** Shares of Australia's Verbrec rise 6.06% to A$0.105, their highest level since February 27

** Engineering and training services provider divests its private unit Competency Training for A$11.5 mln ($7.58 mln); deal is subject to approval from Australia's foreign investment regulator

** Says divestment will allow flexibility to pursue acquisitionsand organic growth opportunities in energy transition and automation, its core segments

** YTD, stock down 22.2%

($1 = 1.5172 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Shruti Agarwal in Bengaluru)

((Shruti.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))