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AEN Newsletter - 19th January 2024
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OHS & QA Standards Network Meeting
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Welcome Back
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Welcome to our first newsletter for 2024.
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We hope you enjoyed a well-deserved break as we gear up for what promises to be an action-packed year.
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We look forward to providing you with weekly updates on apprenticeships and VET through this newsletter.
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A reminder to send through any good news stories or events that you would like us to promote.
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Looking forward to working with you again in 2024.
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The prestigious Victorian Training Awards will celebrate their 70th anniversary in 2024.
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The awards bring together apprentices, trainees, students, teachers, training providers, employers, and industry representatives, sharing in a high-quality training system that meets the needs of all Victorians.
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AEN & GAN Australia are again proud to be the awards principal partner.
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We encourage all of our recent Apprentice Training Award finalists and winners to enter.
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Nominations close Friday, 12 April, at 11.59pm.
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DEWR Update
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Australian Apprenticeships Priority List
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A reminder that the DEWR Australian Apprenticeships Priority List was updated in late 2023.
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Updated Australian Skills Guarantee guidelines is now available
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DEWR would like to thank those organisations and individuals who gave their time and provided feedback.
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DEWR is undertaking another round of consultation to ensure that the updates to the draft guidelines provide the necessary instructions for all parties engaging in major Australian Government construction and ICT tender processes.
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For further DEWR skills and training information and programs please visit, DEWR.
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Upcoming Victorian Public Holidays
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Friday 26 January - Australia Day
Monday 11 March - Labour Day
Friday 29 March - Good Friday
Saturday 30 March - Saturday before Easter Sunday
Sunday 31 March - Easter Sunday
Monday 1 April - Easter Monday
Thursday 25 April - Anzac Day
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Monday 10 June - Kings Birthday
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) reports in its World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024 that, while global unemployment and jobs gap rates have dropped below pre-pandemic levels, a rise in unemployment is anticipated in 2024.
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The labour market, resilient amid economic challenges, shows signs of fragility with inequalities and stagnant productivity. In 2023, the global unemployment rate was 5.1%, improving from 2022. However, 2024 is expected to see a rise to 5.2%, with an additional two million job seekers.
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Income disparities, particularly between high and low-income countries, persist, and working poverty is likely to continue.
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The report highlights worsening income inequality and a static rate of informal work, which could hinder sustained economic recovery.
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New workplace road safety program for apprentices in the construction trades is a FREE program aims to help new apprentices on their P plates safely navigate driving challenges at work.
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- Driving unfamiliar vehicles
- Fatigue and early morning driving
- Reliance on mobile phones
- Packing vehicles and securing loads
- Speed, speeding and stopping distances
- Dealing with risky or illegal situations
- One day – 6 hours including breaks and lunch provided
- Commences February 2024
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For further details and to register please
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- Groups up to 12
- A focus on P-plate apprentice carpenters, plumbers & electricians
- Free program delivered by experienced facilitators and trade trainers
- Mix of interactive learning and practical application
- Flexible, self-contained program that can come to you across Melbourne and Regional Victoria
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The latest NCVER report shows that apprentice and trainee completions have risen by 13.6% to 101 580 in the 12 months ending June 2023.
Non-trade completions rose by 14.7% to 53 445, while trade completions increased by 12.1% to 48 035. The increase in completions in the June 2023 quarter is a result of growth in commencements between 2020 and 2022, which coincided with the government stimulus measures to support employers engage and retain apprentices and trainees during the COVID pandemic.
Overall, there were 377 715 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 30 June 2023, a decrease of 12.0% from 30 June 2022.
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The 2023 VET student outcomes report shows that vocational education and training (VET) graduates’ employment outcomes continue to improve.
The report offers a comprehensive overview of student outcomes and satisfaction for those who completed nationally recognised VET programs in the previous calendar year. These insights are based on participation in Australia's largest VET student survey, the National Student Outcomes Survey.
When compared with the previous year, two-thirds of students who completed a vocational qualification at certificate I or above had an improved employment outcome, up 2.6 percentage points.
In 2023, 79.5% of graduates were employed after training, the highest level seen since the survey was expanded in 2016 to cover all nationally recognised training, not just government funded. This supports the findings by Jobs and Skills Australia that just over 60.0% of total employment growth in 2022 was in occupations where VET qualifications are the primary pathway (Jobs and Skills Australia 2023).
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Building Personal Resilience
Resilience enables us to cope with change, challenges, and stress. It helps us to turn stumbling blocks into steppingstones and setbacks into comebacks.
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This interactive session is designed to empower and inspire you to maximise your own level of resilience required to respond positively to the pressures and demands in your personal and professional environment.
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Date: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Time: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Delivery: In Person
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Youth Mental Health First Aid (Accredited Course)
Mental Health First Aid is the help provided to someone who is developing a mental health problem, has a worsening of an existing mental health problem or is in a mental health crisis.
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The first aid is given until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves.
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Mental health first aid strategies are taught in evidence-based training programs authorised by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia and conducted by MHFA instructors across Australia.
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Date: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Delivery: In Person
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Raising Personal Awareness
We are often obsessed with time and get distracted by the whirlwind of daily tasks, which by the end of the workday may make us wonder what we actually achieved.
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Personal effectiveness is about knowing when and where to direct efforts to achieve fruitful outcomes.
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In this engaging session, you will learn how to reduce interruptions and optimise your day by using a variety of productivity hacks that can make all the difference. These techniques are easy to learn and can help you work smarter, not harder.
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Date: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Time: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Delivery: In Person
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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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