As a critical player in the skilling of Australia’s workforce, the group training network is well-placed to comment on public policy in the fields of employment, education and training.

With this in mind, GTA released two documents in 2007 which set out its policies for the vocational education and training sector in general and the group training network in particular.

In June 2007 Group Training Australia (GTA) released A better skilled workforce, a policy statement which was developed with input from GTA’s External Advisory Group and after extensive consultation with the group training network. The policy statement is also backed up by independent costings from Access Economics.

A better skilled workforce outlines a broad framework of policies, within five key areas, which GTA believes need to be implemented to ensure that Australia’s workforce is prepared for the economic challenges ahead. The five areas encompassed by the framework are:

1. School to Work Transition
2. Youth Labour Market
3. Retraining and Returning to the Workforce
4. Training Infrastructure and Systemic Support; and
5. Skilled Migration

In September 2007 GTA released Maximising gains/adding value which contains a range of policies, aligned to the above framework, designed to enable the group training network to make a major contribution to addressing the challenges identified in A better skilled workforce.

Click the links to download a copy of A better skilled workforce and Maximising gains/adding value.