Tripartite Initiative on Workplace Learning Campaign Road Show.

Tripartite Initiative on Workplace Learning

Campaign Road Show

Presentation by Business NZ

Successful Business – Shaping New Zealand’s Future

Business and

• Business NZ is committed to supporting improved sustainable economic growth

• Skill development has a critical role to play in improving output, productivity and enabling innovation

• Skill development in the workforce is a key and ongoing priority

Successful Business – Shaping New Zealand’s Future

Growth, Skills and Work

• Business NZ is committed to increasing the level and quality of learning in the workplace

• We want to increase the number of people in formal workplace learning to 160,000 by 2005, and more beyond that

• We need to help 15 to 20,000 additional businesses become involved in workplace learning for that to happen

Successful Business – Shaping New Zealand’s Future

Workplace Learning

• Skill development in the workplace needs to take place at all levels– Literacy and numeracy, foundation skills– High level generic and technical skills– Leadership, supervision and management skills

• How do we assist those 15 to 20,000 businesses to improve and develop, so they can best take advantage of workplace learning?

Successful Business – Shaping New Zealand’s Future

Building Better Business

• Encouraging investment in learning by firms – linking learning to business strategy

• Literacy and numeracy at work – a barrier to higher skill levels

• Perceptions of workplace learning in schools and the wider public

• Links between institutions and learning in the workplace

• Ensuring ITOs and other agencies have the knowledge, links and resources they need

Successful Business – Shaping New Zealand’s Future

Some Key Issues

Unions and

Presentation by NZCTU

Towards a high wage, high skill economy

Background

• High skill/high wage economy• Workers want employability

and skills are one vital component• 80% of 2010 workforce is at work now• An inclusive approach

Towards a high wage, high skill economy

Working Together

• Employers and workers can benefit from more investment in skill and there are huge economic benefits

• We want to see a massive increase in discussions in the workplace about training and education

• We need co-operation with many stakeholders

Towards a high wage, high skill economy

Union Role in Skill Development

• Involved in ITOs• Support for Modern Apprenticeships• Rebuilding the historic partnership with

employers on training• The importance of an industry approach• Numbers - but quality and access

Towards a high wage, high skill economy

A Long Term Relationship

• We are serious about building a long-term relationship

• Shared vision• Room for differences• Seeking feedback• Want this Project to be relevant to workplaces

Towards a high wage, high skill economy

Industry Training and

Presentation by the

Industry Training

ITOs• Set industry skill standards• Manage the delivery of Industry Training to

attain the industry skill standards• Provide leadership within their industry on

skill and training needs

Industry Training

• 45 ITOs, covering industries as diverse asagriculture, fire and rescue services, electrotechnology and funeral services

• Nearly 107,000 trainees participated in Industry Training last year

• 24,576 employers participated in Industry Training

Industry Training

• No longer just young pakeha men in the traditional trades

• More women and Maori and Pacific Peoples now in Industry Training

• Industry Training driven by industry need • Growing training culture

Why Industry Training?

• Employers: learning is customised to each enterprise’s needs. Get a better equipped, more motivated, efficient and effective work force

• Employees: earn while you learn and gain credits that will lead to a recognised qualification. Increase chances for promotion

Tripartite Initiative on Workplace Learning

Campaign Road Show

Skills Training

• STEP priority for 2003/04

• Essential to enhance our national economy

• Essential to building a flexible and dynamic workforce

Recent AchievementsRise in Industry Trainees

Recent AchievementsModern Apprenticeships

• Young people aged 16-21 years

• Training agreements

• 28 industries• 7,500 target by June 2006

• www.modern-apprenticeships.govt.nz

Joint initiative between Government, Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions to

promote workplace learning and industry training

www.skillnz.org.nz

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