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Click to insert Heading Insert speaker/s Insert location/date. WESTERN EDGE CLUSTER VET PD FORUM 4 February 2009. Zina Miceli Regional Industry Career Adviser Western Melbourne & Hume City. Overview. Career Advice Australia Labour market information Melton Demographics

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  1. Click to insert Heading Insert speaker/s Insert location/date WESTERN EDGE CLUSTER VET PD FORUM 4 February 2009 Zina Miceli Regional Industry Career Adviser Western Melbourne & Hume City

  2. Overview • Career Advice Australia • Labour market information • Melton Demographics • Where will the new jobs be? • Youth Engagement and Attainment

  3. CAREER ADVICE AUSTRALIA NETWORK National Industry Career Specialists (10) Regional Industry Career Advisers (57) Local Community Partnerships (213) SCHOOLS

  4. VICTORIA – LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION • Second largest workforce – 2.6 million workers • 29% of workers are employed part time • Employment has grown by 12.3% in the last 5 years • Largest growing industries have been – Health & Community Services, Construction and Property & Business Services • Workforce is ageing – 38% of workers aged 45 yrs or older

  5. VICTORIA – LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION cont. • Total employment across all industries has increased over the last five years • Largest employing industries – Retail, Manufacturing, Property & Business Services and Health & Community Services • ¼ of Victorian workers hold a Bachelor degree or higher • 17% of Victorian workers hold a Certificate III/IV

  6. AREA PROFILE – OUTER WESTERN MELBOURNE Source: ABS Labour Force Survey (three month averages to October 2008)

  7. Outer Western Melbourne ABS Labour Force Survey – August 08

  8. Outer Western Melbourne ABS Labour Force Survey – August 08

  9. Melton – Demographics Overview * Excludes overseas visitors Source: Derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2006 Census of Population and Housing

  10. Melton – Demographics Overview cont. Source: Derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2006 Census of Population and Housing

  11. Melton – Labour Force * People employed but away from work during Census and did not state full time or part time Source: Derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2006 Census of Population and Housing

  12. Melton – Population Occupations Source: Derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2006 Census of Population and Housing

  13. Melton –– Highest Year of School Completed Source: Derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics – 2006 Census of Population and Housing

  14. WHERE WILL THE NEW JOBS BE? 70% of new employment to 2012-13 is expected to come from 4 main industries: Source: Australian Jobs 2008 – DEEWR

  15. Where will the jobs be? HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES

  16. Where will the jobs be? PROPERTY & BUSINESS SERVICES

  17. Where will the jobs be? RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

  18. SNAPSHOT OF YOUTH • 526,000 or 18% of 15-24 year olds not fully engaged • 306,000 or 11% of 15-24 year olds unemployed, underemployed or marginally attached to work • Each year, approx 45,000 – 50,000 early school leavers not going into full time work • One in five young people have not completed Year 12 or a Certificate III vocational qualification

  19. Qualifications for Jobs and the Qualification Profile Anticipated qualifications pathways for jobs (% of employment) • Current and potentially university pathway 24.0 • Current and potentially VET pathway 62.3 • Not requiring qualifications 13.7 Current qualifications profile of population (% of 15-64 population) • University qualifications 20.0 • VET qualifications 29.9 • No qualifications 50.1

  20. What can we do? • successful transitions for all students from primary to secondary schooling and to further learning or work • high quality vocational education in schools and workplaces • provide young people with knowledge and experience of pathways to sustainable skilled employment

  21. What can we do? • employer engagement with schools to improve outcomes for young people • joint activities between industry and schools around local business and community needs • provision of employment and training places for young people leaving school

  22. Expos Adopt A School Industry Tours Structured Workplace Learning School Based App’s School Talks Student Projects Industry – School Partnerships Building ACTIVE relationships

  23. Shrinking pool of young people Increasing competition from other employers, other industries Building links with young people How will you find your future workforce?

  24. Zina Miceli Regional Industry Career Adviser Western Melbourne & Hume City Australian Industry Group Ph: (03) 9312 7237 Mob: 0437 133 316 Email: zmiceli@aigroup.asn.au Contact Details

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