SkillsDMC TEETN Forum 2011

SkillsDMC

TEETN Forum 2011

Marcia KellyRegional ManagerSkillsDMC M: 0429 000549Email: [email protected]

PUTTING INDUSTRY AT THE HEART OF TRAINING Strategies to Combat Skills Shortages

SkillsDMC – National Industry Skills Council

TEETN forum May 2011

Who are we?

National Industry Skills Council for:

• Drilling

• Metalliferous Mining

• Civil Infrastructure

• Quarrying (Extraction)

• Coal Mining

Offices in each State and Territory (except ACT)



Sector Directors Alternates

CFMEU Ray Barker Ian Murray

Metalliferous Greg Graham Maryann Wipaki

Drilling Jonathan Nitschke Todd Symons

Quarrying Mark Campbell Jeremy Smith

Coal Lance Muir (TBC) Vacant

Civil Construction Keith McIllwain (Deputy Chair) Trevor Gosatti

AWU Derek Broanda Scott McDine

SkillsDMC consists of a group of senior industry people – our Board and Members - who come together to direct the activities of SkillsDMC, which is the trading name of the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Skills Council.

The Board


What do we do?

SkillsDMC’s primary role is facilitating the education and training needs of all stakeholders operating in these industry sectors including working with companies in the area of workforce planning and development.

A national organisation charged with the responsibility to develop and implement an education and training structure with the flexibility to meet the range of industry needs, and rigorous enough to satisfy educational and regulatory requirements across Australia.



How we are doing it now



Meeting Business Objectives through Workforce Planning and Development

Skills MaximiserTM Enables Enterprises to;

Analyse and Understand Workforce Needs Build Workforce Capacity Develop Workforce Capability

Forecast Future Workforce Needs

Gather Evidence to Measure and Justify Funding Support



• Feedback to state & federal governments

• Feedback to enterprise & industry on trends

Use of the Data


Environmental Scan

National

Data Aggregation

State

Workforce Analysis

Enterprise


Skilling Strategies – Existing Workers

WELL (Workplace English, Language and Literacy) Projects

SkillsDMC has a variety of projects and resources that

are funded through WELL.

Indigenous Mentoring Resource Package

A nationally accredited competency recognition

standard for the provision of mentoring support to

indigenous workers.

Enterprise Based Productivity Placement

Program (EBPPP)

The objective of the EBPPP is to assist individual

enterprises increase their productivity as well as the

skill levels and mobility of workers, by providing

employees with opportunities to increase their

qualification levels.



Key differences between EBPPP and other funded Skills programs

Enterprise Based Productivity Program Other Skills Programs


Funding goes directly to enterprise Funds managed by purchaser of services Empowering the enterprise with the buying

decision Providing the enterprise with the financial control

over RTO performance deliverables (as in any other contract deliverables)

Provides the enterprise with a deeper understanding of Vocational Education and Training and the AQTF

Submission by RTO – Funding goes directly RTO

RTO managed by government deliverables

RTOs target only what is on their scope

Enterprise evidenced including future skills requirements

Requires the enterprise to undertake workforce planning and development

Workforce planning and development evidence supports the business needs (capacity and capability re tenders)


Women in Resources Network

Over 180 participants across the Northern Territory

Affiliated with other networks nationally

The key objectives of the project are to:

1. Increase participation of women in the resources

sector across all fields (currently 18%)

2. Build capability and capacity for industry to take

leadership and ownership of skill formation to achieve

ongoing growth, success and sustainability.

3. Provide networking and professional development

opportunities

4. Lobby government for assistance to implement plans

and activities

Next events;

1. MCA Golf day

2. Governance for Directors course



Skilling Strategies – Enterprise


Resources and Infrastructure IndustryCodes of Practice (CoP) Best practice requirements for Registered Training Organisations

These Codes of Practice focus on best practice approaches to:

Value for Money

Delivery of high quality training and assessment services

Provision of information to clients

Exploration of available training options for workforce development

Contract development between companies and service providers

Identification and clarification of client’s wants and longer term needs

Accurate costing of training and assessment in response to needs

Professional development which enhances a workplace learning culture


There has been a Fundamental Shift in the Landscape



Industry in the Driver’s Seat

The Building Australia’s Future Workforce package provides a $3.02 billion

investment over six years for a new approach to deliver the skilled workers the economy needs and ensure more

Australians have the opportunity to share in the nation’s prosperity. This is on top of new funding of more than $2 billion over the next four years for Australia’s

university sector.



The 4 Components of the Package

Skills to support increased participation

Putting industry at the heart of the training system

Modernising apprenticeshipsModernising apprenticeshipsReforming the national training

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