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Skills Work Stream. 1. Skills Working Group. Chair: Ruma Karaitiana Purpose: Look at how to improve labour productivity and skills in the sector Progress: BETA has been taking the lead on skills which precedes the establishment of the Productivity Partnership
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Skills Working Group • Chair: Ruma Karaitiana • Purpose: Look at how to improve labour productivity and skills in the sector • Progress: BETA has been taking the lead on skills which precedes the establishment of the Productivity Partnership • Funding: BETA (supported by the Tertiary Education Commission) 2
From the Taskforce Report • Ensuring that the sector has the skills and expertise needed to develop NZ’s economic and social infrastructure • This requires: – being able to recruit and retain highly skilled employees to the sector – the sector providing a rewarding career with multiple career paths at all levels, from trade/technical to management/professional with the result that • talented employees will have incentives to invest in developing their skills and careers • skill levels and productivity will develop in the sector over time. 3
From the Taskforce Report • Industry working with ITOs, tertiary education sector, Careers and other Government agencies at a strategic level on a sector skills strategy: • Career opportunities • Career pathways • Training opportunities linked to career structures/licensing requirements • Supply and demand for skills and the direction of training funding • Including management/construction management skills, not just entry level or technical trade • Structure of qualifications and assessment 4
Interim Work • BETA group of ITOs (Built Environment Training Alliance) • Building Services ITO • Building and Construction ITO • Creative Trades ITO • Electrotechnology ITO • Flooring ITO • InfraTrain NZ • Joinery ITO • Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainlaying and Roofing ITO 5
ITO Role • Legislation - Industry Leadership in matters of Skill for the industries within their coverage • Coverage – potentially constrains but focuses – some gaps • Econometric Research - BETA had jointly collaborated in building an econometric forecasting model with Infometrics Ltd • Industry Training Plans – All ITOs have developed strategic industry training plans for the individual sub-sectors within their coverage • Investment – significant investment by both ITOs and the Tertiary Education Commission 6
ITO Role Ongoing • Synergy – BETA saw the synergistic opportunity within the Productivity work to give added context, meaning and application to its work • Collaboration – BETA is seeking to support the productivity work but only as one collaborator and contributor: Industry working with ITOs, tertiary education sector, Careers and other Government agencies at a strategic level on a sector skills strategy • This forum is the next step in spreading the knowledge and understanding as well as the breadth of participation 7
ITOs getting on with it! • BETA decided to pick up the initial challenge from the Productivity Taskforce and carry out initial work • Focused on the “Picture” work utilising the starting point from the “industry leadership” work • Formed a Project Team commissioning the Industry Training Federation as Project Managers • Conducted desktop research, focus groups, one-on-one interviews, consultation forum and produced initial reports and papers • Prepared starter documentation for “Issues” phase 9
What have we done so far? • Reviewed all prior work • Contextualized with a productivity focus • Reexamined the key definitions of productivity • Identified the big themes & tested and challenged aspects • Considered boundary issues e.g. what is in and what is out • Sorted issues in a matrix posting issues against sector levels • Examined skills strategies developed within other economies • Requested some further research and information • Evaluated some additional tools (ongoing) Note: Futures 14
What’s Next • Some critical decision making • Likely final shape and style of the Strategy document • Definitions of Productivity • Shift from Issues identification and sorting to Options phase (possible responses and likely responsible entities) • Futures challenge – what would 2020 look like? • Communication strategy implementation (including awareness raising and enhanced consultation) • Preparing final form of draft Strategy document 16
Targets! • A draft Strategy document ready for a launch by 29 June 2011 • Planned and structured consultation with sector • Underpinning communication strategy • A finalised Construction Sector Skills Strategy launched September 2011 • Action Plan implementation phase 17
Feedback on Matrix • We will gather up all worksheets • Will email out an electronic copy to all attendees • Will report back “Top 5” from each group • Please send any further comments / ideas / suggestions to: • Jenny Connor - jenny@itf.org.nz