When one door closes: VET's role in helping displaced workers find jobs

This 'At a glance' combines findings from NCVER-commissioned research looking at cross-occupational skill transferability, along with key points raised at the research forum 'When one door closes: VET's role in re-skilling displaced workers' hosted by NCVER in November 2015. It highlights the current industries and occupations with displaced workers, and discusses the role of the vocational education and training sector in helping them to find new jobs. The paper highlights opportunities to increase mobility between occupations, such as reconfiguring training packages, increasing...  [+] Show more

This 'At a glance' combines findings from NCVER-commissioned research looking at cross-occupational skill transferability, along with key points raised at the research forum 'When one door closes: VET's role in re-skilling displaced workers' hosted by NCVER in November 2015. It highlights the current industries and occupations with displaced workers, and discusses the role of the vocational education and training sector in helping them to find new jobs. The paper highlights opportunities to increase mobility between occupations, such as reconfiguring training packages, increasing awareness of transferable skills and improving knowledge of local labour markets.

Published abstract.