Biennial Conference 2005
"Careers at the Coal Face"
Sunday 4 - Tuesday 6 December
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Venue: Monash University, Gippsland
Conference Dinner venue: Premier Function Centre, Traralgon
The local outfit featuring a power company HR manager and a music teacher from the local TAFE, "Cool Change", played hits from the 50s - 00s and kept the crowd dancing for 2 hours.
CEAV President, Bernadette Gigliotti, led a celebratory toast to retiring CEAV members, Linda Booth (Gisborne SC, CEAV committee member, national VETnetwork committee member and local careers group president), Peter Lynch (Wonthaggi SC and careers veteran of 30 years) and Dianne Phillips (in absentia) who was president of her local careers group and head of careers at Ballarat HS.
Over 240 delegates attended and over 120 presenters addressed delegates in keynotes, industry tours, Industry Panels and workshops. The CEAV February Newsjournal will contain a number of session summaries. Information will also be posted on the website. The Tony Watts keynote is available for downloading, as is the Liz Schneyder address.
Keynotes (see above for links to papers):
 Tony Watts UK |
 Liz Schneyder Sth Australia |
 Tom Karmel NCVER |
Panels included careers in construction, emergency services and power and electrical industries. Tours to Flavorite Tomatoes, Morwell National Park, Energy Technology Visitors Centre, Gippsland Aeronautics were held.
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Sponsors
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Power Companies Consortium |
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Gold
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VECCI |
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Bronze
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 Maryvale Paper Mill |
Friends
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 Catholic Education Office |
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 Grand Ridge Brewery |
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Flooring Industry Initiative 
Program
SUNDAY 4 th December
12 noon – 1.45pm Registration
1.45pm WELCOME Bernadette Gigliotti, CEAV President
2pm DEST Update Mr Tony Greer, Group Manager, Indigenous and Transitions Group
2.20am Keynote 1 – Tony Watts, UK
3.20 – 5pm Workshops
1. Beacon Foundation “No Dole” program
2. Discussion with Tony Watts
3. Record Keeping & IT in your careers practice
4. Tour of Monash University Churchill campus
5. Careers Toolbox
6. Leadership in Education & Promoting Careers to your school community
7. Preparing students for Art & Design folio interviews
8. Strategies for working with Parents
9. cancelled
10. cancelled
11. Planning city tours for country students
5.00pm Recreation
6.45pm Grand Ridge Brewery Tasting
7.30pm DINNER (casual) at Monash Uni
Co-sponsored by La Trobe City Council
MONDAY 5 th
9.30am Keynote 2 - Liz Schneyder, Principal, Henley HS South Australia “Sustainability of VET and Enterprise Programs”
10.15am Mini-keynote “Youth, VET and Labor Market Issues” Dr Tom Karmel, NCVER
10.50 – 11.30 MORNING TEA Trade Expo
11.30am –1pm Industry Panels/Workshops
12. cancelled
13. Construction and Design Industry Panel
14. MIPS Planning and a Framework for Best Practice
15. Defence Forces Career Options
16. Careers in the Arts and Music
17. Centrelink and the Career Information Centre
18. cancelled
19. Work Education ideas and resources inc. ReCap
20. Myfuture website
21. Labor market shortages in Victoria and On Track Data
22. VELS & Careers Programs
1.00 – 2.00pm LUNCH (some tours will start early – take packed lunch for 1.30pm departure)
2 – 5pm Industry Tours & Workshops
Buses sponsored by VECCI
23. Agribusiness is Big Business : Farm tour with The University of Melbourne
24. Virtual technology: get a feel for the future
25. Power Works – ‘ Victoria's Power’
26. Morwell National Park Hike and Bush tucker
27. Trek Tarra Bulba National Park
28. Latrobe Regional Art Gallery
29. Gippsland Aeronautics airplane construction
30. Grand Ridge Brewery
31. Turf management – Play 9 Holes
32. cancelled
33. The Real Game – peer mentoring
34. Industry & Enterprise, & the Racing Industry
35. Documenting Career Programs using the Australian Careers Blueprint
6.20 travel for 7.30pm CONFERENCE DINNER
Proudly sponsored by the power companies consortia
Including tour of mine en route
TUESDAY 6 th
9.15 – 10.45am Industry Panels/workshops
36. Emergency Services Industry Panel
37. Power and Electrical Industry Panel
38. LLENs Best Practice
39. Credit Matrix in practice
40. Opening Doors to Careers in Public Dentistry
10.45 – 11.30am MORNING TEA and Trade Expo
11.30 – 1pm Workshops x 8
41. Work Experience & safe@work
42. cancelled
43. VET in Schools – Expanding options for Year 10
44. VCAL Initiatives
45. Making Sense of and Use of Key competencies, Enterprise skills and Employability skills
46. VTAC Change of Preference Counselling
47. cancelled
48. Preparing Young People for Managing Employment and Careers in the Law
49. Outsourcing resources for Students at Risk - middle years
50. Printing Industry and IT Careers
1.10pm – 1.30pm
Talk by Monash University Student
Closing remarks in Theatrette