steve ghost managing director skillstech australia
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Steve GhostManaging Director
SkillsTech Australia
SkillsTech Australia
• SkillsTech Australia a product of the Queensland Skills Plan
• Formed July 2006
• State wide responsibility for building & Construction, Automotive, Manufacturing and Electrical/electronics
• One stop shop for all public provider training in Queensland
• MOU with Swan & Weltec
Total Apprentice Withdrawl from Training - June to July 2007Total 246
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Automotive Bricklaying Carpentry Electrical Engineering -Fabrication
Engineering -Mechanical
Floor Covering Furnishing Painting Plumbing
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•Attrition rates in Queensland in the late 1990s 57%-67% for apprentices using NCVER methodology. 38% for 1996/97 period using DETYA methodology
•Recent research indicates a significant number of apprentices leave their contracts to take up permanent jobs with better pay and conditions
•Other reasons cited for leaving apprenticeships are:
•No proper on the job training
•Literacy/numeracy difficulties, but not stupid
•Inadequate career advice
•Used as cheap labour
Issues
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ISSUES
• The way young people learn
• 526000 young people underemployed/unemployed
• Labour shortage not skills shortage
• TAFE & trade training presents as old fashioned and old world • Pre exposure to trade may reduce attrition to 8%
• Majority of school based apprentices not in economically important sectors-only 9% in manufacturing
Identify student needs through a profiling approach to provide best fit training method (essential for adult learners)
Focus on literacy/numeracy and learning profiles to allow gaps to be identified before the student enters formal training
Build a student focused learning plan and pastoral care support
Reconstruct learning experiences based on profiles - for immediate and authentic task alignment – early wins
Build knowledge and skills through topic and task structures mapped back to competencies
Engaging and empowering apprentices to take control of their learning program:
SkillsTech Australia Apprentice Education Model
Employability Skills Induction Program
(ESI)
Training Package Core
Trade Stream Specific (Applied)
Trade Stream Specific (Diagnostic)
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- Undertaken within 3 months of training contract being signed- Student profiling: preferred learning style, literacy and numeracy assessment, RPL assessment- 3 common competencies: occupational health and safety, hand and power tools, personal computers- Employability skills
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- Re-aligned core knowledge and skills - Synergies with competencies common to qualifications across different training packages are exploited by delivering them together - Self paced, computer based - Teacher centric
- Competencies specific to trade stream- Core knowledge is applied to specific trade stream - Fully self paced- Project approach to skills set acquisition
- Competencies specific to trade stream- Diagnostic level ie trouble-shoot, analysis and problem solving- Fully self paced- Project approach
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Queensland Skills Plan
• 2 years old
• Learnings from plan to inform QSP 2
• Likely to be a stronger focus on youth
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