Pedagogical issues for training of mature-aged workers in manufacturing industry: report prepared for Manufacturing Skills Australia

Mature-aged workers are becoming increasingly important in all Australian workplaces. In a tight labour market, organisations need to retain workers well past the age at which in previous decades many workers began to think of retiring; and better health means that people are keen to keep working for longer. Increasingly competitive markets require organisations to encourage higher performance and flexibility from all workers meaning that job roles change and expand constantly, with concomitant training needs. Therefore it is imperative that the pedagogical issues associated with the training of mature-aged workers are examined closely. This project was commissioned to draw together existing knowledge about the training of mature-aged workers augmented by a limited amount of fieldwork in the Australian manufacturing industry.

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