Getting It Right – What employees and apprentices say about apprenticeships
Getting It Right – What employees and apprentices say about apprenticeships
Conscious of a strong surge in apprentice intake during 2003 and more particularly 2004, Australian Industry Group Dusseldorp Skills Forum and Group Training Australia jointly commissioned Dr Phil Toner at Australian Expert Group in Industry Studies (AEGIS) to go directly to those employers, apprentices and Group Training managers who are driving this wave of trade skill apprenticeships. This primarily involved a detailed survey of 1500 NSW firms that had taken on an apprentice in 2004; a further survey of managers of Group Training Organisations that had experienced a significant rise in apprentice intake in 2004; and focus groups with apprentices that had commenced training in 2004. Dr Toner supplemented these findings with an analysis of long-run trends in apprenticeships derived from National Centre for Vocational Education Research sources.
The Anaiwan language was one of the first to be suppressed by European colonisation – but this once-dormant language is being reclaimed by the Armidale Aboriginal community.
The Festival of Connection provides the opportunity to connect and share experiences, build a strong collective voice for systemic reform and better outcomes for children and communities.
Local knowledge and stories create positive change in Burnie
The whiteboard in Kylie Burgess’ office tells a story about the power of community. It’s covered in notes and ideas about turning local knowledge and lived experience into positive change for the community of Burnie in Tasmania’s north-west.
Dusseldorp Forum acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia and the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which we work and live. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past, present and future.
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