the success of sa reform. the challenge for sa skills for all
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The Success of SA Reform
The Challenge for SA
Skills for All
Overview • Focus on Training for Jobs• Focus on increasing qualification levels
(Productivity)• Focus on those not in the labour market
(Participation)• Focus on quality• Controls to target funding • Increase overall investment in skills
development
Key Elements
• Changes to public funding: contestability• Student eligibility• Entitlement• Approved providers and quality• Funded Training List• Payment of providers• Steerage and control measures• Access and pathways
Skills for All:Progress to Date
Full year enrolments increased by 43%. An increase of 67% for private providers
Training Take Up
TAFE SA Private providers
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,00090,000
100,000
2011-20122012-2013 (pre-lim. date at 15 August 2013)
Qualification Levels for 147,100 enrolments
1,4541,9761,454Cert I and IICert III and IVDip and Adv Dip
Skills for All
Shows change (in percentage terms) for enrolments under Skills for All for selected groups
Fleurieu and Kangaroo Is-land
Far North
Yorke and Mid North
Murray and Mallee
Adelaide Hills
Barossa, Light and Lower North
Eyre and Western
Limestone Coast
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000
Under Skills For All
Semester 2 2011
Skills for All – Regions
Skills demand and Skills for All investment
Bus. & Fi
n. Servi
ces
Health &
Comm. Servi
ces
Whole., R
etail & Pers.
Servi
ces
Building &
Constructi
on
Electrotech
nology
Tourism &
Hosp
italty
Transp
ort & St
orage
Primary
Manufactu
ring
Mining &
Engineering
Public Admin. &
Safety
Cultura
l & Recre
ation
Automotive
Education &
Training
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
Projected Demand for VET Qualifica-tions in the Five Years to 2015-16
Investment in VET Qualifications in the Three Quarters to the March Quarter 2013
Com
pleti
ons
Source: DFEEST, TaSC
Higher level Qualifications
ABS data indicates the proportion of working age South Australians with a Certificate III or
above has increased 8.5% points from 44.5% in 2006 to 53% in 2012.
Managing the system: ongoing consultation
and refinements
Tough sanctions on Skills for All Training Providers for breaches of their Contract
Guidelines to ensure clear expectations on enrolment of students
Regular information sessions with training providers and extensive website information
Professional development opportunities to increase the understanding and use of bridging units, RPL and foundation skills, general support and services to students.
Quality & Capacity Building
Consultation with stakeholders
• Website refreshed• Approx 200 courses with no provider
removed• New entrants restricted to courses with no
or few providers• Simplified entitlement• Reductions in subsidies• Caps to 62 courses (6% of the FTL)• A new system of funding limits
Issues and Opportunities
• Public VET v Total VET• Fiscal envelope• Market and system development• Provider quality and capability• Information and choice• The VET ‘product’• Industry and Enterprise engagement
Skills are the key….