Publications

Training WA: Planning for the future 2009-2018

In May 2009, the Minister for Training released a plan for the future of Western Australia's training system for the next 10 years. The plan aims to transform the State's training system and position Western Australia to respond to future employment demands. It includes immediate, medium and long term initiatives as the blueprint for the Government's investment in the State's training system.

 Annual Report 2008-2009

The State Training Board’s 2008 – 2009 Annual Report

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National VET Sector Sustainability Policy and Action Plan (2009-2012)

The National VET Sector Sustainability Policy and Action Plan (2009-2012) was recently released by the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education (MCVTE). The plan aims to advance sustainability in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector and will provide direction for the national delivery of specialist skills in alternative and renewable energy technologies.

State Training Profile 2009-2011

The State Training Board’s Profile

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Beyond the Resources Boom

Using economic modelling, the Beyond the Resources Boom study explores a series of scenarios for the resources industry and examines a range of economic and labour forecasts for Western Australia to 2016.

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Summary Report Workforce Plan Goldfields Esperance Region

This document provides a summary of the background report. This document also includes the Goldfields-Esperance Workforce Plan. For detailed information on the research, the methods used, or the findings, please see the background report available at stb.wa.gov.au.

Workforce Futures for the Goldfields Esperance Region

In 2007 the Department of Education and Training, working in partnership with the Goldfields-Esperance Workforce Development Alliance (GEWDA), commissioned The University of Western Australia to prepare a strategic workforce plan for the Goldfields-Esperance region.

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State Training Profile 2008-2010

The State Training Profile 2008 – 2010 (’the Profile’) provides a planning framework for the State’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) system to respond to the challenges currently being faced by industry and enterprises.

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Careers for Life

This report from the Skills Formation Taskforce outlines further reform, presenting a vision to transform employment-based training in Western Australia. The reforms to apprenticeships and traineeships will bring training and industry much closer together.

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Overcoming I'm too Busy

The expression “I’m too busy (to undertake training) because of the boom” was used regularly by interviewees in this study, to describe the attitude of many people in small business in Western Australia (WA). This attitude is of deep concern to many different stakeholders in WA involved in small business training, as these stakeholders believe that many more skills are needed in small business immediately. Stakeholders also believe that many small businesses will not have the skills to adjust if or when the resources boom plateaus or ends.