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Foulkes, Tracy; St. John Robb, Vivienne – International Journal of Training Research, 2019
Responding to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) "Early Years Workforce Strategy 2012-2016" and significant early childhood education and care sector reforms in the last decade, TAFE SA created a new model of long-term support and engagement with the early childhood and schooling sectors across the state. Existing vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Child Caregivers, Labor Force Development
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Black, Stephen; Yasukawa, Keiko – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
Australia appears to be in the grip of a "literacy crisis" in workplaces. Media reports and industry/skills organisations are decrying the low literacy and numeracy levels of workers and the negative effects these have on productivity. As a consequence, the Australian government has increased funding for workplace literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Numeracy, Local Government, Workplace Literacy
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Pyke, Joanne; Bertone, Santina; Grace, Marty; Broadbent, Robyn – International Journal of Training Research, 2007
In June 2005, the Victorian State Government introduced the Regional Jobs Package (RJP)--a twelve-month pilot program that attempted to kill two social policy problems with one stone. The problems were youth unemployment and skills shortages in regional areas of Victoria, Australia. The intention of the RJP was to create a "win-win"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, State Government, Unemployment, Youth Employment