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AEN Newsletter - 28th March 2024
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Mental Health in the Workplace
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IR Network Meeting: New Wage Theft Laws
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Raising Personal Effectiveness
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Have Your Say on Apprentice Training
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The 2024 Victorian Employer Satisfaction Survey is underway.
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Employers of apprentices or trainees who were in government-funded vocational training in Victoria in 2023 are invited to share their views on the training provided by registered training organisations.
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Run by the Victorian Skills Authority (VSA), the information received in the survey will be used to improve the quality of vocational education and training in Victoria and to help Victorian employers get the right people with the right skills.
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The survey is open until 13 May.
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Skills Australia Ministerial Advisory Board
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This week the Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) Ministerial Advisory Board was announced and has been established to provide independent and expert advice to both the JSA Commissioner and Minister for Skills and Training (the Minister).
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This advice will guide the strategy, delivery and performance of JSA.
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The following are some of the key functions of the JSA Ministerial Advisory Board:
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- Support the JSA Commissioner in developing independent advice to Government on JSA’s legislated functions.
- Ensure a voice for tripartite partners in addressing skills, labour market and workforce development needs.
- Provide advice to the JSA Commissioner on development of annual work plans.
- Provide feedback on terms of reference for capacity studies, cohort analyses and regional assessments.
- Consult widely and seek insights from stakeholders on specific skills and workforce issues to inform advice to the Minister and the JSA Commissioner. This may include convening sub-committees where appropriate, and as agreed by the JSA Commissioner.
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Advisory Board members are:
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- Deputy Chair Ms Megan Lilly & Mr Liam O’Brien
- State and Territory Representatives Ms Lisa (Lill) Healy & Ms Jodie Wallace
- Employer Organisation Representatives Mr Luke Achterstraat Mr Bran Black, Ms Natalie Heazlewood
- Employee Organisation Representative Ms Annie Butler, Mr Andrew Dettmer, Ms Correna Haythorpe
- Literacy for Life Foundation Executive Director Professor Jack Beetson
- AO Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion Work, Sydney University Professor Rae Cooper
- Disability Advocacy Network Australia Ms El Gibbs
- OAM Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate, TAFE Board Director Ms Nyadol Nyuon
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For further information please visit DEWR.
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If you’re looking for a one-stop-shop for labour market data at regional, state and national levels across occupations, skills and industries, then Jobs and Skills Atlas might be for you.
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Atlas enables users to compare data from multiple sources like never before.
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National earnings and age data
This new feature offers data on median earnings and age at a national level. See this in the Industry or Occupation tab.
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Occupation group filter
Browse by occupation groups. Use the drop down list in the Occupations tab.
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Clean energy critical occupation toggle
Want your results to show the top ‘clean energy critical occupations’ Turn on the new toggle feature.
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Atlas showcases economic data from JSA and the ABS to provide information in one place.
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Atlas will continue to be updated with new datasets and features throughout the year.
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Final Report Shared Vision Equal Pathways
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This week the Inquiry into the perceptions and status of vocational education and training final report Shared Vision, equal pathways was released.
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The Committee has made 34 recommendations in this report which aim to address negative perceptions of the VET sector and enhance the quality of and access to VET. These include:
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- Significantly overhaul the functions of the NCI.
- Campaigns to promote VET and VET careers via a variety of channels to diverse audiences.
- Promoting VET in secondary schools and reducing reliance on the Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR) as the primary measure of success in secondary education.
- Developing a national careers education strategy for secondary schools.
- Improving VETDSSS via cooperative partnerships and employers and increased school funding.
- Rationalising development and implementation of VET qualifications and units of competency.
- Improving the quality of and access to facilities and supports available to VET students and staff.
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- Addressing systemic barriers to women’s participation in VET, with a focus on eliminating gender-based violence and workplace discrimination and challenging gender stereotypes.
- Enhancing apprenticeships, including by piloting a network of industry-led apprenticeship support providers, lifting pay and conditions for apprentices, and exploring new apprenticeship pathways.
- Creating a robust framework for developing, implementing, and funding micro credentials.
- Ensuring that the VET Workforce Blueprint contains measures to attract and retain qualified VET educators with industry expertise and a greater range of pedagogical competencies.
- Defining a clear roadmap to a genuinely integrated tertiary education system.
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AEN will follow up with Ms Lisa Chesters who was the chair of the Parliamentary committee.
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The latest report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) shows that the proportion of apprentices and trainees who were employed after training remained high in 2023.
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The report, Apprentice and trainee outcomes 2023, shows that 95.6% of apprentices and trainees who completed their training in a trade occupation were employed after training, similar to 2022.
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The majority of trade apprentice and trainee completers (70.3%) stayed with the same employer they had during their apprenticeship or traineeship. Of the trade completers who changed employers, 28.0% cited the main reason was they were offered a better job.
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NCVER Managing Director Simon Walker explains, ‘The survey findings reflect the current demand for skilled workers with the vast majority of apprentices and trainees securing jobs and some taking the opportunity to change employers for a better job or pay’.
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Most trade apprentices and trainees (68.3%) who cancelled or withdrew from their training reported an employment-related reason as the contributing factor. Common reasons included ‘the pay was too low, or they were unhappy with the workplace or work conditions’ (similar to 2022) and ‘they were offered a better job’ (up 7.3 percentage points from 2022).
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Trade completers reported high levels of satisfaction with skills learnt on the job (91.4%) and with off-the-job training overall (86.4%).
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Apprentices and trainees who completed their training in a non-trade occupation also experienced a high level of employment after training (89.7%) and high levels of satisfaction with the skills learnt on-the-job (88.9%) and off-the-job training overall (88.3%).
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The Apprentice and trainee outcomes 2023 is derived from the 2023 National Student Outcomes Survey.
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The report provides a summary of the outcomes of apprentices and trainees aged 15 years and over who completed or cancelled/withdrew from their apprenticeship or traineeship during 2022, with the data collected in mid-2023.
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The prestigious Victorian Training Awards will celebrate their 70th anniversary in 2024.
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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 2024.
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Mental Health in the Workplace
This training examines the impact on mental health of negative workplace behaviours, of poor work culture and organisational failure and of practices, roles and responsibilities in contributing to a mentally healthy workplace.
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Date: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Delivery: In Person Only
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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 Only
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Facilitating Crucial Conversations
Sometimes we choose to avoid difficult conversations as they seem too hard, but unfortunately the problems remain unresolved. Other times we facilitate crucial conversations and wish we knew how to handle them better. Here’s the upside: there are well-tested communication strategies to swiftly turn dysfunctional situations into constructive conversations.
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Date: Tuesday 7th May 2024
Time: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Delivery: In Person Only
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Youth Mental Health First Aid Course (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. 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 15th May 2024
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Delivery: In Person & E-Learning
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Drugs, Alcohol & Workplace Risks
The misuse of alcohol and drugs has a significant negative impact on Australian business. It is a work health and safety matter demanding attention of both workers and management.
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Date: Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
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 1,212 participants have been supported to date.
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Apprentices and trainees who have lost their employment are encouraged to register.
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For assistance 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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