Leonie Kennedy

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Leonie Kennedy Regional Industry Career
Adviser Mid North and North Coast
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Career Advice Australia

• Australian Government Initiative to help young
  Australians make a smooth transition from school
  to further study, or from school to work
• Network of
• - National Industry Career Specialists (NICS)
• - Regional Industry Career Advisers (RICAS)
• - Local Community Partnerships (LCPS)

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National Industry Career Specialists

• 10 National Industry Career Specialists (NICS)
• Agri-Food
• Community Services and Health
• Construction and Property Services
• Electro Communications Energy Utilities
• Government Community Safety
• Manufacturing
• Innovation Business
• Services Industries
• Resources Infrastructure
• Transport Logistics

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What do I do?

• RICAs are responsible for
• Improving the quality and availability of
  regional industry career information, advice and
  resources, particularly in skills needs areas,
  for Local Community Partnerships (LCPs),
  schools, employers, businesses and young people
• Improve community awareness of the skills needs
  of local and regional businesses.

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What do I do?

• RICAs are responsible for
• Building partnerships with local and regional
  businesses and industry to promote an awareness
  of regional industry skills needs, employment
  patterns, career opportunities and vocational and
  educational pathways and

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What do I do?

• Increase effective employer participation in
• Local Community Partnership (LCP) programmes and
  activities,
• Australian School Based Apprenticeships (ASBAs),
• Vocational Education, and
• VET in Schools delivery.

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How can businesses be involved?

• You can participate in the Career Advice
  Australia Initiative by
• Showcasing your business and industry, your
  career, your people and your apprentices and
  trainees.
• Participating in school talks about your industry
  and business.
• Open your companies doors to industry visits.
• Consider employing apprentices / trainees.

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Local Community Partnerships

• Local Community Partnership (LCP) organisations
  co-ordinate the following programmes
• Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) programme
• Career and Transitions Support (CTS) programme
• Adopt a School (ASP) programme

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Structured Workplace LearningHow can your
business be involved?

• Structured Workplace Learning involves
• Finding host employers who will provide industry
  experience for students studying vocational
  courses these courses count towards the HSC as
  well as further training such as apprenticeship
  or study towards certificates and diplomas.

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Career and Transition How can you be involved?

• Examples
• Participate in mock interviews with youth.
• Industry visits.
• Meet with students and parents to expand
  students knowledge of career opportunities
  within local industries and businesses.
• Become involved in Career Expos / Try a trade
  days

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Adopt a schoolHow can your business be involved?

• Examples
• Bakers Delight adopting a food and technology
  class and showing the class how bread and bakery
  items are made then having a bake off with
  each other.
• Concrete company adopting a class and doing
  concrete work on an amenities block.
• Restoration of a wooden boat.

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Industries and Occupations with skill shortages

• Construction building all related trade areas
• Tourism / Hospitality Chefs, kitchen hands,
  wait staff
• Health aged care sector all related areas
• Manufacturing fitter machinist, welders, all
  trade areas

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Want to know more and be involved?

• By fostering links with our youth, you have an
  opportunity to tap into tomorrows workforce
  through todays students.
• Participate today and plan for the future growth
  of your business

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Contact Details

• Leonie Kennedy
• Mobile [phone]
• Email leonie.kennedy_at_australianbusiness.com.
  au

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