Skills Victoria
Responsive to individuals and business
Under the Skills Victoria policy, all eligible Victorians are guaranteed a funded place for recognised training to lift their skill levels as part of the Victorian Training Guarantee. The training system is now more responsive to the needs of individuals and business. Industry has a central role in ensuring that training is undertaken in the right areas and at the right levels to meet the skill needs of business.
See the Skills Victoria website www.skills.vic.gov.au for further details.
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
Victorian Skills Pledge
The Victorian Skills Pledge is a key initiative under the government's Securing Jobs for Your Future - Skills for Victoria policy, and is a voluntary commitment by businesses to drive business improvement through appropriate upskilling of their employees.
Businesses of all sizes in the private, public and community sectors can take the Victorian Skills Pledge. It can be done quickly and simply through the online sign-up facility on the Skills Victoria website.
Skills for Growth
Skills for Growth: the Workforce Development Program is a Victorian Government initiative dedicated to working with small and medium-sized businesses to explore training and education opportunities that will benefit individual businesses and develop the skills of their staff.
Apprentices and Trainees
The Victorian Government and the Australian Government provide a range of incentives and assistance to support individuals and businesses with the uptake and successful completion of apprenticeships and traineeships. The Skills Victoria website has further details.
TCF&L IAB
To ensure there is strong industry leadership of the training system, the Victorian Government funds a network of industry bodies which are experts on the training needs and delivery in their particular industries.
The TFIA works in partnership with the TCFUA (Victorian Branch) to form the TCF&L Industry Advisory Body which reports to Skills Victoria on issues relating to the vocational education and training needs of the Victorian Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Leather sector.
The Skills Victoria Corporate website provides further details about the industry bodies network.
INDUSTRY SKILLS NEEDS REPORTS
The aim of the Industry Skills Needs Report is to provide training providers with information on the nature and structure of the TCF Industry, focusing on significant changes in the industry within the last 12 months in relation to skills and training. It also focuses on emerging skills issues affecting the industry.