Possible responses and strategies

Possible responses and strategies
Some specifi c responses to the implications of the individual
Industry Skills Reports and the general implications outlined
above should also be considered. These include:
1. Benchmark competency standards and qualifi cations
with international practice and investigate the potential
for international cooperation in competency standards
development (this is already occurring in areas such as
project management).
2. Consistent with the COAG agenda, ensure uniformity
between VTE competency standards and certifi cation
and occupational licensing and regulatory requirements.
3. Ensure that broad approaches to development and
certifi cation of competency are adopted.
4. Provide greater fl exibility in the application of public
funding to allow training providers to become more
actively engaged in enterprise and industry level
workforce development strategies as a means of raising
skills levels.
5. Provide greater differentiation in the design and
provision of qualifi cations and programs between:
a. The needs of younger and new workforce entrants,
through broadly based workforce preparation programs
which also serve as a platform for further learning
b. Older and existing workers using extensive
recognition of prior learning combined with gap
training to meet specifi c occupational and labour
market retraining needs.
6. Give greater priority in some sectors to the development
of higher level standards and qualifi cations, and to the
development and negotiation of credit transfer and
articulation pathways with universities. And Registered Training Organisations
• Increase fl exible delivery modes to meet the needs of
SMEs, part time, casual and seasonal workers and those
at rural and remote locations
• Put greater emphasis on the use of recognition of prior
learning to recognise skills of existing employees and to
develop their skills to train and mentor new entrants and
to provide industry with the mechanisms to undertake
assessments
• Increase opportunities for fl exible and on the job delivery
to ensure that existing workers are informed about
compliance.