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.
The recently released employer survey report, Skilling: A National Imperative, highlighted the continuing concerns employers have about workplace literacy and numeracy. Overall 99 per cent of surveyed employers reported that their business was affected by low levels of literacy and…
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Recent data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research for the March 2018 quarter has shown that there were 272,440 apprentices and trainees in training at the end of March this year. This indicates a rise from the December…
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The release this week of a ‘Thought Leader Paper’, The Imperative of Higher Apprenticeships, has demonstrated Ai Group’s commitment to this growing area of importance. The paper addresses the rationale for the introduction of ‘Higher Apprenticeships’ and the policy implications this…
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As part of the Apprenticeship Compact, the New South Wales Department of Industry has supported Ai Group to deliver a project providing language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) support to apprentices. One such program achieving success is with Powerline Worker apprentices…
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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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