Welcome to Australia And the

1. AVETRA - 2011 • Welcome to Australia • And the • Wonderful World of • Vocational Education and Training

2. AVETRA - 2011

3. AVETRA - 2011 • What are the roles? – Gov – Industry – Education • Who decides the training? – Plan/Industry/Mkt • Industry standards into Training packages • How much funding? – 1.7 B Gov – mainly input • Industry $? – Training/Wages/Apprentices/levies • How many trainees – 1.8m Public +2.2m Private • Part time? 89% - 11% working pop – 30% 18/30

4. AVETRA - 2011 • Post-compulsory education - voluntary • What levels? 50% - Certificate III • Regulation – Gov / State managed • Equity – 4% Indigenous – funded equity schemes • 80% public funded course in TAFE • Top Courses? Hospitality/Business/Retail/Electrical

5. AVETRA - 2011 • What is VET ? Funding. Regulation equity and governance Leadership, Management & programme designer Delivery interaction & assessment

6. AVETRA – 2011 • Who are VET • research players ? Programme managers Funding sources Researchers

7. AVETRA – 2011 • Who does VET research? ARC NCVER Local State Gov. Industry Problem statement Literature search Question focus Data collection Findings - Analysis Reporting HEd /TAFE Research specialists Research consultants Honours Masters Phd studies Training consultancies TAFE practitioners

8. AVETRA – 2011 • What research is • being done? Training access and national skilling Learning at Work Building TAFE and RTO’s

9. AVETRA – 2011 • What research is • being done? Programme design Equity E learning Teaching Basic skills Assessment Work practices Training access and skilling Curricula Learning cultures Apprentices Community building Career paths Small business Reflective space Policy review- Nat/Int. Learning at Work Building RTO’s Wellbeing Leadership Skill migration F/L Managers Equity & diversity Skill retention HRD strategies