Investing in Vocational Education and Training in Australia

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Introduction:
Vocational Education and Training can be defined as education and training that focuses
on providing vocational skills for work to people. It helps students to be qualified for all types of
employment and gives them the requisite skills to help them when they actually start working.
This paper will try to show how Australia is investing in Vocational Education and Training. It
will also try to show the challenges that the government of Australia faces when engaging with
Vocational Education and Training sector.
Discussion:
Vocational Education and Training provides skills to help people join the workplace for
the first time, rejoin after taking a sabbatical, help them to improve their skills in the field of their
choice and pursue a different career. Registered Training Organizations provide courses in
Vocational Education and Training. These include Technical and Further Education institutes,
universities and colleges. The courses that are covered by Vocational Education and Training
cover literacy and numeracy training such as foundation studies or pre-vocational training,
vocational skills for occupations like floristry and automotive, vocational training that is semi-
professional such as occupational health and safety measures and business advertising, study
areas that are practical such as hospitality, viticulture and music (Jones 2018). Eight state and
territory governments, the government of Australia and industry and private and public training
providers, provide vocational Education and Training. These organizations work in unison to
provide good and consistent vocational training across Australia.

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Vocational Education and Training is truly popular in Australia’s education sector.
Supervised by the government of Australia in accordance with the trainers and the industry
norms, the systematic vocational training imparted in Australia is truly effective and helps people
in pursuing their vocational courses. Australia’s standardized system of providing certification
makes sure that professionally trained personnel are always available to students and to working
professionals in Australia’s private business sector, thereby ensuring that the level of vocational
training that is imparted is good and consistent across Australia.
The two interests that Australian government have in the provision of Vocational
Educational Training Program include foundation and core skills and recognition of license and
skills (Jones 2018). The Department of Education and Training encourages and supports the
development of core and foundation skills so that people are equipped with the language,
numeracy, literacy and employability skills as required by various organizations. The
government of Australia encourages, supports and acknowledges and recognizes prior learning,
including knowledge and degrees obtained abroad and the recognition of a few domestic licenses
across state jurisdiction and territory jurisdictions. The government of Australia is undertaking
skills engagement work nationally and internationally. The Australian government is exchanging
Vocational Educational Training experience and expertise, primarily in South Asia, South East
Asia and North Asia to ensure that Australia remains a leader always when it comes to
international skills policy and system design and development (McVicar & Polidano 2015). The
Australian government is supporting and promoting the value of Vocational Educational
Training for the betterment of both individual as well as the Australian economy through the
Australian Apprenticeships Ambassadors Program, Australian Training Awards, National Skills
Week and WorldSkills Australia.