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Workforce Development Resources
- National Industry Skills Committee. Workforce Development Starter Kit. 2008. http://www.workforce.tvetaustralia.com.au
- Standards Australia. Handbook: Workforce Planning (HB 299-2008)http://www.saiglobal.com/shop (for product information and purchase on-line)
- Workforce Information Service – Industry Profiles. http://www.workforceinfoservice.sa.gov.au/industryprofiles information
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Workforce solutions that work! A guide to workforce planning for employers in the South Australian Manufacturing Industry
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- Snapshot of your workforce development practices. Workshop 1 Building Business Capability in Workforce Development. SA. Dept of Trade and Economic Development. May 2008. Download Template
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Australian Industry Group and Deloitte, National CEO Survey, Skill Shortages: A high risk business.
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Australian Cleantech Review 2011: Industry Status & Forecast Trends. A detailed Report Profiling the Australian Cleantech sector through analysing over 400 companies in terms of State, Subsector, Revenue, Employees and Funds Raised.
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An agenda for new skills and jobs - A European contribution towards full employment. This EU Initiative forms part of the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The Agenda proposes thirteen actions which will contribute to improving the functioning of Europe's labur market. They will help to increase job flexibility and security, provide incentives to invest in training, ensure decent working conditions and facilitate job creation.
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Australian Jobs 2011. Australian Jobs 2011 includes information about the labour market for industries and occupations as well as states, territories and regions of Australia. It also provides forward-looking occupational and industry information that will help readers understand where the jobs will be in the future.
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Vocational Education and Training Workforce - Research Report. The commission identified a number of areas where the VET sector and its workforce could operate more effectively. These include more trainers with industry skills in demand, improving managerial and leadership skills and making greater use of information and communications technologies. Recommendations include improvements in the design, delivery and assessment of the main entry level qualification to the sector; better designed and targeted professinal development; and that individual TAFEs be allowed to recruit, pay and manage their staff in ways that meet their business goals.
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NCVER Forecasting Future Demands: What we can and cannot know. Richardon and Tan 2007. A research program which examines the evolving labour market and changing work organisation and management in the context of the VET sector and its role in the development of the appropriate levels, types and quantities of skills required to satisfy the future demands of Australian industry.
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Australian Workforce Futures: A National Workforce Development Strategy. Skills Australia has developed a Workforce Development Strategy with an objective to sustain economic growth, avoid future skills shortages and raise productivity by increasing and deepening the skills of Australia's workforce.
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- Australian Human Resources Institute, The Future of Work and the Changing Workplace: Challenges and Issues for Australian HR Practitioners. A white paper reviewing and assessing the major trends and issues likely to influence people at work by the year 2020. Download Paper
- Work Quality, not just quantity: Work-related predictors of psychological distress, work-family interaction and alcohol consumption. This report describes the key findings from a study of the social and employment factors that impact on wellbeing. Three well-being outcomes are considered: mental health (psychological distress), work-family interaction and patterns of alcohol consumption. Download Report
- Embedding learning from formal training into sustained behavioural change in the workplace. Integrating
learning into the workplace is the focus of this paper. Strategies were
identified and their effectiveness tested in a pilot training program based in
the health industry. Personal motivation, having access to resources in the
workplace and being able to network and share ideas were critical to being able
to integrate learning into the workplace. Download Paper
- Understanding life satisfaction and the education puzzle. Although better income, wealth and health outcomes have been predicted by human capital theory for better educated people, increasingly international and Australian empirical evidence has found a negative relationship between higher education and subjective well-being instead, particularly for developed nations. This study estimates the partial effect of educational achievement on different life satisfactions in Australia and how this differs by age group. Download Paper
- Men at work: Lessons from Australia on training and skills. The lesson that can be learned from Australia is at once conceptual and practical: policy makers need to both clearly define the goals of the vocational educational system and ensure it is properly equipped to achieve them. View Article
- Employability skills: at a glance. This
at a glance looks at developments in employability skills since 2002. It finds
that most research has focused around teaching, assessing and reporting on
employability skills, where consistency remains a key challenge. There also continues
to be a lack of understanding of employability skills among some teachers.
Until these issues are addressed, the sector could fall short in providing
learners with the skills they need to succeed in their vocations. Download Paper