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AE News Volume 16, Issue 39
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Thursday, 2nd November 2023
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Upcoming Events
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Apprentice Training Awards
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Registrations Close in 7 days!!
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The stage is set, and the spotlight is shining bright on Victoria's apprentices, trainees and group training organisations. It's time to applaud their hard work, dedication, and remarkable achievements as the 2023 Apprentice Training Awards, hosted by AEN and Global Apprenticeship Network (GAN) Australia, kick off.
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These prestigious awards are all about recognising excellence in the group training sector and acknowledging the outstanding contributions of apprentices, trainees, GTO members, staff, and Industry Partners across Victoria.
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Wednesday 22 November 2023
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191 Collins Street, Melbourne
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School-Based Apprentice or
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STAR (Stop Taking a Risk) Award
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Indigenous Student of the Year
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Inspiration Award:
Women in Trades
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GTO Service Excellence Award
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Disability Employment Pathway
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Jobs Victoria Manufacturing Skills Project
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WaTT - Women and Their Trade
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A Quarter of a Million Successful Apprenticeships
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On Saturday 28 October the Apprenticeship Employment Network - the peak industry body representing group training organisations - celebrated 40 years of group training by gathering founding businesses, industry partners along with current and past apprentices for a celebration of the economic contribution group training has made to the lives of Victorians.
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A quarter of a million Victorians have been placed in secure, well-paid jobs.
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This group training model has profoundly impacted many Victorians since being introduced in the 1980s, with many apprentices mentored and trained under the model having gone on to start their own businesses, creating more jobs and underpinning the Victorian economy.
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This remarkable milestone for group training organisations in Victoria would not have been possible without continuous support from unions, state and federal governments, local councils, communities, host employers and other industry bodies.
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Lendlease, which was one of the original supporting organisations that established group training in the 1980s, launched their new pre-employment program LEAD. This program aims to utilise the Victorian group training network to support more disadvantaged jobseekers enter the construction sector through an apprenticeship.
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The Apprenticeship Employment Network is saying thank you to all apprentices, host employers, governments, and organisations who have allowed group training to continue for all these years.
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National VET Completions Report
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Last week Skills SA released a report focusing on National vocation education and training completions a report produced the secretariat of the National VET completions Taskforce.
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The report highlighted 17 recommendations:
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1. Career and course information
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Improve the equity and quality of career and course advice for all learner cohorts at all stages of their learner journey. This could include exposure to workplaces prior to enrolling in VET to support decision making.
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Improve the equity and quality of career and course advice for all learner cohorts at all stages of their learner journey. This could include exposure to workplaces prior to enrolling in VET to support decision making.
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Increase industry and employer capability to support learners (before and during training) (including training plans).
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Improve advice on alternate pathways, recognition of prior learning and credit transfer.
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5. Evidence-based course design
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Evidence-based approach to course design that draws on data of student experiences, patterns of behaviour and industry expectations.
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6. School and VET alignment
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Improve alignment between school curriculum and vocational pathways.
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7. Reflect learner skills and experience
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Course design to better reflect the skills and experience of learners seeking to broaden or increase their skills.
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Offer flexible, innovative, and bespoke training and learning practices which are learner focused and meet learner needs.
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9. Quality and responsive delivery
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VET offerings are delivered in a manner which is inclusive, high-quality, and responsive to industry standards.
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Ensure system settings enhance learner experience with training, and align with the needs of industry and the economy more broadly.
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Improve approaches to capturing and measuring completion rates and understanding of learner outcomes, including career trajectory and wages.
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12. Identify at-risk learners
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Improve identification of learners at risk of non-completion based on known risk factors.
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Improve identification and implementation of wrap-around student supports.
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14. Employment relationship
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Ensure regular communication, engagement, and support for all parties of the employment relationship (including improvements to training plans).
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15. Support for at-risk students
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Enhanced advice and support for students who are at risk of dropping out.
