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2010 Let’s Talk VET

Professional Development Forum

‘‘AA NNaattiioonnaall PPeerrssppeeccttiivvee’’

20 – 22 April 2010

Centre for Teaching and Learning

Fremantle Drive, Stirling

Supported by:

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2010 Let’s Talk VET Professional Development Forum

Tuesday 20 April 2010

Networking Reception 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm

Keynote Speaker – Ms Mary Hicks, Director, Employment Education and Training Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Keynote Speaker - Mary Hicks, Director, Employment Education and Training

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Mary Hicks is the Director of Employment, Education and Training for the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). In this position Ms Hicks plays a catalytic role in consulting with ACCI business and industry member organisations to develop employment, education and training policy and in representing ACCI views with stakeholders. She provides leadership and support to ACCI member organisations in this process. Previously Ms Hicks was a senior secondary school teacher and has also worked in Government and business. Ms Hicks has extensive community experience including work with the Alliance Française. She was awarded the National Order of Merit by the President of France for her services to the study of French in 2005. Ms Hicks has a well-rounded background and an extensive knowledge of the needs of business and industry. She is committed to and passionate about achieving quality outcomes in employment, education and training for the benefit of the Australian community. She is the Deputy Chair of the National Quality Council of the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment, a member of the Australia Pacific Technical College Advisory Group, the Skilled Migration Consultative Panel, Mature Aged Consultative Forum, Green Skills Forum and on the Board of World Skills Australia.

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Wednesday 21 April 2010

Registration and Networking 8.00 am – 8.45 am

Welcome Address – Leanne Cover, Executive Director, Tertiary and International Education

Keynote Speaker – Ms Julie Sloan, Director, Workforce Planning Australia 9.00 am - 10.20 am

Morning Tea 10.30 am – 11.00 am

Keynote Speaker – Mr Philip Bullock, Chair, Skills Australia 11.00 am – 12.00 pm

Lunch 12.10 pm – 1.00 pm

Breakout Sessions 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Workforce Development for a diverse

range of Industries -

CPSISC

Building workforce

development capability in

enterprises and industry - MSA

Skills shortages.

GFC. What’s around the

corner? - GSA

DEEWR Support

Programs

ACT Skills Initiatives

Administration - TaTE

Australian Apprenticeships Job Pathways

Website

Training and Tertiary Education Information Session – ACT Skills Initiatives 2.10 pm – 3.20 pm

Afternoon Tea 3.30 pm – 4.00 pm

Training and Tertiary Education Information Session – Tertiary Policy & Quality Assurance 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm

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Thursday 22 April 2010

Registration and Networking 8.15 am – 9.00 am

Welcome 9.00 am - 9.10 am

Breakout Sessions 9.20 am – 10.20 am

Community Services and

Health Industry Skills Council -

CSHISC

Workforce Development – Issues for VET Practitioners in the Services Industries -

SSA

Making the most of

Professional Learning - Semann &

Slattery

National Centre for Vocational

Education Research -

NCVER

ACT Skills Initiatives

Administration - TaTE

Choose your own adventure: a

webventure thru the jungle of e-

learning - Australian Flexible

Learning Framework

Morning Tea 10.30 am – 11.00 am

Breakout Sessions 11.00 am – 12.00 pm

The Australian ElectroComms & Energy Utilities

Industries – Technological advances &

Training Implications -

ULMITB

TED10 Training Package – a contemporary

view of training and assessment

in Australia’s professional

VET landscape - IBSA

ARC Administration

Responding to change through

effective management

and leadership - Semann &

Slattery

Play-doh, Lego, Nintendo:

Metaphors for the building

blocks of good learning design

- Australian Flexible Learning

Framework

Australian Apprenticeships Job Pathways

Website

Lunch 12.10 pm – 1.00 pm

Keynote Speaker – Ms Sally Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer, National Employment Services Association 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Close 2010 Let’s Talk VET – Summary of forum 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

Afternoon Tea & Networking 3.10 pm – 3.30 pm

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The Workforce Planning Imperative – get your skates on it’s urgent!

Keynote Speaker - Julie Sloan, Director

Workforce Planning Australia

One of the greatest challenges facing the Australian business is to attract and retain skilled workers to counter the impact of workforce ageing, demographic change, current and projected service demands and the dynamic economic environment. There is considerable international evidence that shows businesses who integrate Workforce Planning into normal business practice are more likely to retain ‘mission critical’ employees and manage workforce exits and entries, making them better equipped to respond to their short, medium and longer term business demands than those who do not.

Julie Sloan, Director of Workforce Planning Australia will describe a nationally recommended framework for workforce planning. She will emphasize the importance of evidence based workforce planning and demonstrate how participants can transition their workforce planning outcomes into sustainable workforce development strategies around recruitment, retention, job-design and re-design and learning and development. Julie will also highlight the links between workforce planning and the recommendations of the ‘Workforce Futures Skills Australia’ 2009 reports.

