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Russell Fraser Sales (RFS) has facilitated Australia’s first CSWIP accredited ACFM (Alternating Current Field Measurement) Inspection Training Courses.
20/02/2012
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The Australian Industry Group has released a new report detailing the limitations low levels of literacy and numeracy among staff has on workplace performance and company growth potential.
20/02/2012
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Australian manufacturing, retail and wholesale firms recorded a dramatic lift in expectations for the June quarter, with the outlook for sales hitting its highest level in almost a decade, according to a survey by Dun & Bradstreet.
14/02/2012
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NOKIA has continued concrete action on its plans to reduce its workforce globally, with 4000 employees in Europe and Mexico to lose their jobs as the company moves its manufacturing to Asia.
10/02/2012
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Defence manufacturing has always been considered a steady, if not tight niche market for local industry; however last week’s announcement that at Thales will sack up to 60 employees at its Bendigo plant brings forth the reality that defence manufacturing is not immune to market forces as the industry has hoped.
07/02/2012
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In what ranks as a complete antithesis to the generally gloomy forecast for manufacturing in the NSW industrial region of Illawarra, engineering firm Leussink Engineering has announced it is increasing its 2012 uptake of apprentices.
02/02/2012