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This report is the first edition of an annual report to be produced as part of the Australian National Training Authority's (ANTA's) drive to keep training in touch with the economy's skill needs. The aim is to provide a report to Ministers which: gives a general overview of the state of play of industry skill needs; outlines the drivers of industry demand for skills so as to anticipate future skill needs; and identifies the priority areas that need to be addressed at a national or policy level to ensure future industry skill needs are met. The focus of this first report is on the drivers of industry demand for skills and it is based on an analysis of the strategic industry VET [vocational education and training] plans submitted earlier this year by the Industry Training Advisory Bodies (ITABs). One of the key messages in this report is that skill needs vary from time to time, and by understanding what drives industry skill needs, attempts can be made to anticipate trends, change policy, or intervene ahead of time to minimise skill shortages in the future.

The report 'Shared technology: a roadmap for traditional and emerging industries to 2008' (indexed at TD/ANTA 75.04), published by the Australian National Training Authority in June 2003, identified the new, common technology that will be used in a number of key industries over the next five years. This document begins with a scenario using a fictional character to show how technology that exists now will affect the way we live and work in the near future. It then outlines how these technological changes affect workers, skills and training, using information from the 'Shared technology' project. It concludes with two questions for consideration: What challenges do we face in developing skills across industries that are sharing technology but using different work models? How can industry and vocational education and training agencies better collaborate so that skills keep pace with new and shared technology?