Keynote Speaker - Philip Bullock, Chair

Skills Australia

Mr Philip Bullock (Chair) brings an impressive combination of high level leadership skills, a strong industry background and a commitment to education and training to the position of Chair of Skills Australia. Mr Bullock has more than 25 years experience working with IBM, culminating in his appointment as Vice President, Systems and Technology Group IBM Asia Pacific Region. Prior to this Mr Bullock was CEO of IBM Australia and New Zealand.

He also served on the Board of the Australian Information Industry Association, the Business Council of Australia, where he also chaired their Skills and Innovation Taskforce, the Victorian Schools Innovation Commission and the Advisory Committee to the Australian Graduate School of Management.

He is currently a non-executive Director of Healthscope, a major provider of health services in Australia and was recently appointed as a non-executive Director of CSG Limited, which is one of Australia’s leading IT services companies. Australia faces a number of challenges in relation to environmental change, new technology, ageing workforce, economic performance and social inequality. To meet these challenges new ways of thinking about skills and knowledge and their application in the workplace and the community is required.

Australia’s unique VET sector plays a significant role in education and training which is critical to increasing the productivity of individual workers and the economy as a whole. Effective regulation of the VET sector will act as a key quality assurance mechanism for the skills base of Australia’s workforce and facilitate labour mobility.

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Keynote Speaker - Sally Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer

National Employment Services Association (NESA)

Sally Sinclair is the CEO of National Employment Services Association, the peak body representing the Australian employment and related services industry.

Sally has extensive expertise in the design, development and delivery of employment and related services and has been instrumental in informing key stakeholders on addressing Australia’s employment and inclusion challenges including strengthening the integration of employment, education and training.

Sally is a representative on the Consultative Forum on Mature Age Participation and the Industry Reference Group and participated in the Prime Minister’s 2020 Summit. Sally is a Board member of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance.

Workforce Development for a diverse range of Industries

Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council (CPSISC)

As the National Industry Skills Council, CPSISC has an important role to play in the development of the diverse Construction and Property industry sector workforces. To assist industry in this regard CPSISC has developed user friendly on-line and downloadable tools and resources for employers and RTO’s to access. CPSISC also has a dedicated workforce development team to work with industry to assist them with workforce planning activities and also guide them through the various State/Territory and Federal Government funded training programs.

Building workforce development capability in enterprises and industry

Nick Juniper, Workforce Development Manager Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA)

MskillsManager is a free workforce development tool that allows enterprises to match work requirements to national industry training packages, analyse training needs and record training and assessment outcomes. MSA Workforce Development Manager Nick Juniper explains the tool in relation to national issues and priorities.

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Skills shortages. GFC. What's around the corner?

Andy Smith, Strategic Projects Officer Government Skills Australia (GSA)

GSA is the recognised national advisory body on the skill and workforce development requirements of the government and community safety industries. This facilitated workshop by GSA representatives will provide an opportunity for participants to identify the issues and drivers affecting skill and workforce development for the correctional services, local government, public sector, public safety and water industries. The outcomes of the workshop will contribute to the identification of projects to support the implementation of the national training packages and related national and local workforce capacity building projects.

DEEWR Support Programs

Robyn Priddle, Branch Manager, Foundation Skills and Pathways Branch Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Robyn Priddle holds the position of Branch Manager, Foundation Skills and Pathways Branch in the Youth and Industry Skills Group of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The Branch has responsibility for policies, programs and projects in adult learning, adult literacy and pre-vocational training. This session will provide detailed information and discuss the benefits of engaging in programs such as the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLN); Workplace English Language and Literacy Program (WELL); and Access Program.

ACT Skills Initiatives Administration

The Funded Programs Administration sessions will step through the administrative requirements and processes that are important for RTOs in order to meet their obligations under the Competitive Allocation for Skills Initiatives contract. The sessions are aimed specifically at administrative staff in RTOs and will cover the lodgement of applications to deliver training; program reporting requirements; and AVETMISS reporting.

Australian Apprenticeships Job Pathways Website

Ian Marrett, Managing Director Industry Training Australia P/L

The Australian Apprenticeships Jobs Pathways website is an Australian Apprenticeships resource for students also used by careers advisers to stimulate discussion with students about Australian Apprenticeships options. This interactive workshop will show you how to access the 2,500+ sample Australian Apprenticeships job and training descriptions, Job Pathways Charts and other resources available on the site.

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Training and Tertiary Education Information Session – ACT Skills Initiatives

The ACT Government contributes to providing opportunities for improved workforce participation and workforce development through a range of Skills Initiatives programs including:

• Australian Apprenticeships and User Choice • Productivity Places Program • Priority Support Program • Adult and Community Education grants, and • Joint Group Training Program.

This session will provide information about the suit of ACT Skills Initiatives and outline opportunities for RTOs to get involved.

