Saturday 11 September 2010 Make CIN my HomePage    JOBS AND TRAINING STORIES [ 62 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Construction has biggest skills gap (Wednesday, 28 July 2010) WAGE pressures are increasing in the construction industry as the sector experiences the biggest supply-demand gap of the 20 occupational categories measured in the Clarius Skills Index. Full Story... Jackjaw intelligence (Wednesday, 7 July 2010) GRAEME Davis originally invented the Jackjaw as a solution to remove concrete formwork support pegs and to prevent them from being driven fully into the ground. Today the patented design encompasses a choice of four different models. Full Story... Candetti joins FSC register (Wednesday, 16 June 2010) FEDERAL Safety Commissioner Helen Marshall has presented South Australian company Candetti Constructions with a certificate marking its accreditation under the Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme. Full Story... Aconex simplifies tender process (Wednesday, 16 June 2010) PROJECT management software specialist Aconex said an upgrade to its online collaboration platform will streamline the tender management process on construction, infrastructure and energy projects. Full Story... No need for tax fear: Gillard (Wednesday, 9 June 2010) DEPUTY Prime Minister Julia Gillard told a packed business luncheon in Perth yesterday that there was too much fear in the community over the proposed resource super-profits tax and that fear was baseless. Full Story... In a super-profit tax nobody hears the contractors scream (Wednesday, 26 May 2010) MUCH of the fallout from the resource super-profits tax has focused on the effect it will have on the miners. Supply Side looks at what it means for contract miners and drillers. Supply Side by Noel Dyson Full Story... Vic wind companies slam opposition leader (Wednesday, 26 May 2010) SIX wind companies have launched an advertising campaign attacking Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu over his proposed wind farm policy, warning it “could send thousands of jobs and more than $4 billion of investment interstate”. Full Story... Web-based systems keep projects on track (Wednesday, 19 May 2010) ON any construction project, a critical task for the head contractor is getting different parties – architects, consultants, subcontractors and others – to communicate efficiently. By Steve Brant Full Story... Cardno bringing SUE to Australia (Wednesday, 19 May 2010) INFRASTRUCTURE services group Cardno says the acquisition of an Australian utility detection and mapping services firm will allow it to transfer its subsurface utility engineering expertise from Florida to Australia. Full Story... FMG suspends expansion projects (Wednesday, 19 May 2010) IN light of the government’s proposed resources super-profits tax, Fortescue Metals Group has placed two of its three Pilbara iron ore expansion projects on hold, including the $US9 billion ($A10.56 billion) Solomon Hub project. Full Story... Construction skills shortages a big issue, again (Wednesday, 21 April 2010) THE construction sector is already starting to feel the pinch of skilled labour shortages as the economy gathers pace after the global financial crisis and shelved projects are revisited, according to the latest Clarius Skills Index. Full Story... Builders still feeling credit squeeze (Wednesday, 14 April 2010) THIRTY per cent of builders still say the availability of finance is having a constraining effect on their business, according to a Master Builders Australia survey. Full Story... Federal funding to tackle engineering skills shortage (Wednesday, 31 March 2010) ENGINEERS Australia has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by the federal government that $350,000 will be injected into two new research projects to underpin a range of initiatives intended to alleviate the country’s growing shortage of engineers. Full Story... Safety in sewer thanks to hydraulic saw (Wednesday, 24 March 2010) A HYDRAULIC demolition saw has enabled civil engineering contractor Metropolitan Restorations to safely remove severely corroded concrete platforms from a 68m deep sewer shaft. Full Story... Volvo to establish Chinese R&D facility (Wednesday, 24 March 2010) VOLVO Construction Equipment will build a $US40 million product design centre in China that will focus on developing products and components for the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China. Full Story... Cat toys with plant move (Friday, 19 March 2010) CATERPILLAR is considering moving its excavator production from Japan to the United States as part of a long-term strategic initiative that could see a new factory being built in the US and triple the current capacity of hydraulic excavators produced by the company in the US. Full Story... Hiring buzz returns (Wednesday, 10 March 2010) THE mining and construction sectors have the strongest hiring prospects in the near term, according to Manpower’s Employment Outlook Survey released this week. Full Story... STEELCAPS: return of the coffee crisis (Friday, 8 January 2010) COFFEE, or lack of it, was what most annoyed SteelCaps about the boom which was supposed to have ended last year. All over Perth and Brisbane, Australia’s twin centres of resource development, coffee shops were forced to close in the afternoon because of a labour shortage. Full Story... Govt works to secure skilled workers (Wednesday, 18 November 2009) AN Australian government taskforce has met for the first time to discuss how it will help secure skilled workers for about 80 major resource infrastructure projects over the next decade, including Western Australia’s massive Gorgon LNG Project. Full Story... Lower training numbers will fuel skills crisis: report (Monday, 9 November 2009) THE recent fall in apprenticeship commencements will be a contributing factor to future skills shortages, according to a report released by the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research. Full Story... Prescriptive approach to recruitment well received (Wednesday, 4 November 2009) CIVIL engineering and contracting recruitment specialist Skye Recruitment says its international best practice approach is reaping rewards, with the company growing 166% last year. Full Story... Govt mandates green skills (Monday, 26 October 2009) THE federal government will review all apprenticeships and vocational education training packages to ensure they include relevant green skills by March next year. Full Story... Feds tackle shortfall in apprentices (Monday, 19 October 2009) A MORE than 20% drop in people starting trade apprenticeships during the economic downturn has prompted the Australian government to boost employer incentives by $100 million. Full Story... Union signals detente, pushes older worker quota (Wednesday, 14 October 2009) THE Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union has begun talks with the Australian Constructors Association aimed at tackling the union/employer divide in the construction industry. Full Story... SkillsDMC introduces streamlined training for industry (Monday, 27 July 2009) NATIONAL industry skills council SkillsDMC has developed Australia’s first streamlined training package for the resources and infrastructure industries. Full Story... Demand for construction professionals still down, but improving (Monday, 27 July 2009) SKILLED labour demand in the construction industry continued to decline over the June quarter but the falls were nowhere near as dramatic as the March quarter, according to the Clarius Skills Index. Full Story... A lesson in retrenchment (Wednesday, 3 June 2009) THE skills shortage taught companies about the perils of retrenching staff in an economic downturn. This time around many companies are taking a different approach to cost cutting. Angela Kean reports. Full Story... Fed govt injects $2.8B into building schools, creates jobs (Monday, 11 May 2009) THE federal government has injected almost $3 billion into Australia’s primary schools under round one of its Primary Schools for the 21st Century program, creating thousands of new construction jobs. Full Story... Union official fined for unlawful action (Friday, 8 May 2009) A UNION shop steward who prevented deliveries to a Victorian construction site by hiding the keys to a forklift has been fined $7000. Full Story... Surprise drop in unemployment for April (Friday, 8 May 2009) AUSTRALIA has seen an unexpected drop in unemployment rates for April, according to the latest labour force figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Full Story... 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