education'au limited

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Australian Skills in the 21st Century
Mooloolaba, 2005
Gerry White Chief Executive Officer
education.au limited www.educationau.edu.au
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Skills for the future
Science Technology Engineering Medicine Creative
Digital literacy
The world is flat, Thomas Friedman
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Vocational Education and Training
VET works for Australian businesses making
businesses internationally competitive VET works
for people giving Australians world class
skills and knowledge VET works for communities
building inclusive and sustainable communities.
Shaping our future, ANTA 2004
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Skills for the 21st Century

• How does VET work - governance, accountability,
  strategic direction
• What is the Skilling Australias Workforce Bill
  2005?
• Why?
• What are the socio-economic changes?
• What are the Government strategies?
• Transforming training through ICT

Department of Education Science and Training, 2005
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Historical perspective what does VET do?

• Provided skills for working men
• Kangan report - social and community
  responsibilities
• Second chance for early school leavers and others
  (women, NESB, older)
• Demand driven provision of training by new
  industries

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Emergence of a national system

• Early 90s emergence of a national system
• 1992 establishment of ANTA
• Close ties to industry
• National collaboration and direction

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ANTA national system

• Strategic direction and development of VET set by
  3 key reports
• Towards a Skilled Australia (1994-1998)
• A Bridge to the Future (1998-2003)
• Shaping our Future (2004-2010)

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Shaping our Future (2004 -2010)

• Industry will have a highly skilled workforce
• Employers and individuals will be at the centre
  of vocational education and training
• Communities and regions will be strengthened
• Indigenous Australians will have skills for
  viable jobs

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ANTA achievements

• New Apprenticeships
• National Training Framework (NTF)
• VET in schools
• Training Packages, Toolboxes and Learning Objects
• Professional development (Reframing the future)
• Increases - number of students accessing
  vocational education and training
• Competency based standards and training in a
  number of industries
• Links between schools, TAFE and industry
• Flexible learning using ICT in education and
  training

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Highlights
More students accessing VET
Training Packages Toolboxes Learning Objects
National Training Framework
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Skills for the 21st century

• Need more skilled workers
• Changing industry needs
• Demographics of workforce
• Flexible and responsive training system
• Lifelong learning

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Skilling Australias Workforce Bill 2005

• Industry needs to drive training
• Flexible and accelerated pathways
• New framework for the management of the training
  system
• National governance and accountability frameworks
  and skills framework
• Ministerial Council replaces MINCO
• DEST replaces ANTA
• Industry input, senior officials committee
  (NCSO), action groups

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Socio-economic trends

• demographic changes - ageing workforce
• global competition, technological changes, market
  regulation need to train people for a changing
  world
• national emphasis to training
• technology has provided more flexibility in
  training
• in 2001 there were 78 800 Australians unable to
  gain a place in post-school education and
  training of those 48 100 wanted to do
  vocational education and training
• in 2001 23 of people in their early 20s were
  attending an educational institution compared
  with 12 in 1976

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Socio-economic trends (cont)

• in 2001, 24 of women aged 20-29 years were
  attending an educational institution compared
  with 23 of men in this group
• in 1976, the proportion of women aged 20-29 years
  attending an educational institution was 9
  almost half that of men in the same age group
  which was 16
• in 2001, 84 of people in the 20-29 years age
  group participated in work compared with 75 in
  1976 (increase attributed to women)
• changes in the nature of paid work number of
  hours worked each week
• in 2001, 28 of employed people aged 20-29 years
  worked less than 35 hours per week on average,
  while in 1976, 11 of employed people in this age
  group worked less than 35 hours

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Government strategies for skilling through
apprenticeships

• 2.5 billion on VET, including 280.6 million for
  new initiatives to address skills needs in
  traditional trades
• 143.2 million from 2006 -09 to help young
  Australians through the Australian Network of
  Industry Careers Advisors
• Credit transfer and articulation
• Group Training in the Trades Programme (GTTP) -
  45.9 million over four years to assist 11 500
  people to undertake a New Apprenticeship in the
  trades
• Australian Technical Colleges establish
  Technical Colleges in 24 regions throughout
  Australia at an investment of 343.6 million over
  5years

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Government strategies for skilling through
apprenticeships (cont)

• 4.3 million to establish the Institute for Trade
  Skills Excellence
• 28.7 million for a tool kit for each New
  Apprentice
• 5.8 million for 7,000 School-Based New
  Apprenticeships
• 15.3 million for a Scholarship for New
  Apprentices
• 554.5 million on financial incentives to
  employers

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Government strategies for skilling through
apprenticeships (cont)

• 4.3 million to establish the Institute for Trade
  Skills Excellence
• 28.7 million for a tool kit for each New
  Apprentice
• 5.8 million for 7,000 School-Based New
  Apprenticeships
• 15.3 million for a Scholarship for New
  Apprentices
• 554.5 million on financial incentives to
  employers

3.308B
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The Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)

• Established in 2000 to meet flexible learning
  needs
• Initial 5 year national strategy, from 2000
  2004
• Develop creative and capable people
• Build Australias capacity to operate effectively
  in a global economy
• 75 million (over 5 yrs) allocated to projects
• Toolboxes
• Learning Object Repositories
• Interoperability standards
• Professional Development
• Infrastructure
• Enabling policies and problem solving regulation

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Collaborative structures
Ministerial Council, NSCO replaces ANTA MINCO/CEOs
Toolboxes
Learning Object Repositories
Professional development
FLAG Flexible Learning Advisory Group
Interoperability standards
The Flexible Learning Framework initiative
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2005 Framework

• a one-year 15 million national strategy
• build on previous work
• funded 15 projects - building communities,
  resource discovery, technology and new practices,
  professional development
• target 15-19 age group and people with
  disabilities (targeted groups)
• Indigenous, Commerce and Community based
  Engagement Projects

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education.au providing innovation

• National ICT agency
• National e-infrastructure for VET digital
  resources
• High quality information and resources freely
  available for VET teachers and practitioners
• Tools and support to establish online networks
  and communities of practice (eGroups)
• Works collaboratively with stakeholders to
  develop innovative projects/solutions
• Collaborates with VET on VLORN, technical
  specificationx, metadata and research work

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Challenges

• Become competitive in a global environment
• Innovate to take advantage of global
  opportunities
• Achieve a highly skilled workforce to meet future
  needs
• National collaboration
• Stimulate innovation and creativity
• Meet training needs of clients, industry and
  business

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Technology trends
Open source software

• Open standards

Wireless
Mobile
Web services
Eportfolio
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Training in a connected world
Thank You Gerry White CEO, education.au www.educat
ionau.edu.au