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Two major limitations of labour market forecasting are discussed. The first is a methodological bias which over-emphasises the Government’s role in meeting industry’s training needs. The second is the lack of recognition of possible changes to the type and mix of skills needed in the future. The paper argues that it is only through detailed information collected on skills, technology and work organisation at the level of the enterprise/industry that indications of future skill and training requirements can be made. Show less

This paper reports a study which investigated the impact of institutional influences upon the attendance behaviour of part-time students in a certificate course in TAFE. Students’ satisfaction levels with four institutional influences were surveyed: curriculum relevance, student learning factors, student/lecturer relations, and administrative policies and procedures. The study found that dropout respondents recorded significantly lower satisfaction levels that persisters in the case of student/lecturer relations and curriculum relevance. The findings suggest that key institutional variables are strongly linked with the attendance behaviour of part-time students in TAFE. Show less

This article reports on study conducted within the SA Department of TAFE in 1988, which was concerned with clarifying some of the ambiguous research findings about women in senior administration. It resulted in a more specific understanding of how individual and organisational factors have been perceived by a small sample of male and female senior educational administrators, to affect their career development. The findings suggested that future research should further investigate the identified attitudinal and structural barriers to women’s career development. Show less

The article discusses the importance for the Australian Traineeship System (ATS) of standards of training in the workplace. It describes the aims, operations and outcomes of a project in supervisor training, conducted at Hawthorn Institute of Education in Victoria. The long term benefits and potential to adapt the project experience to supervisor training for apprenticeships, traineeships and labour market programs in other states are examined. Show less