achieving the balance with apprenticeships

Master Plumbers Association of NSW

Achieving the balance with ApprenticeshipsAchieving the balance with Apprenticeships

Paul NaylorPaul NaylorChief Executive OfficerChief Executive Officer


Broad Industry OverviewBroad Industry Overview

Statistics provided throughout this presentation are from IBIS World,

unless otherwise stated.


Key Industry DriversKey Industry Drivers Specialist Trade

Industry Performance

Downstream building markets

Work being undertaken

Market segmentation

Business locations

Key statistics


Specialist TradeSpecialist Trade

• Highly regulated

• Legislated as a special trade in all states and territories

• Licensed occupation at the trade and contractor level


• Industry is highly labour intensive.

• Sizable permanent workforce to carry out much of the heavy physical labour.

• Employment 48,000 people in approximately 24,000 establishments.

• There are approximately 78,000 qualified plumbers in Australia, many of whom are employed in other industries, industry other construction, electricity, gas, water, water services and mining.

• The smallest type of accounting unit within an Enterprise, usually consists of one or more locations in state or territory of the country in which it operates.

• A division that is separately managed and keeps management accounts. The most relevant measure of the number of firms in an industry.

Industry PerformanceIndustry Performance

Establishment

Enterprise


Downstream building marketsDownstream building markets

Growth in the value of work done in key downstream building marketsGrowth in the value of work done in key downstream building markets


Work Being UndertakenWork Being Undertaken


Market SegmentationMarket Segmentation


Businesses

NSW 31.7%

VIC 29.4%

QLD 19.1%

WA 10.1%

SA 5.9%

TAS 1.6%

ACT 1.4%

NT 0.8%

Population

7.23 Million

5.55 Million

4.51 Million

2.29 Million

1.64 Million

507,600

358,600

229,700


Business Location DistributionBusiness Location Distribution

Eastern seaboard represents 81.8% of the market.


ApprenticeshipsApprenticeships

National statistics

Traditional Trade Apprenticeship model

Operational Models:

Institutional training / Full time / HECS

Blended / Part Time / SBA – VET in schools

Workplace learning – cadetship model

Commercial delivery to qualification

Drivers for change


Australian vocational education and training Australian vocational education and training statistics: Apprentice and traineestatistics: Apprentice and trainee

Apprentice and Trainee by contract status, Trades/Non Trades, Australia

Trades Non Trades Total

Commencements 12 months to September 2011 92,320 226,679 318,999

Completions 12 months to September 2011 55,088 121,035 176,123

In-training as at 30 September 2011 207,309 253,925 461,234

Apprentice and Trainee 334 Plumbers by contract status, Australia

334 Plumbers

Commencements 12 months to September 2011 5,335

Completions 12 months to September 2011 3,414

In-training as at 30 September 2011 15,405

Source: National Apprentice and trainee collection, December 2011 estimates, unpublished

(Includes 1st year’s)

(2nd, 3rd & 4th year’s)

Apprentice Plumbers represent approximately 10% of all trade training

NCVER


Apprenticeship Training OptionsApprenticeship Training Options

Current arrangement

- On the job workplace training - Off the job RTO training- Day release or block release to RTO.- Master/Servant relationship.- Has it passed its “use by date” with new starters?



Institutional / Full time / HECS

Full time delivery in RTO

No exposure to workplace

HECS to be paid to Federal Government on completion and gaining employment.

Currently proposed for post trade qualifications.

Royal Australian Engineers Model.


Blended / Part time / SBA VET in Schools


- Howard Government initiative – Cert III – School Based Apprentices

- Rudd Government Trade Schools – Cert II VET in school outcomes, institutional delivery

- SBA’s failing due to lack of promotion as an alternative concept.

- VET in Schools demand institutional delivery only.



Workplace learning Cadetship Model

- On the job training.

- Study for qualification in cadets own time at RTO.

- No contribution to training costs by employer.

- Completion of Cadetship subject to students initiative.



Commercial Delivery of QualificationCommercial Delivery of Qualification

- No subsidy from government (no HECS)

- No training contract (non apprenticeship model)

- Student meets all costs of training

- No employer involvement

- Once qualification is obtained, registration as tradesperson follows COAG 2006 decision on no requirement for further sign off.


Drivers for ChangeDrivers for Change

- Training Package – industry requirement for workplace evidence gathering

- Skills tracker

- Training Package – workplace assessments – the myth !!!

- Government Programs

- FOUNDATION SKILLS (all Skills Councils)- Literacy and numeracy skills- Employment skills – communications and job ready skills.

- TRADE CADETSHIPS- Commence in Years 9 and 10- Federal Govt submission to FWA 23rd May 2012- Recognition of Pre-Apprenticeship/Pre Vocational courses for setting applicable wage rates.


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ARE WE SEEING THE START OF THE ARE WE SEEING THE START OF THE DEMISE OF APPRENTICESHIPS ??DEMISE OF APPRENTICESHIPS ??

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