Acronym |
Meaning |
AAACE |
Australian Association of Adult and Community Education |
ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACCI |
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
ACE |
Adult & Community Education |
ACER |
Australian Council for Educational Research |
ACFEB |
Adult Community & Further Education Board |
ACIBC |
Australian Council of Independent Business Colleges |
ACPET |
Australian Council of Private Education & Training |
ACTCAL |
ACT Council of Private Education & Training |
ACTCOSS |
ACT Council for Social Services |
ACTVTA |
ACT Vocational Training Authority |
ACVETS |
Australian Committee on Vocational Education and Training Statistics |
AEC |
Australian Education Council |
AESIP |
Indigenous Education Special Intervention Program |
AHRI |
Australian Human Resources Institute |
AHRP/ATTRP |
Australian Hospitality & Tourism Training Review Panels |
AIM |
Australian Institute of Management |
AIRC |
Australian Industrial Relations Commission |
ALBE |
Adult Literacy and Basic Education |
ALLI |
Australian Language and Literacy Policy |
AMES |
Adult Migrant English Service NSW |
ANTA |
Australian National Training Authority |
APL |
Actrac Products Limited |
AQF |
Australian Qualifications Framework |
ARC |
Australian Research Council |
ARF |
Australian Recognition Framework |
ARTDO |
Asian Regional Training and Development Organisation |
ASCO |
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
ASF |
Australian Standards Framework |
ASPBAE |
Asian-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education |
ASIC |
Australian standard Industry Classification |
ASTF |
Australian Student Traineeship Foundation |
ATB |
Automotive Training Board |
ATP |
Australian Training Products |
ATS |
Australian Traineeship System |
ATSIPTAC |
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Training Advisory Council |
AVETMISS |
Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard |
VATS |
Australian Vocational Training System |
BCE |
Board of Adult and Community Education (NSW) |
BET |
Board of Vocational Education and Training (NSW) |
CAE |
Council of Adult Education |
CAUCUS |
Community Adult Education Centers |
CBI |
Competency Based Training |
CELT |
Center for Economics in Education and Training |
CELTS |
Contracted Entry Level Training Agencies |
COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
COTTS |
Committee on TAFE and Training Statistics |
CRAFT |
Commonwealth Rebate for Appentice Full-time Training |
CRICOS |
Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students |
CRLRA |
Centre for Research & Learning in Regional Australia |
CS&HTA |
Community Services & Health Training Australia |
CSBs |
Competency Standards Bodies |
CTA |
Construction Training Australia |
CVAR |
Centre for Vocational Education Research |
DEETYA |
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (formerly DEET) |
DET |
Department of Education & Training (formerly DTEC) |
DET(WA) |
WA Department of Training |
DETAFE |
Department of Employment Training & Further Education (SA) |
ECCA |
Evening & Community College Association |
EdNA |
Education Network Australia |
EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunities |
ELLS |
English Language & Literacy Services |
ELT |
Entry-Level Training |
ESL |
English as a Second Language |
HRD |
Human Resources Development |
HRM |
Human Resources Management |
IFTDO |
International Federation of Training and Development Organisations |
ILS |
Interactive Learning Systems |
IMCA |
The Institute of management Consultants in Australia |
ITAB |
Industry Training Advisory Board |
IVETS |
Integrated Vocational Educational and Training Systems |
MAATS |
Modern Australian Apprenticeship & Traineeship System |
MCEETYA |
Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs |
MINCO |
Ministerial Council on the Australian National Training Authority |
MTIA |
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia |
NACSR |
National Advisory Committee on Overseas Skills Recognition |
NATA |
National Association of Testing Authorities |
NATMISS |
National Management Information and Statistical System |
NCAELLS |
National Collaborative Adult English Language and Literacy Strategy |
NCVER |
National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd |
NESB |
Non-English Speaking Background |
NLP |
Neurolinguistic programming |
NOOSR |
National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (National) |
NTCC |
National TAFE Chief Executives Committee |
NTETA |
Northern Territory Employment and Training Authority |
NTCO |
National Training Framework Committee |
NTIS |
National Training Informational System |
NTMRC |
National Training Market Research Centre |
NTRA |
National Training Reform Agenda |
NTS |
National Training Strategy |
OH&S |
Occupational Health & Safety |
OTEN |
Open Training & Education Network (TAFE NSW) |
OTFE |
Office of Training and Further Education (VIC) |
OVET |
Office of Vocational Education and Training (Tas) |
QMS |
Quality Management System |
QOLM |
Queensland Open Learning Network |
RATE |
Register of Australian Tertiary Education |
RCVET |
Research Centre for Vocational Education & Training (University of Technology, Sydney) |
RPL |
Recognition Prior Learning |
RTO |
Registered Training Organisation |
SEP |
Structural Efficiency Principle |
TA |
Transactional Analysis |
TAC |
Training Accreditation Council (WA) |
TAFE |
Technical and Further Education |
TASTA |
Tasmanian State Training Authority (Tas) |
TDCA |
Training & Development Council of Australia |
TEQ |
Training and Employment Queensland |
TMS |
Team Management Systems |
TEQ |
Training & Employment Queensland |
TQM |
Total Quality Management |
UTS |
University of Technology, Sydney |
VEET |
Vocational Education Employment & Training |
VETA |
Vocational Education and Training Authority (ACT) |
VETAB |
Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board (NSW) |
VETEC |
Vocational Education, Training and Employment Commission (Qld) |