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Landmark documents

The term 'landmark', as used for this collection, refers to documents considered by history and authoritative commentary to have influenced the development of the VET system, providing vision and/or leading to significant reforms or widespread cultural/attitudinal change. Worth noting are two eras where the sector underwent significant and widespread change. The first, likened to a 'golden age' and initiated by the 1974 Kangan Committee report, saw technical and further education (TAFE) expand and develop as a sector of education in its own right over a 15-year period. The second was ushered in with a series of reports from the Hon John Dawkins, Minister for Employment, Education and Training (1987-1991), which initiated major changes within a National Training Reform Agenda (mid-1980s to early 1990s), including the introduction of competency-based training.

The timeline below shows a set of national VET landmark documents and their areas of influence and impact, denoted by the thematic icons. A brief summary of each document is provided and all titles are linked to the documents in VOCEDplus. Historical overviews explaining the impact and influence of these documents are currently under development and the thematic icons will be hyperlinked to the overviews as they become available. Other key Australian documents are available on the Special collections page and the History of VET page provides additional related resources.

Acknowledgements

The VOCEDplus team would like to thank the following people for their input and feedback into the development of this timeline: Berwyn Clayton, Professor Emerita, Work-based Education Research Centre, Victoria University; Hugh Guthrie, Honorary Fellow, Victoria University; Roger Harris, Emeritus Professor, University of South Australia; Ron Mazzachi, Principal Consultant, Ron Mazzachi Consulting; and Don Zoellner, University Fellow, Charles Darwin University.

How to cite this page

NCVER (National Centre for Vocational Education Research) 2018, Landmark documents, VET Knowledge Bank, NCVER, Adelaide, <http://www.voced.edu.au/vet-knowledge-bank-landmark-documents>.

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