Training and Tertiary Education Information Session – Tertiary Policy & Quality Assurance

The Tertiary Policy and Quality Assurance (TPQA) section will outline on its processes and policies around:

• registration of VET and higher education providers • accreditation of tertiary courses • quality assurance • national policy, training and reform issues

This section of TaTE regulates, monitors and quality assures the tertiary education and training sector as a delegate of the ACT Accreditation and Registration Council (ARC).

Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (CSHISC)

Proactive, consultative and informative - the strengthened and expanded Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (ISC) is central to workforce reform and innovation in the community services and health industries. CSHISC is the recognised national advisory body on the skill and workforce development requirements of these industries, and respond to the needs of the community services and health industries to lead the implementation of a ‘demand driven' approach to training delivery.

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Workforce Development – Issues for VET Practitioners in the Services Industries

Kit McMahon, General Manager Service Skills Australia

In 2009, Service Skills Australia commissioned the University of Ballarat to undertake a significant piece of research as part of its “New Deal” project. This research sought to understand the nature of RTO’s who worked with the service industries and what (if any) workforce development issues faced them. In particular what workforce activities Service Skills Australia could undertake to improve outcomes for the service industries. This presentation will review that research, provide context and describe what actions the ISC are undertaking to address the issues.

Making the most of Professional Learning

Colin Slattery, Director

Semann & Slattery

Participants will be introduced to the various types of professional learning available to enable then to take control of their own professional development. Advantages and disadvantages of the different types of learning available will be discussed with a focus on participants taking exploratory steps in mapping their own learning based on their preferences and experiences.

Plumbing: Tapping the skills for the 21st century

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

There is increasing focus on environmental sustainability. The capturing and recycling of water (including the use of grey water in domestic settings) and the installation of solar hot water systems is becoming more common, and plumbing has had to respond to considerable community and regulatory demands. Training for plumbers is offered through a system that incorporates both formal as well as on-the-job training. Recent technological changes have made plumbing an increasingly diverse occupation. But, do these changes mean that the skills required are more comprehensive than the technical skills that are generally recognised to be required by plumbers? Is the modern plumber expected to think conceptually about different ways of working to comply with emerging technologies and environmental sustainability versus a more atomistic or component based approach? This paper will consider if the current teaching and learning practices prepare tradesmen adequately for the way that they need to work in the 21st century. Because of the varied nature of the plumbing trade, the scope of this paper extends only to domestic plumbing - this still encompasses a myriad of tasks and is responsive to the demands of a more environmentally aware customer.

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Choose your own adventure: a webventure thru the jungle of e-learning

Sue McShane, ACT E-learning Coordinator Canberra Institute of Technology

During this session you will choose your own adventure through the jungles of e-learning to discover how the products, tools, people and communities of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework can help you get started or embed e-learning in your organisation or classroom. This session will allow participants to ‘trek’ at their own level, and therefore caters for beginners to advanced e-learning explorers.

The Australian ElectroComms & Energy Utilities Industries – Technological advances & training implications

Paul Hincksman, Chief Executive Officer ACT Utilities and Light Manufacturing Industry Training Board

This workshop session will focus on technological advances in the Australian ElectroComms and the continuous improvement and implementation of Energy Utilities Industries and ElectroComms and Energy Utilities Industry Training Packages.

TED10 Training Package – a contemporary view of training and assessment in Australia’s professional VET landscape

Robert Bluer, Industry Manager – Education Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA)

IBSA will ‘unpack’ the new TED10 Training Package and lead discussion on changes and additions to the Training Package, including the revised Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, the new Vocational Graduate Certificate and Diploma in LLN; and others.

Responding to change through effective management and leadership

Colin Slattery, Director Semann & Slattery

This session explores the vexed issue of managing change in workplaces from psychological and organizational perspectives.

Participants will gain insight to why it may difficult to change from an employee’s perspective and what leaders can do to assist in facilitating change including setting the right change goal, communicating at all times during the process and how to deal with change resistors.

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The role of the ACT Accreditation and Registration Council

The Accreditation and Registration Council (ARC) is a ministerially appointed statutory body providing advice to the Minister on tertiary education including both VET and higher education. Specific advice is provided on registration of both VET and non self-accrediting higher education providers and accreditation of their courses. This session will discuss ARC plans for 2010-2011 in the context of the national reform agenda for tertiary education.

Play-doh, Lego, Nintendo: Metaphors for the building blocks of good learning design

Helen Lynch, ACT Toolbox Champion Canberra Institute of Technology

Through the metaphors used to create objects in our real world we will look at how to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences for VET students with thoughtfully designed learning objects and teaching strategies.

Australian Apprenticeships Job Pathways Website

Ian Marrett, Managing Director Industry Training Australia P/L

The Australian Apprenticeships Jobs Pathways website is an Australian Apprenticeships resource for students also used by careers advisers to stimulate discussion with students about Australian Apprenticeships options. This interactive workshop will show you how to access the 2,500+ sample Australian Apprenticeships job and training descriptions, Job Pathways Charts and other resources available on the site.

Please note, this program is subject to change. The ideas expressed in this forum represent the views of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the position of the ACT Department of Education and Training.

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