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It has been widely reported in recent years that Australia's regional and rural communities have extensive needs for skill development. Vocational education and training [VET] can assist these communities to develop the necessary skills to enable them to survive and to prosper in a social and economic environment transformed by globalisation, national policies and regulatory imperatives. The purpose of this research was to investigate the implementation of training packages in rural areas and the ways in which providers, community and industry stakeholders interact to achieve positive training outcomes. The major drivers of training in the five communities examined in this study were the same as those that influence training activity throughout regional and metropolitan Australia. National training policy, industry skill requirements and state government initiatives played paramount roles in determining what and how training was delivered. Considerable influence was also brought to bear by the market, which dictated the focus, direction and form that training was to take.