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Improve the support for learners to confidently and successfully transition to employment post completion of their VET studies.
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Upskill the VET workforce, course counsellors and employers to better support learners with additional and complex needs.
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Please visit Skills SA to view the full report.
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Jobs and Skills Councils Update
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All 10 Jobs and Skills Councils (JSCs) have now been established to provide industry with a stronger voice to ensure Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector delivers better outcomes for learners and employers.
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They bring together employers, unions and governments in a tripartite arrangement to find solutions to skills and workforce challenges.
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A Jobs and Skills Council (JSC) is a not-for-profit company that is industry-owned and industry-led.
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They are part of a national network of 10 JSCs that provide leadership to address skills and workforce challenges for their industry. They aim to:
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- Align effort across industries to improve VET system responsiveness.
- Build stakeholder confidence.
- Drive high-quality outcomes for the VET sector, learners and business.
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JSCs will identify skills and workforce needs for their sectors, map career pathways across education sectors, develop contemporary VET training products, support collaboration between industry and training providers to improve training and assessment practice, and act as a source of intelligence on issues affecting their industries.
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Each JSC works closely with Jobs and Skills Australia, drawing on its workforce analysis and projections to plan for their industry sector and creating a consistent approach to addressing skill gaps.
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JSCs are responsible for the following four core functions:
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- Workforce Planning is the strategic centre-piece for JSCs and informs the other functions. Workforce planning will underpin intelligence-gathering for strategic priorities and will be a critical focus to guide strategic planning.
- Training product development requires JSCs to develop training products in line with standards set by Skills Ministers to improve the quality, speed to market and responsiveness of training products.
- Implementation, Promotion and Monitoring
JSCs will partner with training providers and organisations to align workforce planning objectives and national training products with career advice and ‘on the ground’ training delivery.
- Industry Stewardship
JSCs will act as a source of intelligence on workforce issues affecting their industries and provide advice on national training system policies.
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New Victorian Skills Plan Identifies Future Jobs and Skills Needs for our State
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On October 24, the Victorian Skills Authority (VSA) released the Victorian Skills Plan for 2023 into 2024. The plan details Victoria’s future skills needs and job opportunities over the next 3 years.
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Launched by the Minister for Skills and TAFE, the Hon. Gayle Tierney MP, at Holmesglen TAFE’s Moorabbin campus, this year’s skills plan covers 4 broad priorities:
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- Recognising the diversity of Victoria’s employment needs
- Promoting post-secondary education skills and career pathways
- Lifting participation in education and training
- Delivering the right skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow.
The skills plan identifies that 352,000 new workers across 19 key industries are expected to enter the Victorian economy by 2026.
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This includes 277,000 in metropolitan Melbourne and 75,000 in regional Victoria. Almost two-thirds of those jobs will require a higher-level of skills.
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Government investment in infrastructure and the clean and care economies are driving demand for workers.
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Top industries expecting new workers are:
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- Health care and social assistance (83,300)
- Education and training (46,400)
- Professional, scientific and technical service (35,000)
- Accommodation and food services (32,300).
Occupations most in demand include:
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- Ageing and disability carers (17,600)
- Registered nurses (10,200)
- Software and applications programmers (6,400)
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Please keep a look out for our Professional Devlopment Calendar for 2024.
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Please login to the members area prior to purchasing tickets to access the members rate or to RSVP for a free event.
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Since the program commenced in May 2020, a total of 1,133 participants have been supported to date.
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Apprentices and trainees who have lost employment are encouraged to register.
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Once registered, apprentices and trainees will be assisted by one of our program officers until placed with a host employer through a Group Training Organisation (GTO), or directly with an employer.
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If you have an apprenticeship position you would like to fill, please contact the AEN Office so we can forward potential candidates that meet your criteria.
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Head on over to GAN Australia and subscribe to the newsletter to be kept up to date with everything that’s happening with GAN Australia and the wider VET sector?
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Thanks to our Industry Partners
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