Welcome to Australia And the AVETRA Wonderful World of Vocational Education and Training

AVETRA

What are the roles? – Gov – Industry – Education Who decides the training? – Plan/Industry/Mkt Industry standards into Training packages How much funding? – 1.7 B Gov – mainly input Industry $? – Training/Wages/Apprentices/levies How many trainees – 1.8m Public +2.2m Private Part time? 89% - 11% working pop – 30% 18/30

AVETRA Post-compulsory education - voluntary What levels? 50% - Certificate III Regulation – Gov / State managed Equity – 4% Indigenous – funded equity schemes 80% public funded course in TAFE Top Courses? Hospitality/Business/Retail/Electrical

What is VET ? AVETRA Leadership, Management & programme designer Funding.Regulation equity and governance Delivery interaction & assessment Workforce participation and productivity

Who are VET research players ? AVETRA – 2011 Fundingsources Programme managers managers Researchers Policy formers and regulators

Who does VET research? AVETRA – 2011 Problem statement Literature search Question focus Data collection Findings - Analysis Reporting HonoursMasters Phd studies ARC ARCNCVER Local State Gov. Industry TAFE TAFEpractitioners Trainingconsultancies Researchconsultants HEd /TAFE Researchspecialists

AVETRA – 2011 Learning at Work Learning support Building TAFE and RTO’s- infrastructure Training access, participation, national skilling and productivity What research is being done?

AVETRA – 2011 Learning at Work Building RTO’s Training access and skilling Assessment Equity & diversity Basic skills Small business Community building Leadership HRD strategies Teaching Curricula Programme design Career paths Learning cultures Wellbeing Reflective space Skill migration Work practices Skill retention What research is being done? E learning Apprentices F/L Managers Policy review- Nat/Int: Policy review- Nat/Int: productivity & workforce participation Equity