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TITLE Annual National Report of the Australian Vocational Education and Training System, 1999 DOCUMENT RESUME ED 446 255 CE 080 857 TITLE Annual National Report of the Australian Vocational Education and Training System, 1999. Volume 1: National Overview and Volume 2: Commonwealth, State & Territory Achievements. INSTITUTION Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. ISSN ISSN-1324-9185 PUB DATE 1999-00-00 NOTE 183p.; For a related document from ANTA, see CE 080 856. For Volume 3, see CE 080 858. AVAILABLE FROM Australian National Training Authority, GPO Box 3120, Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia, Tel: 07 3246 2300, Fax: 07 3246 2490, E-mail: [email protected], Web site: http://www.anta.gov.au. PUB TYPE Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Access to Education; Adult Basic Education; Adult 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 IDENTIFIERS *Australia 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. (YLB) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. A I OF THE AUSTRALIAN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYST PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 i._ OF EDUCATION U S DEPARTMENT and Improvement Office of Educational Research EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER(RERIC) 2\"rthis document has bee-a-reproduced as °cowed from the personson or organization originating it Minor changes have beenmade to improve reproductionquality stated in this Points of view or opinions document do not necessarilyrepresent official OERI position orpolicy u_a1n C6 VC 054412/JR081II WOUROCG180 RDN/RONue /MD VG380MOGII@ p o 4VR?r 1999 "'",00,M111111111111, ""111111111111111 imp""",00011111111111P Volume 1 National Overview -,F Volume 2 Commonwealth, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TRAINING State & Territory Achievements AUTHORITY 3 Enquiries regarding this report should be directed to: Australian National Training Authority GPO Box 3120 Brisbane Qld 4001 Australia Telephone: (07) 3246 2300 © Australian National Training Authority 1999 ISSN 1324 9185 2 About this report 6 The national vocational education and training system 6 Implementing New Apprenticeships 8 More New Apprenticeships, in more areas 8 Working together to address skill shortages 11 Steps to improve legislation 11 O Need for more action on national consistency 11 fD Group training 12 Achieving diversity and flexibility to meet clients' needs 14 More user choice about who provides what training, where and when 14 National marketing strategy for skills and lifelong learning 14 National Training Information Service 15 Communications 16 NACsinfo Service 16 Framing the Future 16 Spotlight on the provider 17 Adult and community education 17 Flexible delivery 20 Toolboxes 20 LearnScope 20 Flexible learning fellowships 20 NET *Working '99 21 Flexible learning national plan 21 Strategy 2000 21 School to work transitions 21 Vocational education and training in schools 21 WorkSkill Australia 22 Improving language, literacy and numeracy skills 24 Language, literacy, numeracy and Training Packages 24 Workplace communication in Training Packages project 24 Volume 1 National Overview 3 Workplace communication professional development for vocational education and training in schools 24 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 27 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 29 National Training Framework Committee 30 Other issues to be addressed 30 Increasing industry investment in training 32 Case studies of the value to business of training 32 Industry forums 33 Improving business processes 33 Industry training advisory arrangements 34 Encouraging small business training 34 Provide greater opportunities and improved outcomes for under-represented clients 36 Taskforces for people with a disability, Indigenous people 36 Guidelines for Training Package developers 36 Equity demonstration projects 36 Sponsorships 36 Action for women 36 Action for people in correctional services 36 ANTA Disability Forum 36 4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Training Advisory Council 37 Achieving greater efficiency 38 Growth from efficiencies 38 Infrastructure Program review outcomes implemented 38 Key performance measures 39 National programs 42 Equity development and training innovation 42 Adult and community education 42 Training innovation 42 Industry training advisory bodies 42 Training package development 42 Group training 42 National projects 44 Financial information 45 Appendix 1: System planning and policy mechanisms 50 System policy 50 ANTA Ministerial Council 50 Australian National Training Authority 50 ANTA Board 50 National Training Framework Committee 50 Advisory Committee on New Apprenticeships 50 State and Territory training authorities 50 National industry training advisory arrangements 50 System planning 51 National strategy 51 State and Territory annual vocational education and training plans 51 Industry strategic plans 51 Annual national priorities 51 Appendix 2: Memberships 52 ANTA Ministerial Council 1999 52 ANTA Board 52 Volume 1 -National Overview 5 Each year, the Australian National Training THE NATIONAL VOCATIONAL Authority coordinates the production of an annual national report for vocational education EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM 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. Ithe people who use vocational education The report: and training services, including students Iprovides detailed information about the of all ages (from those doing vocational operation of the national system to interested education and training in schools to adults businesses, students, apprentices, trainees, upgrading their skills and knowledge), training organisations, representative and enterprises of all sizes organisations, government bodies and other Ithe enterprises and industry organisations stakeholders in the system which lead the system through the I meets the requirements of the ANTA development of national Training Packages Agreement, to report on the operation of Ithe service providers that are registered as the national system. training organisations. In 1999, there were This report covers the 1999 calendar year. It 4524 registered training organisations, comprises three volumes in two publications: which included TAFE institutes and private Volumes I and 2 are in one publication, providers, and numbers of enterprises, Volume 3 in another. universities, schools and adult education providers Volume 1: National overview describes the national vocational education and training Ithe Commonwealth, State and Territory system, and its achievements, against the Governments, that set policy direction, are agreed annual national priorities. responsible for the regulatory frameworks and provide funds for services Volume 2: Commonwealth, State and Territory achievements comprises reports from each It is called a 'system' because it operates jurisdiction of their achievements against the according to shared principles and agreements, system's agreed annual national priorities. including: Volume 3: Vocational education and training Ithe ANTA Agreement (19982000) performance contains detailed statistical and Ithe national strategy for vocational other information about the system's
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