Fact sheet includes -National objectives and Pathways
Work with States and Territories to implement skills reform to ensure that more Australians receive higher-quality vocational education and training that responds to demand.
By 2020, more than three-quarters of working-age Australians will have an entry-level qualification (at the Certificate III level or higher), up from just under half in 2009.
Work with business and Australian industry partners, through regional forums and bilaterally, to build in-country partnerships and to develop complementary skills and qualification assessment and recognition.
Strengthen networks between Industry Skills Councils, Australian industry and Unions, and their counterparts in the region.Quote from page 176 " Vocational education and training connections in the region Asia’s rise is presenting opportunities for Australia’s vocational education and training institutions to develop deeper connections and partnerships in the region. As economies in Asia develop, many have ambitious plans to upgrade the skills of their workforces. Australian vocational education and training providers are already working in Asia with local students and partners to deliver skills training. The majority of programs are currently in China, though expanding across the region, and often deliver Australian qualifications.
Together with firms and Australian industry partners, we will be working through regional forums and bilaterally to build in-country partnerships and to develop complementary skills and qualification assessment and recognition. This will allow businesses and individuals to work across regional borders, sharing skills and
experience within the strong oversight that exists across Australia’s skilled migration programs.
For example, through the East Asia Summit, Australia is collaborating with South Korea to build a Regional Network of Technical and Vocational Education and Training providers. The aim is to exchange ideas, share knowledge and expertise and form institutional partnerships (DIISRTE 2012). Stronger connections and relationships between Australian Industry Skills Councils and Australian industry and their counterparts in the region will progress compatible skills standards and build mutual recognition arrangements which will over time make it easier to work across borders."
Advice from Australia in the Asian Century White Paper http://asiancentury.dpmc.gov.au/white-paper
Papers topics cover -
ASU Assistant National Secretary Greg Mclean OAM is an honorary Director on Industrial Skills Councils Boards and a member of a number of advisory committees at Industrial Skills Councils - that cover the areas ASU members work in, in the Electricity, Local Government (various ISCS's) and Water Industries .
