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AE News Volume 16, Issue 40
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Friday, 10th November 2023
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Upcoming Events
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Apprentice Training Awards
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REGISTRATIONS CLOSE AT 5pm TODAY!
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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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Victorian Skills Authority Update
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Launched by the Minister for Skills and TAFE, the Hon. Gayle Tierney MP, the Skills Plan covers four 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 plan identifies that 352,000 new workers across 19 key industries are expected to enter the Victorian economy by 2026. 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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Investment in infrastructure and the clean and care economies are driving demand for workers. Top industries expecting new workers are health care and social assistance (83,300), education and training (46,400), professional, scientific and technical service (35,000), and accommodation and food services (32,300). Occupations most in demand include ageing and disability carers (17,600), registered nurses (10,200), and software and applications programmers (6,400).
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The Skills Plan also makes important recommendations to strengthen Victoria’s TAFEs, including streamlined qualification development and embedding applied research.
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The Victorian Skills Plan is produced annually and underpins Victoria’s skills roadmap to help TAFE Network providers and other training providers plan for courses, ensure industries have the workers they need, and help Victorians on an education and training pathway to success in work and life.
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This year’s plan is the result of extensive consultation and engagement across the Victorian Government, education and training sector (including community, vocational and higher education representatives), industry, unions, employers and learners. We thank all stakeholders and partners who provided valuable insight and perspectives to assist with the preparation of this year’s plan.
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Briefings will shortly be available to all interested stakeholders. Online sessions will be held in November and early December 2023, to provide more information about the Skills Plan and the ongoing engagement work that is being undertaken.
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Rethinking Tertiary Education:
Building on the Work of Peter Noonan
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Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute and the Ai Group’s Centre for Education and Training are proud to announce the release of Rethinking Tertiary Education: Building on the Work of Peter Noonan.
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The future of Australia as a post-industrial economy depends on how knowledge, skills and capabilities are learned and fostered.
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Every Australian will need to engage with the tertiary education system, both to acquire an initial qualification and to up-skill or re-skill over the course of their lives.
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The time has come to address the divide between vocational and higher education and implement a reform agenda that has been in development over the last decade.
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This will involve reforming the Australian Qualifications Framework to give greater recognition to skills alongside knowledge and enable the vocational and higher education sectors to design fit-for-purpose courses.
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The central figure in the development of this policy agenda was Peter Noonan, professor of Tertiary Education at Victoria University, who sadly passed away in 2022 after forty years as Australia’s leading tertiary education policy thinker and adviser to both sides of government.
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Building on his life’s work, this book brings together a number of experts to provide a roadmap for this policy reform.
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The biennial Survey of employers’ use and views of the VET system measures employers’ use of and satisfaction with the VET system over the previous 12 months.
Between 2021 and 2023, there were increases in employers using unaccredited training (up 2.2 percentage points to 54.4%), and informal training (up 4.6 percentage points to 81.2%).
In 2023, the percentage of employers who were satisfied with accredited training remained stable, while satisfaction with unaccredited training grew by 2.6 percentage points from 2021 to 86.1%.
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The latest report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has found that employers continue to engage with the accredited training system while increasing their use of unaccredited and informal training in 2023.
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Please keep a look out for our Professional Development 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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