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This policy statement from the Victorian state government outlines how it will work towards better targeting government support for vocational education and training (VET) through reform to minimise the risk of ineffective and inefficient operation of the market. These reforms will underpin a VET sector characterised by sustainability, high quality and direct industry engagement. The statement covers the following areas: (1) sustainability of VET; (2) quality of training through higher expectations of training providers, stronger monitoring and compliance checks, and user choice; (3) industry driven VET through a new model for industry engagement that will enable a stronger, direct industry voice in the development of VET, and additional support for critical and niche skill needs; (4) building trade pathways; and (5) stronger partnerships with higher education providers. Show less

Over the past six months, the Victorian Skills Authority (VSA) has worked to develop its first Victorian Skills Plan. This Skills Plan provides a 'skills roadmap'. It represents a new approach to connecting industry, learner and community insights and provides evidence for the provision of training and skills across Victoria aligned to current and future job needs. It identifies actions and the further work needed to build a robust skills base and shape the next generation of skills delivery strategies.

The Skills Plan focuses on the occupations and skills that industry and workers need and are delivered by the TAFE and training system, Adult Community Education and Higher Education. With evidence drawn from more than 60 local, national and global sources, enhanced through more than 100 consultation forums with industry, employers, unions, education and training providers and learners, the Skills Plan: delivers industry-validated insights on the scale and form of the issues facing Victoria; provides clear direction on the response required; and identifies priority actions to improve the training and skills sector.

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The Victorian Skills Plan for 2022 into 2023 (Victorian Skills Plan 2022) [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 149.690] contained 11 actions and 36 initiatives to be implemented across industry, education providers and the Victorian Skills Authority (VSA) in the following three years to address priorities in skills provision. This implementation update covers the first-year actions and initiatives, and highlights the plan's role in prioritising and directing the VSA's work program and collaboration approach with key stakeholders and partners including the Department of Education (DE); the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR); and DJSIR's Office of TAFE Coordination and Delivery (OTCD).

It also highlights the VSA's place-based engagement processes as well as its role in leading national Vocational Education and Training (VET) reform and supporting key government priorities. The actions and initiatives underpinning the Victorian Skills Plan 2022 are based on three key themes: (1) Promoting post-secondary education skills and career pathways; (2) Lifting participation in education and training; and (3) Delivering the right skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

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The Skills Plan provides evidence and insights on workforce trends, challenges and opportunities within industries, communities and across regional Victoria. The Employment Forecast Dashboard, which accompanies this plan, is a central element of this evidence. The Plan also provides stakeholders engaged in education and training with data and insights to help in their planning.

The nature of skills needed now and into the future is changing, especially as industries adapt to worker shortages, new enabling technologies and different ways of working. The Plan argues for more transferable skills to develop a flexible and adaptable skilled workforce prepared for socio-economic transitions.

The 'Victorian Skills Plan for 2023 into 2024' is a continuation of the first plan released in 2022 [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 149.690]. Accompanying the Plan is a 'State of the Victorian Labour Market' report which provides in-depth analysis of labour market trends and challenges in Victoria over the past year to identify areas requiring an education and training response. The 'Victorian Skills Plan implementation update' [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 154.159] advises on the work underway to complete the actions identified in the 'Victorian Skills Plan for 2022 into 2023'.

This year's plan makes recommendations for post-secondary education, in particular, vocational education and training (VET), in responding to the Victorian Government's priority for a fairer future for First Nations peoples through its nation-leading Treaty work and the Victorian Self-Determination Reform Framework. These efforts drive economic development and social prosperity for all Victorians.

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In 2023, the Victorian Government signed on to the National Skills Agreement (NSA) [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 154.154], along with the Commonwealth Government and all of Australia's state and territory governments. The NSA and the National Skills Plan (NSP) [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 157.617] provide the framework and identify key national priorities. The Victorian Jurisdictional Action Plan supports its implementation, detailing Victorian specific actions that will be taken to address national outcomes and priorities.

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