Action three: Build new skills
Ensuring a workforce that’s ready to go. The Victorian Government has already made huge progress in building our state’s skilled workforce, with a near record number of Victorians in jobs.
Thanks to the success of Free TAFE, our Big Build Apprenticeships and the Major Project Skills Guarantee(opens in a new window) – which mandates at least 10% of the work carried out on our major projects is undertaken by apprentices, trainees or cadets – we’re skilling the next generation.
But as we heard from industry – we need to make sure we continue to have the right workers with the right skills.
By investing in education, training, and upskilling, the Government will help create a pipeline of skilled workers – making sure industry have the talent they need now and for the future.
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- Invest in a Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence at Melbourne Polytechnic to train workers in modern construction technologies, such as prefabricated and modular construction
These skilled workers will help ensure Victoria remains at the forefront of this new approach to construction – enabling faster, more cost-effective and sustainable solutions, while keeping up with our growing state’s housing and infrastructure needs.
- Pilot the use of AI to improve recognition of prior learning in partnership with the Victorian TAFE network, led by Bendigo Kangan Institute
This improvement will assist employers and training providers to more rapidly and accurately understand where a worker’s skill levels are at – helping skilled workers avoid unnecessary training and fast-track learning for students.
- Create a First Peoples Leadership Academy to support the development of the next generation of leaders
The Academy, proposed by the Koori Caucus of the Yuma Yirramboi Council, will provide support to future First Peoples leaders in business, government and communities.
- Help more Aboriginal businesses to compete locally and globally
We will provide more support for domestic and overseas trade initiatives, including hosting the World Indigenous Business Forum in 2025.
Funding will also be provided to Kinaway Chamber of Commerce and Ngarrimili to help support more Aboriginal businesses.
- Open up access to jobs in the Victorian Public Service (VPS)
This will encourage greater movement of people and ideas between the public service and business, by removing existing barriers that stop VPS jobs being advertised externally.
- Rapidly upskill and reskill workers through the Digital Jobs program
Digital Jobs will offer training in cutting-edge, in-demand, digital skills that are critical for innovation and technology adoption in construction and advanced manufacturing.
- Support the establishment of more Skills Solutions Partnerships
This will see industry partner with TAFEs and universities to design and pilot new short courses and on-the-job training.
These courses are focused on quickly addressing skills gaps in priority sectors: one recent partnership is delivering rapid training for medical and medtech researchers to improve their commercialisation skills.
Updated 11 December 2024
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