Australian Apprenticeships aims to develop a more skilled Australian workforce and reduce the real cost of training. It offers financial incentives to eligible employers who take on an apprentice.
The Productivity Places Program is a part of the Australian Government's Skilling Australia for the future initiative. The Program provides new training places in skills and occupations employers are seeking and is designed to help individuals secure long term employment.
The Skills and Training Information website provides employers, employees, job seekers, and their support organisations with skills and training information and contacts. On this site you can search for examples of occupations and qualifications that may be used under initiatives such as Australian Apprenticeships.
Career Advice Australia
is a comprehensive national career and transition support network for all young Australians from 13 to 19 years of age delivered through the Career Advice Australia Programme Providers.
National Centre for Vocational and Educational Research (NCVER) is Australia's principal provider of Vocational Education and Training (VET) research and statistics.
The National Industry Skills Report provides an overview of three major industry focused research projects which tell us more about the skills needed to ensure social and economic prosperity.
Industry Skills Reports provide an analysis of available data, research and market intelligence about a particular industry. It also identifies issues and trends to inform training strategies and planning for that industry.
The National Training Information Service (NTIS) is the official national register of information on courses, qualifications, Training Packages, units of competency and registered training organisations.
The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) provides a comprehensive, nationally consistent, yet flexible framework for all qualifications in post-compulsory education and training.
Skill Ecosystems are concentrations of workforce skills and knowledge in an industry or a region.
Skills Australia is an independent statutory body, providing advice to the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations on Australia’s current, emerging and future workforce skills needs and workforce development needs.
Skills Australia has been established with the objective of providing for expert and independent advice in relation to Australia’s workforce skills needs and workforce development needs, in order to:
- identify training priorities to respond to those needs;
- increase workforce participation;
- improve productivity and competitiveness;
- identify and address skills shortages; and
- promote the development of a highly skilled workforce.
The National Skills Shortages Strategy (NSSS) was developed to address industry skill needs through a variety of mechanisms and builds on existing initiatives to provide a more comprehensive approach to addressing skills needs.
Registered training organisations (RTOs) are authorised to deliver nationally recognised training. RTOs must be registered by the training authority in the state or territory in which they operate. A list of Training Providers can be found at the following link: Education portal for Training Providers
Group Training Programmes is an employment and training arrangement whereby an organisation employs apprentices and trainees under an Apprenticeship /Traineeship Training Contract and places them with host employers.
Group Training Australia (GTA Ltd) is the peak body representing over 150 Group Training Organisations (GTOs) employing over 41,000 apprentices and trainees.
The Group Training National Register lists all GTOs which have complied with national standards set by Vocational Education and Training Ministers and are eligible to use the Group Training National logo.
The 11 national Industry Skills Councils (ISCs) cover the skills needs of most Australian industry. In general terms these organisations work to involve industry with the development of nationally applicable vocational education and training. ISCs give all industries, peak bodies, enterprises, unions, training organisations and governments a voice in Australia's vocational education and training system through a national system of industry advisory arrangements and a structure based on industry-led boards of directors and standing committees.
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Employers and Industry Information page provides useful links for industry, employability skills and structured workplace learning programmes.
The Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee (AICTEC) is a national, cross-sectoral committee responsible for providing advice to all Australian Ministers of Education and Training on the economic and effective utilisation of online technologies in Australian education and training.
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is the peak council of Australian business associations. It represents the interests of business at a national and international level through its network of businesses
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) is Australia's leading industry organisation representing 10,000 employers in manufacturing, construction, automotive, telecommunications, IT & call centres, transport, labour hire and other industries. Ai Group's members operate businesses of all sizes throughout Australia and represent a broad and expanding range of sectors.
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) provides a forum for Australian business leadership to contribute directly to public policy debates. It aims to help make Australia the best place in the world to live, to learn, to work and to do business.
The National Farmers Federation (NFF) is the peak farm lobby group in Australia and represents producers of all major agricultural commodities.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is the recognised association for Information & Communications Technology (ICT) professionals, attracting a large and active membership from all levels of the ICT industry.
Professions Australia is a national organisation of professional associations. It advances and promotes professionalism for the benefit of the community.
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