Events
The Association conducts regular events for human resources staff from member organisations. These events include:
HR Network Meetings
Click here for Events Calendar which contains dates of HR Network meetings.
HR Conference
VTA HR Conferences are professional development conferences for all TAFE HR and Organisational Development Practitioners held annually.
2009: 12 - 13 October. TAFE HR in a Changing and Contestable Future
Venue: Rydges Hotel Conference Centre, 1st Fl, 186 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Sponsors: VicSuper & TAFE Development Centre & Dattner Grant & Lander & Rogers
Conference Program (193KB)-
HRM in the New Economy - Challenges & Opportunities
Serge Sardo, CEO, Australian Human Resource Institute - Demonstration of the TAFE Alumni System: Website | Manual
Narelle Jennings, Project Manager, TAFE Development Centre - HRM & OD in Increasingly Contestable Environments
Roma O'Callaghan, Manager People & Organisational Development, City of Yarra
Panel:
HRM & OD in Increasingly Contestable Environments
Sarah Barth, Senior Manager Human Resources, Gordon Institute
Triennial Plan
Erin Weston, HR Officer, South West Institute of TAFE - Protected Rights - Fair Work Act
Patrizia Mercuri, Partner, Lander & Rogers Lawyers - Superannuation in the Choice Environment
Lorenz Alphonso, Superannuation Advisor, VicSuper - HR Manager as Coach
Jim Grant, Partner, Dattner Grant
You can order Jim's Leader as Coach Workbook using this special 25% discount order form.
2008: 28 - 30 October
Venue: Melbourne Business School, Kunyung Road, Mt Eliza 3930
Sponsors: VicSuper & TAFE Development Centre
- Conference Program. (63 KB)
- Workforce Planning (707 KB)
David Thorsen, Chisholm Institute of TAFE - Attraction and Retention in VET: An RMIT Perspective (3,689 KB)
Rodney Noble, RMIT - Recruitment & Retention Strategies (3,650 KB)
Christina Bassani, Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE - Current and Emerging Policy Issues – Implications for TAFE Institutes in Victoria (651 KB)
Peter Noonan, Peter Noonan Consulting - Award Modernisation and other Federal Changes
Di Foggo, AIRC Commissioner
AIRC information (770kb)
Award Modernisation Full Bench proceedings (865kb)
Award Modernisation Stage 3 (362kb) - Starting the CSR Journey (3,020 KB)
Liz Leverett, Group Human Resources & Acquisitions Manager, The Guild Group
2007: 16 - 18 October, Leading Edge and Effective HR for TAFE
Venue: Melbourne Business School, Kunyung Road, Mt Eliza 3930
Sponsors: VicSuper & TAFE Development Centre.
HR Conference 2007 Attendees (Click on photo for larger version)
- Program (92 KB)
- Implications of Governments’ IR Policies
for Victorian TAFE HR in the future (445 KB)
Matt O’Connor, Director Public Sector, Industrial Relations Victoria - Stewarding Change Through Effective HR/OD (163 KB)
Panel of TAFE Organisational Development General Managers
Six HR Competencies - a guide for self reflection (35 KB) - Lessons on Investigation Skills from AIRC cases (68 KB)
Commissioner Dominica Whelan, AIRC - Implications of the Ageing Workforce for TAFE Workforce Planning (1918 KB)
Professor Philip Taylor, Business Work & Ageing Centre, Swinburne University
- Senior Manager Reward Strategies
Jenny Anderson, Principal, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
(contact Jenny for further details via VTA: enquiries@vta.vic.edu.au)
- Being Effective in Critical Moments during Investigations (a hypothetical) / Interactive Workshop
Patrizia Mercuri, Partner, Lander & Rogers
(contact Patrizia for further details via VTA: enquiries@vta.vic.edu.au)
2006: 2nd - 4th May : Sustainable TAFE from a HR Perspective
Venue: Yarra Valley Conference Centre, 2164 Melba Highway, Dixons Creek Vic 3775.
- Program (108 KB)
- The HR Implications of Key OTTE Policies for the delivery of VET (346 KB)
Patricia Neden, Deputy Secretary, Victorian DE&T - HR in Sustainable Organisations (184 KB)
Bob Welsh, CEO VicSuper and Chair Sustainability Victoria - Helping HR and Line Managers to Understand & Manage Depression
Clare Shann, Manager Depression in the Workplace Program, Beyond Blue - Changes to AIRC Functions under ‘WorkChoices’ (6881 KB)
Ian Watson, Senior Deputy President, Australian Industrial Relations Commission
2004 - 2005
No HR Conference was held in 2004 or 2005 because of major industry Professional Development Programs and Projects during this period..
Click here to go to the Projects and Initiatives page.
2003
The 2003 HR Conference was held at the Ozone Hotel in Queenscliff from the 8th-10th of April.
Following are three presentations made at the conference.
- HR as a Strategic Leader at the Executive Table (1004 KB)
Fabian Dattner, Dattner Grant - Initiatives to support HR Practice within TAFE Institutes (229 KB)
Liz Roadley, Enterprising Results - Human Resources from Ideal to Real (113 KB)
Jason Clarke, Minds at Work
Page updated 23 July 2009