Working Group

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Working Group

• Education Skills

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Group Members

• Geoff Gwilym CEO, TL Skills Council
• Rod Troutbeck Professor, Transport Engineering,
  Qld Uni
• Pieter Nagel      Director, Logistics and Supply
  Chain Mgt, Vic Uni
• Evan Westgarth Employee Relations Officer, Aust
  Shipowners Asc
• Craig Albiston    BDM Manager - PGA (Management)
  Pty Ltd
• Garry Whiting    Mgr Rail Careers, Australasian
  Railway Asc
• Greg Martin       CEO, Sydney Ports Corporation
• Gary Chambers Industry Skills Dev Officer
  (Transport) Industry
  Capability Unit

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Managing Cross-over points

• We need to better understand the entry and exit
  points for industry employment
• Where are the roles that have like skills that
  can be transitioned into this sector
• The benefit of mapping inter-sector roles as a
  means of retaining our current skills base.

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Articulation of Education Process

• We need to better understand the value of
  training in the sector..to the employee
• Articulation to where.where do people want to
  go?
• Is the pathway to higher qualifications clear and
  unambiguous?
• Are the universities serious about articulation
  pathways?

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Demand Driven Education Programs

• What is industry looking for from the training
  system?
• What is happening across industries broadly?
• Are full qualifications desired?
• Training for compliance or for a bigger outcome?

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• Skilling the Existing Workforce AIgroup April 2007