21st century employment: skill education and training

This report is based on an International Specialised Skills Institute Fellowship study tour to Barcelona in 2017 to identify models and practices designed to significantly extend and enhance the reach, range and impact of employment skill training and education to those likely to or who are currently experiencing disadvantage in access to education and employment. The changing nature of work in the 21st century means that increasing people face this experience. The author investigated innovative and successful social and community engagement and enrichment skills education offered in Barcelona, a global leader in such programs.

The report proposes solutions to a complex issue faced by government and educators in Victoria: how best to provide relevant and cost effective re-training for those in trades, occupations and professions that are declining in, or have lost, relevance; while also ensuring mainstream education has adapted to and is delivering skilled graduates ready, competent and capable to participate in the new forms of work and career paths rapidly emerging in the 21st Century. Show less