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The purpose of industry skills reports is to engage industry around current issues and how these issues may or may not affect the future skills base for the industry. The reports include suggestions for addressing future skill needs. While they cover a broad range of issues, their focus is on training and they are designed to assist industry, training providers and training policy makers. It is expected that the reports will be updated annually to reflect contemporary developments.

This report on the skill needs of the transport and logistics industry focuses on the following sectors: road transport; rail transport; maritime; port operations; aviation; and warehousing. The industry has undergone a period of major reform and is moving from a situation where the importance of skills and knowledge was unevenly recognised to one where they have become an essential driver of economic success and competitiveness underpinning industry career paths. The report articulates the requirements for this transition, highlighting the following areas where additional emphasis on skill development is required: skills for new technologies specific to the industry as well as the acquisition of core information and communications technology (ICT) skills; integration of skills across industry sectors to support the effective operations of supply chain management (SCM); management skills; skills to meet new regulatory requirements; customer service and relationship management skills; and the development of higher order thinking skills. It includes industry comment and feedback on the 12 drivers of industry skill needs and skill issues sought in an earlier draft report. The contents include: Executive summary; Background to the report; Industry profile; Employment trends; Drivers of industry skill needs and issues (worker attraction and retention; demographic changes; consumer and customer service demands; health and safety issues; technological advancement; globalisation; regulatory compliance; insurance; e-business; and employment arrangements); Vocational education and training trends. Included as appendices are: Transport and logistics qualifications; Reference list. Show less

The purpose of industry skills reports is to engage industry around current issues and how these issues may or may not affect the future skills base for the industry. The reports include suggestions for addressing future skill needs. While they cover a broad range of issues, their focus is on training and they are designed to assist industry, training providers and training policy makers. It is expected that the reports will be updated annually to reflect contemporary developments.

This report covers skills issues associated with the resources and infrastructure industry and suggests strategies to address future skill needs in this industry. The following drivers of skill needs have particular impact on the resources and infrastructure industry: market expansion; occupational health and safety issues (OH&S); demographic change; regulatory compliance; and worker attraction and retention. Other drivers are: consumer and customer service demands; competitiveness and productivity demands; technological advancement; globalisation; insurance; e-business; and employment arrangements. Suggestions made in the report for the training system include: stronger communication and articulation between the various forms of training and education in order to achieve greater integration and utilisation of skills; greater implementation of flexible delivery modes, expanded use of employee training plans and more industry association involvement and guidance; continued integration of OH&S competencies into the units of competency; continued professional development for registered training organisations (RTOs); and clear information about career paths to enable informed employment and education choices. The contents include: Executive summary; Purpose; Industry profile; Training package coverage; Employment trends; Drivers of industry skill needs and skill issues; Vocational education and training trends; Glossary; References. Show less

The purpose of industry skills reports is to engage industry around current issues and how these issues may or may not affect the future skills base for the industry. The reports include suggestions for addressing future skill needs. While they cover a broad range of issues, their focus is on training and they are designed to assist industry, training providers and training policy makers. It is expected that the reports will be updated annually to reflect contemporary developments.

This report covers skills issues associated with the electrocomms (electrotechnology) and the energy utilities (electricity supply and gas supply) sectors, focusing on trade areas that are currently experiencing skill shortages. The main strategies proposed in this report to address the current and emerging skill needs include: attracting new entrants; transfer of skills; improving the industry image through a national marketing campaign; a wide number and range of entry level qualifications; worker retention; greater focus on generic skills; higher level qualifications in training packages; common licensing requirements; and access to latest technologies for training purposes. The contents include: Executive summary; Purpose; Industry profile; Employment trends; Drivers of industry skill needs and issues (technological advancement; regulatory compliance; health and safety issues; demographic change to the workforce; worker attraction/retention; competitiveness and productivity demands; market expansion; consumer and customer service demands; globalisation; e-business; employment arrangements; and insurance); Vocational education and training trends; Development of the skills report; Reference list. Show less

The purpose of industry skills reports is to engage industry around current issues and how these issues may or may not affect the future skills base for the industry. The reports include suggestions for addressing future skill needs. While they cover a broad range of issues, their focus is on training and they are designed to assist industry, training providers and training policy makers. It is expected that the reports will be updated annually to reflect contemporary developments.

This report covers skills issues associated with community services and health industries focussing on the following sectors: hospitals; medical and dental services; other health services; children's services; and community care. The following four drivers have an impact on the demand for skills of the community services and health workforce: consumer and customer service demands; market expansion; technological advancement; and competitiveness and productivity demands. Other drivers are: demography of the workforce; employment arrangements; worker attraction and retention; health and safety; regulatory compliance; and insurance. The contribution of vocational education and training (VET) to solving the skill needs of the community services and health industries include improvements in recognising competence of the large number of unqualified workers, upskilling unqualified workers and providing practical competencies to professionals through national competency benchmarks. The contents include: Executive summary; Purpose of report; Industry profile; Drivers of industry skill needs; Vocational education and training trends. Included in the appendix are: Community services training package qualifications framework; Health training package qualifications framework. Show less

This National Industry Skills Report was released at the second National Industry Skills Forum held in Sydney on April 15, 2004 to discuss the workforce skills base required for internationally competitive companies and enterprises. The report puts a 'skilling lens' across the issues that Australia faces in the future. The contents are: Skilling Australia - skilled Australians; Organisational change in a networked world; Thinking about the future - where does vocational education and training fit?; The employment push for skills; Staff turnover; Looming retirements; An ageing Australia - new markets in need of new skills; Asian markets - an historical perspective; Factors affecting future industry skill needs. Show less

The purpose of this report is to identify the current drivers for skill needs in the services industry and the implications of these drivers for future skill demands and delivery. The services industry includes the following sectors: wholesale, retail and personal services; tourism and hospitality; and sport and recreation. The report highlights the essential high level strategies required to meet the industry's emerging skill needs: support of skill acquisition in the changing workplace; consolidation and refinement of industry training packages; development of sustainable partnerships between industry, government, business and education and training; and results-based research into understanding industry skill requirements. Show less