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Annual National Report of the Australian Vocational
TITLE
Education and Training System, 1999. Volume 1: National
Overview and Volume 2: Commonwealth, State & Territory
Achievements.
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane.
INSTITUTION
ISSN-1324-9185
ISSN
1999-00-00
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183p.; For a related document from ANTA, see CE 080 856. For
NOTE
Volume 3, see CE 080 858.
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Education; Annual Reports; *Apprenticeships; *Corporate
Support; Developed Nations; Disabilities; Educational
Administration; Educational Change; *Efficiency; Females;
Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Job Training;
Lifelong Learning; *Literacy Education; Marketing; National
Programs; National Standards; Needs Assessment;
Nontraditional Occupations; Numeracy; Outcomes of Education;
Postsecondary Education: Program Effectivenes; Program
Evaluation; Secondary Education; *Vocational Education;
Womens Education
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IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
This three-volume report provides a comprehensive picture of
the vocational education and training system in Australia, its key policies,
initiatives undertaken and achievements during 1999. This publication is
composed of volumes 1 and 2. Volume 3 is available separately. Volume 1,
National Overview, describes the national vocational education and training
system. The first seven sections each focus on one of the agreed annual
national priorities and achievements in that area. The priorities are:
implementing New Apprenticeships; achieving diversity and flexibility to meet
client needs; improving language, literacy, and numeracy skills; implementing
the National Training Framework; increasing industry investment in training;
providing greater opportunities and improved outcomes for underrepresented
clients; and achieving greater efficiency. A final section discusses national
programs and allocations to them. Volume 2, Commonwealth, State, and
Territory Achievements, contains reports from each jurisdiction of their
achievements against the systems's agreed seven annual national priorities.
The sections cover the Commonwealth; New South Wales; Victoria; Queensland;
South Australia; Western Australian; Tasmania; Northern Territory; and
Australian Capital Territory.
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National Overview
Volume 1
Commonwealth,
Volume 2
AUSTRALIAN
State & Territory Achievements
NATIONAL TRAINING
AUTHORITY
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About this report
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The national vocational education and training system
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Implementing New Apprenticeships
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More New Apprenticeships, in more areas
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Working together to address skill shortages
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Steps to improve legislation
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Need for more action on national consistency
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Group training
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Achieving diversity and flexibility to meet clients' needs
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More user choice about who provides what training, where and when
14
National marketing strategy for skills and lifelong learning
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National Training Information Service
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Communications
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NACsinfo Service
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Framing the Future
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Spotlight on the provider
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Adult and community education
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Flexible delivery
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Toolboxes
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LearnScope
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Flexible learning fellowships
NET *Working '99
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Flexible learning national plan
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Strategy 2000
School to work transitions
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Vocational education and training in schools
21
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WorkSkill Australia
Improving language, literacy and numeracy skills
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Language, literacy, numeracy and Training Packages
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Workplace communication in Training Packages project
National Overview
Volume
3
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Workplace communication professional development
for vocational education and training in schools
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National Reporting System website
25
Adult literacy national project
25
Other
25
Implementing the National Training Framework
26
Training Packages
26
Training Package development, endorsement
26
Training Package implementation
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Training Package review and continuous improvement
27
Evaluating Training Package support materials
28
Training Package advice
28
Use of common standards in Training Packages across industries
28
Better links between vocational education and training, higher education and school
29
Improved data
29
Assuring the Quality of Vocational Education and Training
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National Training Framework Committee
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Other issues to be addressed
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Increasing industry investment in training
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Case studies of the value to business of training
32
Industry forums
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Improving business processes
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Industry training advisory arrangements
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Encouraging small business training
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Provide greater opportunities and improved outcomes for under-represented clients
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Taskforces for people with a disability, Indigenous people
36
Guidelines for Training Package developers
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Equity demonstration projects
36
Sponsorships
36
Action for women
36
Action for people in correctional services
36
ANTA Disability Forum
36
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Training Advisory Council
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Achieving greater efficiency
38
Growth from efficiencies
38
Infrastructure Program review outcomes implemented
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Key performance measures
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National programs
42
Equity development and training innovation
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Adult and community education
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Training innovation
Industry training advisory bodies
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Training package development
Group training
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National projects
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Financial information
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Appendix 1: System planning and policy mechanisms
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System policy
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ANTA Ministerial Council
Australian National Training Authority
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ANTA Board
National Training Framework Committee
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Advisory Committee on New Apprenticeships
State and Territory training authorities
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National industry training advisory arrangements
50
System planning
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National strategy
51
State and Territory annual vocational education and training plans
51
Industry strategic plans
51
Annual national priorities
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Appendix 2: Memberships
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ANTA Ministerial Council 1999
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ANTA Board
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National Overview
Volume 1
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Each year, the Australian National Training
THE NATIONAL VOCATIONAL
Authority coordinates the production of an
EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM
annual national report for vocational education
and training. The report outlines the workings
The national vocational education and training
of the national vocational education and
system in Australia comprises:
training system and the system's achievements.
