Master Plumbers Association of NSW Achieving the balance with Apprenticeships Paul Naylor Chief Executive Officer

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Broad Industry Overview Statistics provided throughout this presentation are from IBIS World, unless otherwise stated.

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Key Industry Drivers  Specialist Trade  Industry Performance  Downstream building markets  Work being undertaken  Market segmentation  Business locations  Key statistics

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Specialist Trade Highly regulated Legislated as a special trade in all states and territories Licensed occupation at the trade and contractor level

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Industry is highly labour intensive. Sizable permanent workforce to carry out much of the heavy physical labour. Employment 48,000 people in approximately 24,000 establishments. There are approximately 78,000 qualified plumbers in Australia, many of whom are employed in other industries, industry other construction, electricity, gas, water, water services and mining. The smallest type of accounting unit within an Enterprise, usually consists of one or more locations in state or territory of the country in which it operates. A division that is separately managed and keeps management accounts. The most relevant measure of the number of firms in an industry. Industry Performance Establishment Enterprise

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Downstream building markets Growth in the value of work done in key downstream building markets

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Work Being Undertaken

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Market Segmentation

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Businesses NSW 31.7% VIC 29.4% QLD 19.1% WA 10.1% SA 5.9% TAS 1.6% ACT 1.4% NT 0.8% Population 7.23 Million 5.55 Million 4.51 Million 2.29 Million 1.64 Million 507, , ,700

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Business Location Distribution Eastern seaboard represents 81.8% of the market.

Master Plumbers Association of NSW

Apprenticeships  National statistics  Traditional Trade Apprenticeship model  Operational Models:  Institutional training / Full time / HECS  Blended / Part Time / SBA – VET in schools  Workplace learning – cadetship model  Commercial delivery to qualification  Drivers for change

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Australian vocational education and training statistics: Apprentice and trainee Apprentice and Trainee by contract status, Trades/Non Trades, Australia TradesNon TradesTotal Commencements 12 months to September ,320226,679318,999 Completions 12 months to September ,088121,035176,123 In-training as at 30 September ,309253,925461,234 Apprentice and Trainee 334 Plumbers by contract status, Australia 334 Plumbers Commencements 12 months to September 20115,335 Completions 12 months to September 20113,414 In-training as at 30 September ,405 Source: National Apprentice and trainee collection, December 2011 estimates, unpublished (Includes 1 st year’s) (2 nd, 3 rd & 4 th year’s) Apprentice Plumbers represent approximately 10% of all trade training NCVER

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Apprenticeship Training Options Current arrangement - On the job workplace training - Off the job RTO training - Day release or block release to RTO. - Master/Servant relationship. - Has it passed its “use by date” with new starters?

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Apprenticeship Training Options Institutional / Full time / HECS  Full time delivery in RTO  No exposure to workplace  HECS to be paid to Federal Government on completion and gaining employment.  Currently proposed for post trade qualifications.  Royal Australian Engineers Model.

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Blended / Part time / SBA VET in Schools Apprenticeship Training Options - Howard Government initiative – Cert III – School Based Apprentices - Rudd Government Trade Schools – Cert II VET in school outcomes, institutional delivery - SBA’s failing due to lack of promotion as an alternative concept. - VET in Schools demand institutional delivery only.

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Apprenticeship Training Options Workplace learning Cadetship Model - On the job training. - Study for qualification in cadets own time at RTO. - No contribution to training costs by employer. - Completion of Cadetship subject to students initiative.

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Apprenticeship Training Options Commercial Delivery of Qualification -No subsidy from government (no HECS) -No training contract (non apprenticeship model) -Student meets all costs of training -No employer involvement -Once qualification is obtained, registration as tradesperson follows COAG 2006 decision on no requirement for further sign off.

Master Plumbers Association of NSW Drivers for Change - Training Package – industry requirement for workplace evidence gathering - Skills tracker - Training Package – workplace assessments – the myth !!! - Government Programs - FOUNDATION SKILLS (all Skills Councils) -Literacy and numeracy skills -Employment skills – communications and job ready skills. - TRADE CADETSHIPS -Commence in Years 9 and 10 -Federal Govt submission to FWA 23 rd May Recognition of Pre-Apprenticeship/Pre Vocational courses for setting applicable wage rates.

Master Plumbers Association of NSW * T H E F U T U R E * ARE WE SEEING THE START OF THE DEMISE OF APPRENTICESHIPS ?? Questions ?