Open Employment Expo 22 November 2005

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Open Employment Expo22 November 2005

• Alan Montague
• [phone]
• alan.montague_at_rmit.edu.au

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Next Speaker ?
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Keira Knightley

• English film actor starred in
• Bend It Like Beckham
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Love Actually
• King Arthur
• Pride and Prejudice

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INTRODUCTIONTODAY I WILL COVER

• Prejudice and attitudes
• The Importance of Qualifications
• Education, the Labour market, and the links to
  work
• Some statistics
• Other

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Prejudice Attitudes

• My thoughts.
• Test Cricketers
• Actors
• People I have met
• A disability stems from an inappropriate attitude
• Hassle not disability

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Qualifications getting that ticket
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Australian Unemployment Rate by Qualification May
2003 and 2004 ()
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Teenagers

• Many teenagers who 15 years ago would have
  worked full-time are now in full-time education.
  A large proportion of teenagers in study are also
  combining education with casual or part-time
  work. Reflecting this, teenage part-time
  employment has grown by 62.4 over the past 15
  years.
• Quote Jobs Outlook 05

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Teenagers in Full-time Education and Full-time
Work March 1990 to March 2005, 12 month averages
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Increasing part-time employment
Jobs Outlook 05
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Australian Enrolments by sector 2003
Source ABS 2004
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Source Productivity Commission 05
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WHAT ARE APPRENTICESHIPS TRAINEESHIPS?

• New Apprenticeship means apprenticeship or
  traineeship
• Can cover full or part-time work, in schools,
  VCE, VCAL (with a few exceptions)
• Combine paid work with training under a
  government approved Training Agreement
• Training program leading to a nationally
  recognised qualification
• Traineeship usually last 2 years
• Apprenticeship usually last 3 4 years

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Apprentices and Trainees In-training as at
30/6/04 by state/territory by age  
 
 
36.2 are Female. 76.8 are F/T. 33 are
apprentices Source NCVER 2004.
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Tradespersons
2004

• Over the next five years 170,000 tradesmen are
  going to retire in our industry, and only 70,000,
  on today's forecast, at best, are going to come
  in. So if we have skills shortages now, they're
  going to get a lot worse in five years' time. I
  would add also that the skills shortages aren't
  just simple match-to-match. You can't say, 'I've
  got a boiler-maker who's driving a taxi I'll
  bring him back in to the industry.' The skills
  required in industry are very different now, and
  so it's a much bigger issue than that we need
  to be thinking about
• Heather Ridout, the CEO of the Australian
  Industry Group, the peak body for manufacturers
  speaking on Big Ideas Australia Forums The
  future of work. Radio National Sunday 2 May 2004

170,000
2009
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Trades Persons 2001 ABS Data
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New Working Elite

• THE nation's skills shortage means electricians,
  welders, boilermakers, plumbers and other skilled
  tradespeople are snapping up 100,000-plus jobs.
• Tradies in some areas earn more than some
  doctors, dentists, architects and teachers.
• Business groups have estimated Australia needs
  21,000 extra tradies to solve the national
  crisis.
• The shortage of tradespeople has hit household
  budgets with the cost of trade contractors up
  12.5 per cent in just 12 months, a Housing
  Industry Association report found. And the crisis
  could affect interest rates.
• Source New working elite Fleur Anderson 19 Oct.
  04 www.heraldsun.com.au

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VCAL What is it?

• Senior Secondary Qualification The VCE and the
  VCAL are both senior secondary qualifications.
• Strands The VCAL contains four curriculum
  strands. Literacy and numeracy skills, industry
  specific skills, work related skills and personal
  development skills.

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Statistics on VCAL

• The following statistics relate to the outcomes
  of approximately 9,000 students undertaking VCAL
  in 2004.

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VCAL Outcomes
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• Ageing
• At Federation, the old were scarce. Less than one
• in 25 (4) of the population were aged 65 years
  or more.
• Now, they comprise one in every eight
  Australians (12.5). By 2044-45, almost one in
  four (25) will be aged 65 years and over. They
  will comprise around 7 million Australians.
• The work careers educators and people connected
  to vocational guidance is impacting as old
  peoples needs can be met as long as there are
  sufficient numbers of younger people to drive the
  economy and provide the needed services.

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Australia faces a pronounced ageing of its
population over the next forty years. One-quarter
of Australians will be aged 65 years or more by
2044-45, roughly double the present proportion.
The proportion of the oldest old will increase
even more.
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It gets worse for us young people

• There are four work-age persons now but as the
  boomers begin to retire this will tighten. By
  2040 there will be fewer than two taxpayers to
  every retiree
• Source The Age Opinion Friday the 13th May 2005
  p23 based on conclusions drawn from Productivity
  Commission 2005

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Info of Use

• RMIT Apprenticeship and Traineeship Website
• www.rmit.edu.au/appstrainees
• Jobs Employment Training
• www.jet.org.au
• TAFELINE
• 9637 2000
• www.tafe.vic.gov.au

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Need to Knows

• TAFE and Articulation - or how to get in and
  qualified
• VTAC, direct application an apprenticeships/traine
  eships
• Disabled New Apprentice Assistance Scheme
  provides additional assistance to eligible
  employers who recruit a New Apprentice with a
  disability by providing
• a wage support payment amount of 114.73 per week
  or pro-rata for part time New Apprentices  
• assistance for tutorial, interpreter and mentor
  services for New apprentices who have a
  disability
• assistance for leasing or purchasing essential
  equipment or modifying the workplace to
  accommodate New apprentices who have a disability
  
• For more information regarding assistance for
  disabled New Apprentices contact a New
  Apprenticeships Centre in your area.

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70 of Jobs are never advertised
Dear Ms YYYYY I would like to work as an xxxx
in your organisation. I have attached my résumé
detailing my background, skills and capabilities.
I have also listed the names of three people who
have kindly offered to act as referees on my
behalf. I am very interested in meeting to
discuss the possibility of working in your
organisation. I will phone you on Thursday to
ask if there is a possible opening in your
company and if we could meet for a
discussion. Thank you for considering my
application. Your sincerely
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Workforce TrendsCurrent and Future Numbers in
the Australian workforce
Source Intergenerational Report Treasury 2002
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RMIT University TAKING YOU PLACES