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the people who use vocational education
The report:
and training services, including students
of all ages (from those doing vocational
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provides detailed information about the
education and training in schools to adults
operation of the national system to interested
upgrading their skills and knowledge),
businesses, students, apprentices, trainees,
and enterprises of all sizes
training organisations, representative
organisations, government bodies and other
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the enterprises and industry organisations
stakeholders in the system
which lead the system through the
development of national Training Packages
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meets the requirements of the ANTA
Agreement, to report on the operation of
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the service providers that are registered as
the national system.
training organisations. In 1999, there were
4524 registered training organisations,
This report covers the 1999 calendar year. It
which included TAFE institutes and private
comprises three volumes in two publications:
providers, and numbers of enterprises,
Volumes I and 2 are in one publication,
universities, schools and adult education
Volume 3 in another.
providers
Volume 1: National overview describes the
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the Commonwealth, State and Territory
national vocational education and training
Governments, that set policy direction, are
system, and its achievements, against the
responsible for the regulatory frameworks
agreed annual national priorities.
and provide funds for services
Volume 2: Commonwealth, State and Territory
It is called a 'system' because it operates
achievements comprises reports from each
according to shared principles and agreements,
jurisdiction of their achievements against the
including:
system's agreed annual national priorities.
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the ANTA Agreement (1998
2000)
Volume 3: Vocational education and training
performance contains detailed statistical and
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the national strategy for vocational
other information about the system's
education and training
performance.
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annual national priorities
The Australian National Training Authority
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the National Training Framework, which
also produces an annual report on the
includes Training Packages and the
performance of the Authority itself (Annual
Australian Recognition Framework.
report on operations).
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Each year, the ANTA Ministerial Council
reviews the achievements of the system against
the strategy and determines the annual national
priorities for the coming year. For 1999, those
priorities, and organising framework for this
report, were:
implementing New Apprenticeships
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achieving diversity and flexibility to meet
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client needs
improving language, literacy and numeracy
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skills
implementing the National Training
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Framework
increasing industry investment in training
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providing greater opportunities and improved
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outcomes for under represented clients
achieving greater efficiency.
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National Overview
Volume 1
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Implementing New Apprenticeships
The national New Apprenticeships initiative
Young People
builds on the strengths of traditional
The average age of New Apprentices has been
apprenticeships and traineeships to provide
increasing for some time. Retention rates in
better services for the system's clients.
secondary schools and increased participation
New Apprenticeships give apprentices, trainees
in higher education are contributing factors.
and their employers:
Also, it is not uncommon for young people
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to engage in a number of education, training,
far greater say over what training is
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employment and other activities before settling
delivered, and how, where and when
on a career choice. While New Apprenticeships
it's delivered
have expanded the opportunities for people
structured training, combined with work,
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aged 25 years and older to enter structured
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in many more industries than before.
training this has not been at the expense of
younger people.
MORE NEW APPRENTICESHIPS,
There has been a significant increase in the
IN MORE AREAS
number of young New Apprentices. Between
the end of 1998 and the end of 1999, the
By the end of 1999, an estimated 259,880
estimated number of New Apprentices in-training
Australians of all ages were doing New
aged 19 or under increased from 66,750 to
Apprenticeships. This was an increase of 40,896
76,610 (an increase of 14.8%). Over the same
people, for the year. The numbers of Australians
period the estimated number of New
doing New Apprenticeships increased
Apprentices aged 20 to 24 increased from
significantly in all States and Territories.
90,390 to 105,700 (an increase of 16.9%).
Table 1.1 shows the growth in New
Apprenticeships between 1995 and 1999.
Table 1.1 NEW APPRENTICES IN-TRAINING AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1995 TO 1999.
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
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1996
1995
1997
1998
1999
Source: NCVER New Apprentice Statistics
Note:
The figures represent the estimated number of New Apprentices In-Training
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