Industry Sector Funding

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Industry Sector Funding
November progress report
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Workforce Development Strategy

• Until 2008, no formalised strategy
• Organisation approach - not collaborative
  industry
• Funding has paved the way for an ASSDA Workforce
  Development Strategy
• The Strategy outlines 5 Key Focus Areas

• That there are enough people in the workforce
• That there are appropriate skills in the
  workforce
• That people in the workforce are retained
• That skills and knowledge are retained
• That there are appropriate measures to identify
  and deal with future workforce gaps

A collaborative approach
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Funding

• Online Concept Survey
• Mapping of 8 modules to MEM05
• Industry Consultations - face to face
• E-learning user testing
• Diffusion
• Learning Development pathways
• Workforce Development Strategy

2008 achievements
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Changes

• Individual business level - so far TIG Welding.
  Pathways to effect more change
• Some organisations who completed the online
  survey are now trying e-learning for the first
  time
• Industry sector level - national Accreditation
  scheme is now linked to training. They must train
  to retain currency which means best practice
  fabricators and also most trained.

change to e-learning
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E-learning and Workforce Development Plan

• The second key focus area of the workforce
  development plan deals with ensuring there are
  appropriate skills in the workforce.
• To do this we need to ensure

• Training structures for apprentices are
  appropriate, evolving and meet industry needs
• Accelerated pathways
• Continuing education for further skills
  development of existing workforce

e-learning and workforce
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Training structures for apprentices are
appropriate, evolving and meet industry needs

• Training structures need to include a range of
  delivery resources to ensure all preferred
  learning techniques are offered
• Relevant delivery results in higher completion
  rates and therefore appropriate skills in the
  workforce
• There is increasing movement of trade teachers
  towards working in alternative spaces (i.e.
  online learning)

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Accelerated Pathways

• Offers appropriate and current outcomes but in
  less time
• Results in higher completion rates
• Blended learning development pathways for
  apprentices and existing trade staff will offer
  this by using e-learning resources as valid
  alternatives to traditional training methods

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Continuing education for further skills
development of existing workforce

• Continuing or further training for staff will be
  more desirable to organisations through the use
  of e-learning as employees dont need to leave
  the workplace
• They can also do the training in their own time
• Skills and knowledge continue to develop whilst
  productivity losses are minimised
• This also aids in ensuring people are retained in
  the workforce

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Employers using e-learning

• Benchmark was 24 with a 15 increase expected by
  December 2008
• Current uptake is 41 - a 71 increase
• Some of these enrolments are part of the online
  concept survey incentive. Further uptake is
  expected as a result

e-learning growth
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Number of courses incorporating e-learning

• Benchmark was 8 with an 11 increase expected by
  December 2008
• Now working with Sunshine Coast TAFE who are also
  developing e-learning resources and have 6
  already
• Total of 14 - 14 increase

e-learning growth
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Number of e-learning courses mapped to
competencies

• Benchmark was 2 with a 300 increase expected by
  December 2008
• Current number of modules mapped is 9 which is a
  350 increase.

e-learning growth
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Number of employees in pilot activities

• Benchmark is 20 with a 125 increase expected by
  December 2008
• Future reports will identify this once learning
  development pathway is tested at Stoddart
  Manufacturing (to occur in December 2008)

e-learning growth
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Total number of employees using e-learning

• Benchmark was 195 with a 13 increase expected by
  December 2008
• Current uptake is 252 - a 29 increase

e-learning growth
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Increasing demand for e-learning from business

• TIG Welding module in demand and has sparked
  calls for more
• Learning development pathway for 1st year
  apprentices to be completed and tested by
  December 2008
• Success of this will see businesses engaging in
  e-learning as part of these pathways and the
  wider workforce development strategy
• Early 2009 will see similar pathways for 2nd and
  3rd year apprentices as well as ongoing training
  for existing trade qualified staff

The future
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Anticipated growth in business provider
partnerships

• SkillsTech Australia, ASSDA and industry working
  closer than ever before (eg LDP working group)
• Sunshine Coast TAFE is now working with ASSDA to
  ensure e-learning resources developed complement
  each other - they have built 3 assets and are
  working on a further 3
• Other state TAFEs will be engaged once the
  learning pathways are completed
• WA TAFE and SkillsTech already have an MoU around
  resources sharing

partnership growth
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E-learning infrastructure

• Fabrication - 905
• The Turning Force - 511
• Competitive Manufacturing

• To date the project has focused on ASSDAs
  e-learning resources along with any TAFE-based
  learning tools.
• However there are a few toolboxes which may be
  appropriate for integration in the learning
  development pathway
• ASSDA resources are built in flash
• Modules, will be SCORM wrapped to comply with
  e-standards and suitable for a number of LMS's
  and the Learning Object Repository Network (LORN)

e-standards
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Industry Sector Funding
Thank you
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E-Learning Pilot TIG Welding Underpinning
Knowledge Training using ASSDA Resources
Key Results
Lessons Learned

• 80 found the system easy to use
• 80 found the information easy to understand
• 50 of students enjoyed using the learning object
  and a further 20 were undecided

• Suited to 1st year apprentices
• Download speeds must be fast for a positive
  experience
• Technical assistance needs to be available
  initially
• Students are highly critical of information
  presented if appears to conflict with workplace
  practice

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Elearning Pathway and Mapping Guide for Metal
Fabrication (Sheet Metal)
Completed work
Continuing Work

• Training plan
• Resources mapped to
• Competency elements
• Performance criteria
• Essential knowledge and skills
• Working Group established
• Concept Pathway developed

• Mapping of other existing resources
• Source or build gap resources
• Mapping of workplace learning pathway
• Mapping assessment
• Establishment of E-Learning pathway pilot
• Evaluation of pilot
• Pilot report

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Learning Pathway
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