The latest news for National Skills Week
Media Release: 19 August 2024 Ministers’ Media Centre, Ministers of the Employment and Workplace Relations Portfolio The Hon. Andrew Giles MP Federal Minister for Skills and Training $12m boost to VET workforce – a ‘game changer’ for Australia’s future The Albanese Labor Government is delivering a significant boost to the Vocational Education and Training (VET)...
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Blog: VET Gives Workers The Skills To Smash Through Stereotypes Written by Cara Jenkin Skills shortages can reduce and workers can lead more fulfilling lives if more people think outside of traditional gender stereotypes when it comes to the ideal worker. It is not just the workers considering these careers who should disregard the...
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Blog: Vocational Education and Training Funds a Headstart on Life, As Well As Careers Written by Cara Jenkin Vocational education and training students are being paid thousands of dollars to learn their work skills, while immediately putting them into practice on the job. It is giving young people a significant leg up in both...
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Blog: VET Kickstarts Careers in the Technology Sector Written by Cara Jenkin Australia’s technology sector needs so many more skilled workers, that supply cannot currently keep up with the pace of demand. More than 25,000 workers are required in the next five years to work directly in the technology industry. The Future Skills Organisation’s...
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Blog: VET Skills to Power The New Age of Clean Energy Written by Cara Jenkin Clean energy will have a once-in-a-generation transformative effect on the workforce and vocational education and training graduates are most in demand. Australia has set a target to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050 and it also has the abundant...
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Blog: Make Your Own Career From a Base in Vocational Education and Training Written by Cara Jenkin Australia’s manufacturing workforce is on the rise thanks to the innovative and high-tech opportunities that the industry now presents. The number of people directly employed in manufacturing is now at its highest level in 20 years, with the...
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Blog: Vocational Education and Training Helps Students Get Ahead in Life Written by Cara Jenkin More than nine in 10 jobs that are forecast to be created in the next 10 years will require workers to have obtained a qualification after finishing high school. For almost half of them, a vocational education and training...
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The Hon. Steve Whan MP, NSW Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education “It’s National Skills Week, and the theme this year is game changer, and that’s what it means. It’s a game changer for people’s lives to get the skills that we can teach them.”
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2024 Manufacturing Workforce Plan: Solutions for Australia to maximise the $124 billion industry The Capital Group on behalf of Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance The Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance Manufacturing Alliance), Job and Skills Council has released the 2024 Manufacturing Workforce Plan, highlighting the numerous opportunities the multi-billion-dollar sector presents to jobseekers and the country. The plan...
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MEDIA RELEASE Vocational Education and Training (VET) is a game-changer for people’s lives Sydney, 12 August 2024 NATIONAL SKILLS WEEK: 19-25 AUGUST 2024 National Skills Week from 19-25 August, will this year encourage all Australians to discover how Vocational Education and Training (VET) can be the ultimate game-changer in their own or their families’...
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Future Skills Organisation Case Study: Network of opportunity: How VET connected Joe to a tech career For as long as he can remember, Joe Kellie has been into technology. So, when it came to choosing a career, he knew he wanted to be in tech, but didn’t know which path to take to get...
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Future Skills Organisation Case Study: Tech trek: How Charlotte engineered her IT pathway Queenslander Charlotte Ross was 100% convinced that as soon as she left high school, she’d be heading straight to university and wouldn’t look back. “But that would be far from the truth,” said Charlotte. “I tried university and a bunch of...
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Future Skills Organisation Case Study: Hire and higher: How VET put Megan on a path to prime time Choosing a vocational education and training (VET) pathway landed Megan Cox a future-focused and fast-tracked career, straight out of high school. “I left school in 2019 and just three years later I was hiring people my...
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Future Skills Organisation Case Study: A hot and crispy combo: How VET helped Ammaleah combine her passion for KFC and marketing Choosing vocational education and training (VET) offers a finger lickin’ good pathway to a successful career. Just ask Ammaleah Astruc, KFC’s Internal Marketing Officer. For Ammaleah, KFC has always been part of the...
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Future Skills Organisation Case Study: Hack to the future: How VET gave Daniella a secure career path Choosing a VET pathway to kickstart a career in cyber security has been a game changer for Daniella Surya. “The VET pathway has been extremely beneficial to prepare me for my future career,” said Daniella. “VET equipped...
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Launching during National Skills Week 2024, will be The Game Changer Webinar Series. Stay tuned from Monday the 19th August for the launch of these webinars, featuring VET Alumni, industry experts and more. Featuring topics such as: Game Changing Apprenticeships, Pathways to and from University, Emerging Careers and Skills, Regional and Remote Careers and more!
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