This report details the initial findings of stage one of a project funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to research, develop and implement a nationally accepted, cross-sectoral framework for addressing employability skills. For the purposes of this project, employability skills are defined as being ‘the non-technical skills required to effectively participate in the workplace’. Generic skills are broader and include language, literacy and numeracy skills and other skills required to participate in society. In Australia, the term foundation... [+] Show more
This report details the initial findings of stage one of a project funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to research, develop and implement a nationally accepted, cross-sectoral framework for addressing employability skills. For the purposes of this project, employability skills are defined as being ‘the non-technical skills required to effectively participate in the workplace’. Generic skills are broader and include language, literacy and numeracy skills and other skills required to participate in society. In Australia, the term foundation skills is now being used to describe the combination of core skills (i.e. reading, writing, oral communication, numeracy and learning) and employability skills. The purpose of stage one was to identify and define the elements to be included in the framework. The project examined recent research about employability skills and generic skills and their development, as well as a range of current approaches to addressing employability and generic skills from Australia and overseas. It also involved extensive consultation with a broad cross-section of organisations and sectors that have an interest in and potential use for the framework. The report describes the outcomes of the research and consultations, identifies and defines the elements to be included in the framework and proposes a structure for use as the foundation for further development of the framework.
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