Employability Skills in Training Packages
Employability Skills are embedded in Training Package units of competency, and Employability Skills Summaries are prepared for each Training Package qualification. The assessment of Employability Skills is undertaken though the standard integrated assessment of competency with Employability Skills reported via the Employability Skills Summaries 
. Resource material for trainers has been developed by the National Quality Council .
Australia’s eight Employability Skills are communication; teamwork; problem solving; initiative and enterprise; planning and organising; self-management; learning; and technology. These skills are not only for gaining employment, but are also for enabling progress within an enterprise or to expand employment capability.
Additional information about Employability Skills in Training Packages is here.
Development of a strategy to support the Universal Recognition and Recording of Employability Skills.
The Department of Education, Science and Training has recently completed a project consultancy, managed by The Allen Consulting Group and the National Centre for Vocational Education Research, to develop a universal recognition and recording strategy for the eight groupings of employability skills. The project website can be found at the Allen Consulting Group website and the final report 
(1.1 MB) is now available. The project consultations supported a 'skills portfolio' approach.
Development of a national employability skills e-portfolio website
Funding of $200,000 was provided to education.au to develop and trial a website for e-portfolios. The e-portfolio is a skills portfolio database and tool that will allow all people, including students, to easily record their academic, vocational and employability skills to support job applications, career planning, and entry into further education and training. It will also assist school graduates to document their academic and vocational training and employability skills gained through community activities, and assist mature-age people to document their skills against the eight employability skills.
Study into the Assessment and Reporting of Employability Skills of Senior Secondary Students
In June 2007, the Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER) undertook a study to investigate the most effective ways of assessing and reporting on the employability skills of senior secondary students. The report highlights six approaches through which senior secondary students’ achievement of employability skills can be assessed and reported. The report is now available:
Report: PDF (642.5 KB) RTF
To view the publication, please view the School Education Publications and Resources page.