Michael Taylor is Ai Group’s National Policy and Projects Manager, Education and Training. He is responsible for a number of national projects across workplace literacy and numeracy, skills, and the management of a mature age workforce. Michael also contributes to policy formulation across a wide spectrum of education, training and skills.
This week Ai Group participated in the Lifelong Learning Summit organised by Adult Learning Australia in Melbourne as part of the 2018 Year of Lifelong Learning. The Summit is timely. With technological changes across nearly all industries, regardless of current…
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The Commonwealth Department of Employment has released information highlighting skilled occupations that are facing shortages or recruitment difficulties within Australia. The ratings of shortage reflect employers’ recruitment experience for workers with around three years or more experience in the relevant occupation. The…
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In a recent report, Building Skills for All in Australia, the OECD joins the throng of those drawing attention to low literacy and numeracy levels in Australia. The report highlights the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey results, which…
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Recent data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) indicates that there were 275,200 apprentices and trainees in training as at the end of March this year. This represents a fall of 3.7 per cent compared to the…
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The apprenticeship pathway is under severe threat according to the most recent report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The numbers participating have significantly reduced and are now the lowest for a decade. The number of apprentices…
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The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released the latest figures on apprentice and trainee numbers in the June 2016 quarter. The report highlights that there were 282,900 apprentice and trainees in-training as at 30 June 2016, a…
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If wastage, maintaining quality, data accuracy, poor documentation, injury rates and associated downtime are concerns for your business, you’re not alone. Ai Group research shows that these are widespread problems in Australian businesses. New technology and changing business processes make…
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Haigh’s Chocolates in Adelaide is a participant in a Foundation Skills Pilot program that Ai Group is currently conducting in manufacturing companies in three states. The program is targeted at the literacy and numeracy needs of the workforce – in…
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The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has for the first time released data that includes a more comprehensive picture of participation in VET following the introduction of mandatory reporting of training activity. Previously, training providers were only required to…
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Ai Group recently completed a major national project addressing competency based progression and completion in the engineering trades. The Engineering Excellence project set out to build a system where employers play a key role in confirming when apprentices are competent….
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