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Achieving the balance with Apprenticeships

Paul Naylor Chief Executive Officer. Achieving the balance with Apprenticeships. Broad Industry Overview. Statistics provided throughout this presentation are from IBIS World, unless otherwise stated. Key Industry Drivers. Specialist Trade Industry Performance Downstream building markets

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Achieving the balance with Apprenticeships

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  1. Paul Naylor Chief Executive Officer Achieving the balance with Apprenticeships

  2. Broad Industry Overview Statistics provided throughout this presentation are from IBIS World, unless otherwise stated.

  3. Key Industry Drivers • Specialist Trade • Industry Performance • Downstream building markets • Work being undertaken • Market segmentation • Business locations • Key statistics

  4. Specialist Trade • Highly regulated • Legislated as a special trade in all states and territories • Licensed occupation at the trade and contractor level

  5. Industry Performance • Industry is highly labour intensive. • Sizable permanent workforce to carry out much of the heavy physical labour. • Employment 48,000 people in approximately 24,000 establishments. • There are approximately 78,000 qualified plumbers in Australia, many of whom are employed in other industries, industry other construction, electricity, gas, water, water services and mining. • The smallest type of accounting unit within an Enterprise, usually consists of one or more locations in state or territory of the country in which it operates. • A division that is separately managed and keeps management accounts. The most relevant measure of the number of firms in an industry. Establishment Enterprise

  6. Downstream building markets Growth in the value of work done in key downstream building markets

  7. Work Being Undertaken

  8. Market Segmentation

  9. Business Location Distribution Eastern seaboard represents 81.8% of the market.

  10. Apprenticeships • National statistics • Traditional Trade Apprenticeship model • Operational Models: • Institutional training / Full time / HECS • Blended / Part Time / SBA – VET in schools • Workplace learning – cadetship model • Commercial delivery to qualification • Drivers for change

  11. Australian vocational education and training statistics: Apprentice and trainee (Includes 1st year’s) (2nd, 3rd & 4th year’s) NCVER Apprentice Plumbers represent approximately 10% of all trade training

  12. Current arrangement On the job workplace training Off the job RTO training Day release or block release to RTO. Master/Servant relationship. Has it passed its “use by date” with new starters? Apprenticeship Training Options

  13. Apprenticeship Training Options Institutional / Full time / HECS • Full time delivery in RTO • No exposure to workplace • HECS to be paid to Federal Government on completion and gaining employment. • Currently proposed for post trade qualifications. • Royal Australian Engineers Model.

  14. Blended / Part time / SBA VET in Schools Apprenticeship Training Options • Howard Government initiative – Cert III – School Based Apprentices • Rudd Government Trade Schools – Cert II VET in school outcomes, institutional • delivery • - SBA’s failing due to lack of promotion as an alternative concept. • - VET in Schools demand institutional delivery only.

  15. Apprenticeship Training Options • Workplace learning Cadetship Model- On the job training. • - Study for qualification in cadets own time at RTO. • No contribution to training costs by employer. • - Completion of Cadetship subject to students initiative.

  16. Apprenticeship Training OptionsCommercial Delivery of Qualification • No subsidy from government (no HECS) • No training contract (non apprenticeship model) • Student meets all costs of training • No employer involvement • Once qualification is obtained, registration as tradesperson follows COAG 2006 decision on no requirement for further sign off.

  17. Drivers for Change • Training Package – industry requirement for workplace evidence gathering • Skills tracker • Training Package – workplace assessments – the myth !!! • Government Programs • - FOUNDATION SKILLS (all Skills Councils) • Literacy and numeracy skills • Employment skills – communications and job ready skills. • - TRADE CADETSHIPS • Commence in Years 9 and 10 • Federal Govt submission to FWA 23rd May 2012 • Recognition of Pre-Apprenticeship/Pre Vocational • courses for setting applicable wage rates.

  18. * T H E F U T U R E * ARE WE SEEING THE START OF THE DEMISE OF APPRENTICESHIPS ?? Questions ?

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